2020-1-17 23:36 |
Blockchain-based governance could lead the way towards better business and political practices around the world, says investor Akin Sawyerr. origin »
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Coinspeaker U. S. -Iranian Conflict Leads to Bitcoin and Gold Price Growth, Says Mike NovogratzAccording to Mike Novogratz, the U. S. -Iranian conflict has high chances to lead to the escalation of the political situation and further growth of Bitcoin and gold price.
2020-1-6 19:58 | |
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Crypto donations are legal and do not need to be approved for political donations like cash or securities.
2019-10-8 15:30 | |
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Bitcoin demand sharply grows in Hong Kong as ATM stand empty of cash, hitting an ATH in weekly trading volume, meanwhile, BTC fundamentals improve, experts says
2019-10-7 18:07 | |
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A German political party wants to use blockchain technology and cryptocurrency to fight climate change
2019-9-5 23:12 | |
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Despite the severe economic and political issues on top of strict crypto regulations in South Africa, Riccardo Spagni, a member of the Monero Core Team and co-founder of decentralized platform Tari Labs says the country is still an excellent breeding ground for motivated entrepreneurs, reports Mybroadband on August 30, 2019.
2019-9-1 21:00 | |
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Facebook’s foray into crypto has made the firm few friends in political circles. The Libra backlash has been so bad that it has painted bitcoin and the rest of the crypto industry in a bad light.
2019-8-3 13:30 | |
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Cryptocurrency has found itself on the center stage of the global political sphere over the past several weeks, which first began when Fed Chair Jerome Powell compared Bitcoin to gold. Shortly after this, US President Donald Trump shared his thoughts on BTC, which sparked what appears to be a regulatory crackdown on the nascent markets.
2019-7-20 03:00 | |
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Congressman Brad Sherman, a vocal critic of the crypto industry, again called for a complete ban on cryptocurrencies. Sherman said Bitcoin had no real use other than to fund illicit activities and warned about the risks cryptocurrencies pose to the political and financial stability in the U.
2019-7-20 21:44 | |
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Shark Tank Judge Kevin O’Leary Bullish On Facebook’s Libra says Bitcoin Would Soon Come Down to Zero Kevin O'Leary from Shark Tank and chairman of O’Shares ETFs says is quite bullish on Facebook’s nascent crypto project Libra.
2019-7-19 19:05 | |
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Bitcoin was born during the perfect storm of economic recession, declining trust in banks and financial institutions, and political unrest. There was definitely skepticism when Bitcoin took off owing to its links to the darknet.
2019-7-12 20:00 | |
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By CCN: The man who claims to be Bitcoin’s inventor wants to rewrite history by erasing the cryptocurrency’s cypherpunk past. Writing in yet another blistering blog post, Craig Wright claimed he left the cypherpunk movement in the 1990s after growing tired of the antics of Julian Assange.
2019-6-8 22:20 | |
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Max Keiser has upped his short-term Bitcoin price prediction to a new all-time high amid what he views as fresh political turmoil throughout Europe. BTC Profits From EU Elections EU election results have been coming in and show a continent becoming more politically polarized than ever.
2019-5-27 16:01 | |
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By CCN: This week Tesla stock crashed to its lowest levels since Obama was president. The electric car maker suffers from political uncertainty regarding the electric car maker’s prospects in China, as well as questions over Tesla’s ability to deliver on its premium stock valuation.
2019-5-16 09:30 | |
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Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger says political leaders in the US and Europe should not push central banks to cut interest rates. “I am so afraid of a democracy getting the idea that you can just print money to solve all problems.
2019-5-7 18:19 | |
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By CCN: President Trump is taking a stand against Deutsche Bank and Capital One for participating in a frivolous plan once again being enacted by House Democrats. This time, liberals are looking to gain access to the president’s financial records, including data regarding his personal finances, his businesses, and his long-sought tax returns.
2019-5-2 03:24 | |
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After shutting down its Political Action Committee and Chicago office, Coinbase says it is shifting focus to the big demand coming from institutional investors
2019-5-1 21:13 | |
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A shift in political power would change blockchain attitudes, says Aussie opposition party
2019-5-1 15:03 | |
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By CCN: Former CIA analyst John Gentry published a scathing attack on the alleged anti-Trump deep state, claiming American intelligence institutions have been overrun by Democrats – many of whom were handpicked by Barack Obama.
