Fed President Claims Crypto Is ‘Almost Never’ Used Outside Of Illegal Activity, Gets Schooled By Industry Pundits

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Crypto Exec Pushing for Industry Support of Kamala Harris for President

The former CEO of crypto platform Uphold, J.P. Thieriot, is trying to drum up crypto support for Vice President Kamala Harris as she pursues the Democratic nomination in the presidential election, arguing that former President Donald Trump is offering empty promises to the industry and Harris is signaling a new openness.

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G20 President India Publishes Its Input for Framing Global Crypto Rules

As the current president of the Group of Twenty (G20), India has made public its presidency note on crypto in an effort to have its suggestions included in the framing of global crypto rules.

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Venezuela To Restructure Its Crypto Department

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s president, has decided to restructure and reorient the National Superintendency of Crypto Assets. The decree was issued in March of this year. The reorganization of the crypto asset department will be headed by the new board, led by Anabel Pereira Fernandez, a lawyer who has served as president of the Fondo de […]

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EU commissioner calls for global coordination on crypto regulation

Mairead McGuinness said the U.S. and the EU were both moving forward on comprehensive frameworks for crypto, with President Joe Biden's executive order and the MiCA proposal.

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Ukrainian President sends crypto bill back to parliament

President Volodymyr Zelensky only disagreed with part of the crypto bill, which passed its… The post Ukrainian President sends crypto bill back to parliament appeared first on Coin Journal.

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Iranian president calls for legal framework for crypto trading

Iran President Hassan Rouhani wants to protect national interests regarding crypto.

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President Biden freezes FinCEN's proposed crypto wallet regulations

President Joe Biden has frozen all regulatory processes including proposed FinCEN rules detrimental to the crypto industry.

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Crypto Valley Association President Says Funds Need To Flow Back For Future Growth

Crypto Valley Association President Says Capital Needs To Be Brought Back Organizations are not without their conflict and crypto organizations are no different. Such was the case earlier this year when the Crypto Valley Association saw a change of power.

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New President of Swiss Crypto Association Promises Change in the Switzerland Blockchain Sector

More and more effects of the current crypto bear market are being felt as Daniel Haudenschild, the newly elected president of the Swiss Crypto Valley Association (CVA), has announced that the hardship being faced by the crypto market has impaired Switzerland’s stand as one of the major blockchain centers in the world. The new president […]

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Crypto Valley Assoc. Pres.: Switzerland Must Be ‘Open and Easy’ for Blockchain Investors

Switzerland’s position as a global blockchain hub has been damaged by the crypto winter, according to the new president of the Swiss Crypto Valley Association

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Exclusive: John McAfee Dishes on His Extraordinary Plan to Run for President from International Waters

2020 US presidential candidate and alleged fugitive John McAfee is a hard man to reach these days. He only speaks in 5-minute intervals on the phone, hanging up and returning to the call hours later from a different oceanic location on his yacht.

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Swisscom Blockchain CEO Departs, Becomes Crypto Valley Association President

Chief Executive Officer and minority stakeholder of Swisscom Blockchain, Daniel Haudenshild has stepped down from his position. Although a press release was issued by the company, they avoided giving specific reasons for this change in management.

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Ex-Starbucks CEO and Presidential Hopeful Howard Schultz Is a Crypto Fan

Howard Schultz, who may run for president of the U.S., is a firm believer in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.

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Nasdaq CEO: Crypto Could Still Be ‘Global Currency of Future’

CoinSpeaker Nasdaq CEO: Crypto Could Still Be ‘Global Currency of Future’ Even as global market s become more digitized and automated, humans will remain essential to markets, according to Nasdaq President and Chief Executive Officer Adena Friedman.

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Crypto Goes Narcos as Escobar Estate Launches New Stablecoin ICO

The late Pablo Escobar is infamous for a number of reasons but crypto has not been among them, until now. An ICO for a dollar pegged stablecoin has been launched by the brother of the drug lord and Colombian cult hero in an effort to impeach US president Donald Trump.

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Canada’s First All-Crypto Legal Firm Opens Its Doors to Global Clientele

Technology lawyer Addison Cameron-Huff launched his new, Toronto-based, all-crypto legal firm on January 3, 2019, Bitcoin’s 10th anniversary, as a statement of his commitment to working for and promoting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency-based businesses.

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Pablo Escobar’s Brother Says New Crypto Will Fund ‘Impeach Trump’ Effort

The brother of deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar has launched a cryptocurrency apparently targeting the impeachment of President Trump.

