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The bill requires digital asset exchanges and crypto companies to have a license of operation in the state of California.
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The state of California, in the United States (US), plans to streamline the playing field by putting regulations for crypto players in place. The bill introduced by Assemblymember Timothy Grayson, titled “Digital financial asset businesses”, aims to set the regulatory framework for crypto businesses operating in California.
2022-9-6 21:59 | |
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A bill introduced by a lawmaker of the California Assembly is proposing an exemption of select crypto assets from California’s securities laws. Crypto Tokens May Enjoy Exemption From Securities Law in California According to a proposed bill by Democrat Ian Calderon and amended in the California Assembly on May 4, 2020, the lawmaker asked theRead MoreRead More.
2020-5-9 22:07 | |
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This tech startup based in California is among those eyeing to tap into the market share currently dominated by oldies in financial services. However, this may be an uphill task given a tech giant like Facebook is yet to get any regulatory approval to launch the Libra crypto project. California Based Stock and Crypto Exchange, […]
2019-11-29 21:57 | |
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Dennis Blieden stands to face 22 years behind bars after embezzling $22 million while serving as the vice president of finance and accounting at StyleHaul, a digital marketing firm. The professional poker player pleaded guilty to the charges, and his sentencing awaits him on March 20, 2020.
2019-11-26 22:34 | |
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While calls continue for a lenient crypto tax regime, one commentator says a ‘de minimis’ exemption status for virtual assets will encourage Bitcoin tax evasion, reports Law 360. Crypto Tax Evasion Will Become Commonplace According to Law360, Omri Marian of the University of California’s Irvin School isn’t in support of a de minimis tax exemptionRead MoreRead More.
2019-11-21 00:00 | |
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Cred Merchant Solutions has been unveiled in Emeryville during San Francisco Blockchain Week in an event hosting several California elected officials. The new point-of-sale system will help unbanked business sectors, such as California’s cannabis industry, accept crypto payments from customers and pay taxes.
2019-11-3 14:50 | |
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Seth Shapiro, VideoCoin’s head of strategy, filed a lawsuit on October 17 in U. S. District Court for the Central District of California accusing the telephone company for neglecting to protect his cell phone during a May 2018 hack.
2019-10-30 00:43 | |
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Seth Shapiro claims that he and his family had to endure 17 months of "horror" after losing their entire life savings
2019-10-25 10:03 | |
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iFinex Inc, the parent organization of Bitfinex, filed an application with a US district court of Southern California on 18th October, to recover the $880 million of Bitfinex’s fund, that was delegated to Global Trade Solutions AG, also known as Crypto Capital.
2019-10-21 11:30 | |
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California man sues AT&T claiming that its employees helped to steal over $1.8 million in total, including cryptocurrencies
2019-10-21 14:26 | |
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Karma Automotive, a luxury car manufacturer based in California, has just announced its intentions to explore blockchain technology with its shareholders. The means by which the firm intends to this is by accepting Bitcoin.
2019-10-18 01:00 | |
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In a world of increasing regulation and state paranoia over money laundering or terrorism, the ability to trace the movements of crypto assets has become more relevant than ever before. Crypto intelligence firm CipherTrace has announced the industry’s most comprehensive virtual asset tracing capability which may alleviate some of that mistrust of the industry.
2019-10-16 13:00 | |
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BitGo, a leading custodian of bitcoin and altcoins headquartered in California, has announced plans to add support for TRON (TRX), the 11th largest crypto asset in the world, powering a vast array of decentralized applications (dApps).
2019-10-15 14:09 | |
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A 29-year-old man from Singapore faces 34 years in prison after allegedly stealing Amazon AWS and Google Cloud computing power and services to mine crypto. Stole Victims’ Information to Mine Crypto Ho Jun Jia also known as Matthew Ho was taken into the custody of the Singapore Police Force on September 26 after being charged under a 14-count indictment.
2019-10-11 18:00 | |
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Agatha Bacelar, an engineer from Stanford, is running for Congress and she wants to convince her fellow lawmakers that America should be focused on cryptos. Now, she wants to challenge the U. S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her position in the 12th district of California. Pelosi has been involved in Congress since […]
2019-10-3 21:00 | |
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Stanford engineer, Agatha Bacelar, has thrown her hat into the ring in the US Democratic congressional primaries. Running on a pro-crypto ticket, Bacelar is up against senior democrat, Nancy Pelosi, in California’s 12th congressional district.