2019-4-21 22:00 | |
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Programmatic Proof-of-Work [ProgPoW] has been one of the key topics of discussion in the Ethereum community, with some favoring its implementation, while others staunchly against it. Kristy-Leigh Minehan, a developer working on ProgPow, recently spoke about the reason behind the debate, in an interview with BlockChannel.
2019-4-12 21:30 | |
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Luigi Di Maio, Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the biggest political party, flew to America to meet representatives from tech giants during a private event “BigTech: the way.
2019-4-1 13:28 | |
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Political dissidents known as the Cheollima Civil Defense (CCD) are selling special “post-liberation blockchain visas” for cryptocurrency in a bid to raise funds for overthrowing Kim Jong-un — and they’ve already collected over $57,000 in Bitcoin.
2019-3-20 17:03 | |
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Healthcare has been a growing problem for Americans across the political spectrum for decades. Conventional political wisdom currently says it will likely be the central focus in the 2020 presidential election, and the Democrats ran with it to some success in the recent midterm elections.
2019-3-19 22:20 | |
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Rookie U. S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been dragged into an emerging campaign finance scandal that could potentially compromise her carefully crafted reputation as the ‘people’s candidate,’ as well as call her political platform into question just three months after the 2018 midterm elections that saw her become the youngest-ever female member of Congress.
2019-3-5 05:24 | |
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CEO of DoubleLine Capital Jeffrey Gundlach says the recently announced presidential run by former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz will probably be short-lived. Gundlach, who was ahead of the pack in anticipating a Trump presidential win in 2016, says the former coffee magnate lacks the physical constitution for a head to head battle against Trump.
2019-2-18 18:54 | |
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Venezuela has gone through a lot of turmoil in the last few years, and one of the most significant changes in its course has been with the entry of Dash. The CEO, Ryan Tayler, recently was the subject of an interview with Crypto Slate, discussing the role that the political situation in Venezuela played in […]
2019-2-10 09:16 | |
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Dash CEO, Ryan Taylor, says a few factors saw them enter the Venezuelan market three years ago, but the political situation has made their cryptocurrency a critical survival tool for many in the beleaguered country.
2019-2-9 19:49 | |
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The New Statesman just published an interesting piece from political aide Tara Jane O’Reilly which passionately argues that MPs should learn to code. This, she says, would help them understand the societal issues brought about from technology, while simultaneously helping parliamentarians engage with the electorate.
2019-2-5 21:48 | |
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“Everybody’s poor” in oil-rich Venezuela, and US President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser claims he knows the answer: excessive taxes on the South American nation’s wealthiest citizens.
2019-2-2 22:33 | |
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The first major Bitcoin conference, Bitcoin 2013, was held in San Jose, California. Organized by the Bitcoin Foundation, it was centered on Bitcoin specifically and the more pragmatic issues that Bitcoin was trying to solve, particularly in the areas of Bitcoin technology, Bitcoin mining, Bitcoin business and regulatory issues.
2019-1-31 00:30 | |
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According to Elections Canada, the agency that runs federal elections in Canada, there has been “a growing interest” in cryptocurrency donations. This trend has prompted some political parties to ask for a ruling on how best to manage bitcoin and other cryptocurrency political donations and how to navigate the various reporting systems required by both Elections Canada and the parties so that they comply with the Canada Elections Act.
2019-1-24 20:28 | |
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Reporting in The Hill, Washington’s top political news source, former Republican George Nethercutt says it’s time for policymakers to allow cryptocurrencies and innovation to flourish. Fighting for U.
2019-1-17 20:00 | |
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After numerous infamous cases of people in India and Brazil falling prey to fake news spread on WhatsApp, the problem is now spreading to Nigeria. The West African nation is hosting its national elections in February next year, and a report from The Poynter Institute says its citizens are at risk of being conned by misinformation surrounding political parties – and it’s reaching people through WhatsApp.
2018-12-3 11:35 | |
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The FEC is open to allowing mining pools to donate to political campaigns, but such donations would qualify as "contributions."
2018-11-20 19:00 | |
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Price volatility was cited as a leading justification.