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TenX Crypto Debit Card Company’s President Julian Hosp Steps Down, Departs with Video to Community

TenX president and co-founder Julian Hosp announced that it is stepping down from the company. TenX is a crypto debit card company that had a successful Initial Coin offering (ICO) in 2017 and raised around $80 million in digital assets.

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CEO of Crypto Wallet TenX Julian Hosp Steps Down

Julian Hosp, the CEO and co-founder of Singapore-based crypto wallet TenX, which gained prominence as the top-grossing ICO of 2017, will be stepping down, the company announced on Twitter on January 8, 2019.

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President Of Brazil Cancels Crypto Project Directed Towards Indigenous People Due To Lack Of Reliability

President Of Brazil Cancels Crypto Project Directed Towards Indigenous People Due To Lack Of Reliability A recent Coin Telegraph report indicated a potential crypto project directed towards the indigenous community that has been canceled due to the lack of proper description and the improper handling of procedures (https://cointelegraph.

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Brazil: Government Suspends Indigenous Crypto Plans, New President Criticizes Project

A week after taking office, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro criticizes and suspends a crypto project that would have developed a cryptocurrency for indigenous people

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Crypto-Friendly Statesman Takes Over Swiss Presidency

After serving as finance minister of one of the most economically influential nations over the past three years, Ueli Maurer is now starting his term as President of the Swiss Confederation. Given his track record and liberal views regarding fintech regulation, Maurer’s election is considered a positive development for the Alpine nation’s expanding crypto industry.

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Why Ohio’s State Treasurer Backs Decision to Accept BTC For Tax Payments

As tax season is rapidly approaching, some states, like Ohio, have decided to set a new standard for the rest of the country to follow. Back in November, Ohio became the first state in the U.

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Maduro’s Promotion of the Petro Yet to Yield Results

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been tirelessly promoting the petro, ever since his administration announced the creation of what is now considered the first state-issued cryptocurrency. Although no one is really sure whether the coin actually works, Venezuelans have already seen their salaries denominated in the national crypto and their pensions converted to petro.

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Coinbase President Says Institutions With Short-Term View Shouldn’t Touch Crypto

It hasn’t been the best of Christmases for the stock markets and let’s face it, Santa hasn’t exactly gone overboard when it comes to crypto. However, according to a CNBC Fast Money interview with Coinbase President Asiff Hirji, it hasn’t been all bad.

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Institutional Investments Entering the Crypto Market in 2019 Will be Amazing Says Coinbase President

With the price of Bitcoin [BTC] plummeting all through Nov-Dec, it seemed as if many investors had finally given up on the idea of a crypto rally during the final stages of 2018. However, in a completely unexpected turn of events, Bitcoin suddenly surged by a whopping 25% within the last week or so. In […]

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Coinbase President Asiff Hirji Talks About Crypto Making a Comeback in 2019

A recent rally pushed Bitcoin over $4,000, providing a holiday gift to investors after an almost a year-long bear market. CNBC’s Fast Money show brought Coinbase president Asiff Hirji on-air to talk about the changing market and the outlook for cryptocurrencies in 2019.

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Coinbase President Affirms Market Recovery Is Not Surprising, Fully Expects Bitcoin to Rebound

Is the bear market that has haunted Bitcoin and the whole crypto market during 2019 now nearing its end? Nobody is actually sure of this now but it looks like the “Christmas run” of Bitcoin now has seen the prices going up a bit.

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Coinbase President: 2019 Will Be a Great Year For Crypto Institutional Investment

As Bitcoin (BTC) plummeted heading into December, investors thought that the visions of a Santa Claus rally were going to be quashed. Yet, in an unexpected turnaround, the crypto market at large has undergone a reversal, with BTC moving 25% higher in a week’s time.

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Binance CEO: About Time Facebook Launches Its Own Crypto, Bolsters Adoption

Even amid 2018’s crypto market downturn, reports have recently begun to sprout up that Facebook, one of the largest technology giant on Planet Earth, has started to earnestly dive into blockchain development.

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French National Assembly Rejects Plan to Loosen Crypto Taxes

The National Assembly in France has recently shot down proposals to ease up the pressure on tax regulations in the crypto space. As reported by Bitcoin.

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Facebook Blockchain Arm Booms, Even Amid Crypto Bear Market

Just months ago, David Marcus, the former president of fintech giant Paypal, was appointed as the inaugural head of Facebook Blockchain, the social media giant’s first stab at so-called “internet 3.

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Coincheck Exchange Buyer Monex Shares Launch of US Crypto Trading in Quarter One of 2019

Japanese financial services giant Monex Group has recently announced their intentions to launch US-based cryptocurrency services in less than 3 months. In order to achieve this, the company has filed for business registrations in each of the US states.