2019-10-2 18:00 | |
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27-year-old Agatha Bacelar is a Brazilian-American immigrant from a STEM background, and she’s targeting Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s seat in the California Congress (CA-12) in the next election cycle.
2019-10-2 01:35 | |
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27-year-old Agatha Bacelar is a Brazilian-American immigrant from a STEM background, and she’s targeting Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s seat in the California Congress (CA-12) in the next election cycle.
2019-10-2 01:35 | |
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A proposed law in California could have a disastrous impact on both the U. S. cryptocurrency scene and the global industry, according to a newly-launched advocacy group. Launched today, The Aquarian Advocacy Group (TAAG) says it will campaign the proposed Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses Act, which is currently under debate in California’s State Assembly.
2019-9-30 20:00 | |
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At 15-16 of October will be held annual Crypto Investment Summit in Los Angeles, California.
2019-9-20 15:40 | |
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A member of the Berkeley City Council has reportedly become the first elected official to purchase cannabis with cryptocurrency. City Council Member Makes Cannabis Purchase with Crypto According to The Daily Californian, Ben Bartlett of the Berkeley City Council purchased cannabis using cryptocurrency during an event organized by the Blockchain Advocacy Coalition.
2019-9-16 20:00 | |
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First steps towards cannabis tax remittances via stablecoin in California as local politician buys cannabis using cryptocurrency
2019-9-12 11:26 | |
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Add another fiat on-ramp to your crypto shopping list. Initially rolled out to residents in California, Washington, and Illinois, the ShortHop “exchange of exchanges” is now expanding to eight additional states.
2019-8-30 14:10 | |
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Blockchain businesses are hiring left, right, and center, and MouseBelt believes universities are key to building a better industry. The company is investing in a “first-of-its-kind” partnership with the University of California to bolster education and entrepreneurship in the field.
2019-8-24 23:00 | |
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California resident Sky Justin Gornik has been convicted of selling drugs for cryptocurrencies in darknet markets. According to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice, the man aged 39 pleaded guilty to using the Alpha Bay, Trade Route, Abraxas, Evolution, Outlaw Market, and Dream Market trading floors to trade fentanyl, carfentanil, ketamine, oxycodone, amphetamine, […]
2019-8-21 21:24 | |
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A man has been sentenced in San Diego, California, for conspiring to sell opioids and other drugs over dark web markets for cryptocurrencies.
2019-8-20 11:17 | |
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A man has been sentenced in San Diego, California, for conspiring to sell opioids and other drugs over dark web markets for cryptocurrencies.
2019-8-20 11:17 | |
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A couple based out of California has pleaded guilty to distributing drugs via a dark-web marketplace in exchange for cryptocurrencies
2019-8-8 00:45 | |
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Cheapair. com, a California based travel service provider has added support for Ethereum as payment for its flight-booking services as reported by Travolution. The firm has been among very few travel service providers who allow users to make crypto payments for flights and hotels bookings.
2019-8-1 23:31 | |
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University of California Irvine School of Law’s law professor and practicing lawyer, Mehrsa Baradaran supposedly presented her arguments as to why cryptocurrencies aren’t the solution to the flaws associated with the financial system to the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Community Affairs.
2019-7-30 21:47 | |
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Cryptocurrencies only exist because of failures in the traditional financial system, according to a leading banking scholar. In a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, Mehrsa Baradaran said that financial reforms could cause cryptocurrencies to fade into obscurity, effectively killing Bitcoin (BTC).
2019-7-30 17:47 | |
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As per an all-new court document made available by the Northern District of California, US prosecutors have filed a formal complaint against BTC-e — a crypto exchange that is now defunct — as well as its alleged owner Alexander Vinnik.
2019-7-28 18:57 | |
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After grilling Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Capitol Hill about his agency’s response to Facebook's Libra "cryptocurrency," US Representative Maxine Waters finished her questioning by asking the central banker what he would do if Donald Trump “fired” him.
2019-7-10 18:35 | |
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CryptoNinjas - Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Asset SourceVelocity Markets, a provider of technology solutions to investors in digital asset markets, today has announced the launch of ShortHop, a new crypto-asset marketplace in three states.
2019-7-10 17:52 | |
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By CCN Markets: For once, we’re not talking about California or New York when we discuss a significant expansion of retail crypto availability. Instead, we’re talking about Arizona and Nevada, where a block of 20 Circle K convenience stores now host bitcoin ATMs from DigitalMint.