2018-11-14 22:27 | |
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As Bitcoin approaches its 10th anniversary, its community, old and new, has begun taking stock of how a decade has come to alter or define the cryptocurrency — and what Bitcoin has done to alter or define the decade.
2018-11-7 19:56 | |
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Life in Venezuela is anything but. Last year, the South American nation of 32 million led the world with 652% inflation and this year the economic turmoil is even worse. As of September 2018, the annual inflation was estimated at 200,000% and International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it could spike to a mindboggling 1,000,000% by December.
2018-10-10 22:30 | |
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OsiaNetwork LLC has reached out to the Federal Election Committee (FEC) in the hopes that it will allow computer sharing for crypto mining for campaign donations. Osia says it would like to be the platform in which volunteers share their computer power to mine cryptocurrencies, which are then donated to political campaigns of their choice.
2018-10-5 23:57 | |
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Brendan Eich, the CEO of Brave, has written a letter to the U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation urging them to implement GDPR-like legislation in the United States.
2018-10-4 20:51 | |
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Malta is fully committed to the development of blockchain technologies and the adoption of cryptocurrencies as the most critical element of an evolution for the global political and economic system and has decided to take its discourse to the United Nations for the first time.
2018-10-1 04:11 | |
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California’s campaign watchdog arm, the Fair Political Practices Commission, ruled that candidates will not be allowed to receive donations for political campaigns with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, the Associated Press reported on September 21, 2018.
2018-9-23 11:00 | |
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Using cryptocurrency for political donations has been a hot topic in many societies. Two recent developments demonstrate different views on the matter. A Taiwanese politician who has accepted bitcoin from his supporters believes crypto donations can help keep his country’s political system clean and transparent.
2018-9-22 06:05 | |
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ConsenSys Social Impact — a program designed to build blockchain-based solutions for global humanitarian issues — is partnering with MakerDAO and optiMize to launch a new Blockchain for Social Impact Incubator at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
2018-9-20 01:55 | |
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Iconic Political Talk Show Host Larry King Teams Up With Crypto Startup To Combat Climate Change Legendary political talk show host Larry King on GEAR token’s website says that global climate change is threatening humanity's existence and is “a potentially catastrophic issue from the combustion of fossil fuels … putting immense pressure on the environment […]
2018-8-14 18:36 | |
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In a message on GEAR Token’s website, iconic political talk show host Larry King says that global climate change is threatening humanity’s existence and is “a potentially catastrophic issue from the combustion of fossil fuels .
2018-8-13 18:08 | |
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A survey of more than 1,200 crypto investors reveals some interesting findings about the political leanings of cryptonians and specific cryptos. The survey by Coindesk finds that 55% of bitcoiners.
2018-7-27 16:19 | |
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During the current political debates about cryptos, a representative from Dash gave a speech at the Houses of Parliament in the United Kingdom. This representant was Mark Mason, from Dash International Outreach, an organization funded by Dash.
2018-7-24 09:51 | |
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The EU’s Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies released a report entitled “Virtual currencies and central banks monetary policy: challenges ahead.
2018-7-3 23:28 | |
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Nick Szabo, who many believe to be Satoshi Nakamoto believe the combination of BTC future uncertainty, political opposition and a host of other crypto competitors precipitates recent volatility. However, as it is he thinks BTC prices would decline until we see stable growth.
2018-6-23 10:22 | |
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Nick Szabo, who many believe to be Satoshi Nakamoto believe the combination of BTC future uncertainty, political opposition and a host of other crypto competitors precipitates recent volatility. However, as it is he thinks BTC prices would decline until we see stable growth.
2018-6-23 10:22 | |
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Bitcoin ETFs could boost adoption because digital assets offer an escape route for state-imposed capital controls, a grouping of central bankers from the Americas said.
Emerging markets dominated this year’s Global Crypto Adoption Index, with Vietnam coming in at the top spot for the second year running. The post Vietnam Tops Global Crypto Adoption Index Dominated by Emerging Markets appeared first on BeInCrypto.
Key differences in the use and development of cryptocurrencies come to the fore as Blockchain Economy Istanbul continues to focus on emerging markets.
With a population rapidly adopting Bitcoin, Africa is dismissing classic narratives and becoming the world’s epicenter for the financial future.