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Mainstream Browser Opera Finally Launches Its in-Built Crypto Wallet Feature And Fully Supporting Ethereum

After months of modifications and upgrading, Opera has finally revealed its brand new cryptocurrency-oriented and blockchain features in its browser. The new browser features were revealed at the Hard Fork Decentralized in London.

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Monex will launch crypto trading in US starting Q1 2019

Online broker Monex Group that bought hacked Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck in April, announced it will launch cryptocurrency trading in the United States, Cointelegraph Japan reported. Monex held a conference in Tokyo, where John Bartleman — president of Monex’s U.

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Bitmain closes its Israel development center amid downturn in the crypto market

Cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain is closing down its Israel-based research and development arm, the Globes reported. According to the report, Bitmaintech Israel, the firm’s R&D center in the city of Ra’anana, is being shuttered due to the general downturn in the crypto markets.

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Bitmain Follows Industry Trend, Shutters Operations in Israel

Chinese-based cryptomining firm Bitmain is shutting down the operations of Bitmaintech Israel, its research and development (R&D) center in Ra'anana, Israel, according to reports from local news outlet Globes.

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President Maduro Says Petro Crypto Expected To Be Used To Pay For Venezuela’s Oil Next Year

Venezuela has been struggling with hyperinflation for over five years now, and the economy continues to suffer as a result. Citizens have died of starvation, unable to even buy a meal for their family, while others look outside of the country to find something to eat.

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Trading Platform Paxful Completes Construction for Second School in Rwanda

Children in the Rwandan village of Kasebigege are being given a greater chance to pursue a sound education as construction on a new school, developed by bitcoin marketplace Paxful, has been completed.

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Coinbase’s Asiff Hirji Thinks We are ‘On the Cusp On Internet’ 3.0 Thanks to Crypto at Money 2020

Blockchain technology and virtual currencies have expanded all over the world allowing for many new implementations and use cases. They are having a deep impact on many different industries and economic areas.

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Coinbase COO: Crypto is Enabling the Creation of Internet 3.0

The financial technology emerged from the underlying protocol of a crypto could be just the thing internet 3. 0 is all about, believes Asiff Hirji. The president and chief operating officer of one of the largest regulated U.

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Time-Travel Crypto Once Backed by Trump-Appointed Acting Attorney General

Acting U. S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker once was involved in an alleged scam promoting strange inventions, including a time-travel cryptocurrency. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Backed an Alleged Scam Company Earlier this month, United States President Donald Trump ousted Attorney General Jeff Sessions from his post after Trump grew increasingly frustrated with Sessions’ recusal from the.

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Poles to Pay 19% Tax on Income From Cryptocurrency Transactions

The government of Poland recently submitted amended income tax regulations for approval by President Andrzej Duda. The updated framework, which includes provisions referring to cryptocurrencies, is expected to enter into force on Jan.

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Russian Association Of Cryptoindustry And Blockchain (RACIB) And Iran Blockchain Labs (IBL) Work Together

Development Of Iran’s Crypto Economy The Russian Association of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain and Iran Blockchain Labs both signed a partnership document in which the two will go forward and implement digital technology in Iran.

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Venezuela: Petro Can Be Converted Into Any Cryptocurrency If Bought This Year

The Venezuelan government has announced that its national digital currency, the petro, can be exchanged into any cryptocurrency if purchased this year. However, the wallet for the petro is still not available and petro buyers receive certificates of purchase.

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Marshall Islands President Survives Vote of No Confidence over State Crypto Plans

In a vote of no confidence against the president of the Marshall Islands, Hilda Heine, the only female head of state in the Pacific region has narrowly avoided losing power. The issues prompting the vote are the proposed national digital currency being planned at the moment, as well as Chinese foreign policy ambitions in the.

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The Daily: Shatner Dives Deep Into Crypto, Bank to Launch Digital Deposit Box

In today’s edition of The Daily, we feature a story about William Shatner flaunting his vast crypto knowledge, from Tether to Kitties. Additionally covered are a bank which wants to offer a digital deposit box for exchanges and investment funds, a new development in the Charlie Shrem lawsuit and more.

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Maduro Says Petro Purchasers Can Exchange It For Any Crypto, Plans to Take Petro to OPEC in 2019

Allegations that Venezuela’s Petro cryptocurrency is all hot air hasn’t stopped President Nicolas Maduro from announcing a special exchange period for the Petro, and that he’ll be presenting it to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) next year as a unit of account for Venezuelan oil.

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