2019-6-22 01:00 | |
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The U.S. DoJ has revealed that a recently-arrested investments provider may stand trial in California for committing crypto-related fraud and money laundering
2019-6-20 03:02 | |
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Entrepreneur and crypto advocate Jesse Torres Asks BTC, ETH, or XRP? Jesse Torres is an entrepreneur and host of the radio show “Money Talk” on KCAA in Southern California. He is also the co-creator of the YouTube channel “Two Men In Your Business” and a huge cryptocurrency advocate.
2019-6-6 14:17 | |
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Accountants want to fill gaps in the U.S. GAAP when it comes to cryptocurrencies.
2019-6-4 21:30 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Teng. Some Chinese listed companies have jumped on the bandwagon of bitcoin mining following the bitcoin bull run throughout 2017, either under the guise of cloud computing or providing mining hosting services, in an effort to bypass regulations considering the country’s tough stance on bitcoin.
2019-5-29 18:53 | |
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By CCN: On Thursday, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil injunctive action against the operator of an alleged pyramid scheme that raised $26 million from investors. The defendant in the case is Daniel Pacheco, 45, a resident of San Clemente, California who has been charged by the SEC with selling unregistered securities as well as operating a multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency pyramid scheme.
2019-5-28 09:16 | |
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California resident Daniel Pacheco has been accused by the U.S. SEC of allegedly operating a $26 million cryptocurrency pyramid scheme
2019-5-24 21:49 | |
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By CCN: Far from a first, California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell is accepting Bitcoin donations for his dark-horse bid to knock off Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. More significantly, the bombastic congressman wants to usher in a blockchain revolution after he vanquishes Trump from the White House.
2019-5-24 21:36 | |
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By CCN: Hackers, many in their teens, have drained the accounts of more than 50 Californian victims in a $35 million SIM swap heist. Officials estimate that in total, $50 million has been stolen in related attacks around the US since the beginning of 2018.
2019-5-23 15:59 | |
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Sherman says, “nip this (Crypto) in the bud” as it undermines the US Dollar He says Cryptos are mostly used by criminals The Democrat Congressman from California, Brad Sherman, a bitcoin basher recently at a meeting of the House Financial Services Committee on May 9 called out for a legislation that will make it illegal […]
2019-5-21 03:04 | |
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Former Congressman and current presidential candidate Ron Paul disagrees with possible ban on cryptocurrency purchases. Paul says the best approach to cryptocurrency is a light-handed one. With cryptocurrency being such a hot topic in multiple entities of the government today, decisions need to be made soon.
2019-5-14 04:06 | |
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By CCN: Crypto investor and entrepreneur Michael Terpin was awarded $75. 8 million in California’s Supreme Court in a civil judgment against a man Terpin claims stole cryptocurrency assets from him.
2019-5-13 22:45 | |
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In the United States, the crypto investor Michael Terpin won $75. 8 million in a civil case against Nicholas Truglia, who defrauded him of crypto assets. The information was reported by Reuters on May 10.
2019-5-12 19:20 | |
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SEC commissioner Hester Peirce—the highest position in the agency second to the chairman—implored the Commission to provide regulatory clarity to the crypto industry. At the Securities Enforcement Forum in Palo Alto, California, Peirce urged the Securities Exchange Commission to take action on crypto: “It is not the SEC’s overzealous action that has stifled the crypto […] The post SEC Commissioner implores the Agency to provide regulatory clarity for cryptocurrency appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2019-5-11 18:24 | |
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By CCN: U. S. Congressman Brad Sherman’s call to ban cryptocurrencies has been labeled as ‘FUD’ by anti-virus software guru and crypto influencer John McAfee. The cryptocurrency maverick who is also vying for the U.
2019-5-10 17:51 | |
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Many users' Binance USD balances will automatically be converted into First Digital USD starting on Dec. 31.
The surge suggests significant institutional attention despite the token’s historical association with FTX’s financial challenges.
Crypto exchange Bitget has abandoned plans for a crypto license in Hong Kong, asking users to withdraw their assets by Dec. 13.
The license allows WadzPay to begin preparing to provide virtual asset services and activities under the VASP License for Transfer and Settlement and Broker/Dealer activities.
The Backpack crypto wallet has bagged operational licenses across several jurisdictions worldwide over the past five months, according to the company announcement.
A British investigative firm tracked down stolen funds and convinced the High Court of Singapore to mark the wallets containing the funds permanently with its order.
The freeze resulted from a collaboration between Atomic Wallet, forensic companies and centralized exchanges following reports from users claiming unauthorized transactions from their wallets.