2020-2-19 15:34 |
A returning Eden Hazard massively improves Real Madrid. Manchester City and the rest of Europe should be worried. The post Hazard is Back- Man City and the Rest of Europe Should Be Worried appeared first on CCN.com origin »
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President Xi of China’s announcement that blockchain should be a strategic goal has accelerated the expansion of Outlier Ventures, Europe’s first venture firm and incubator dedicated to blockchain technology – into China, promising the early indicators for thawing of crypto winter.
2019-11-15 23:38 | |
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Sweden’s central bank chief has explained that Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency should serve as a catalyst for central banks around the world to rethink their role and reform to incorporate the digital age.
2019-10-16 21:10 | |
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Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency called Libra — scheduled for release in the first half of 2020 — according to European Central Bank’s board member Yves Mersch undermines ECB’s ability to set monetary policy.
2019-9-3 01:10 | |
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The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) recently expressed disturbing concerns regarding the future of blockchain technology. In their new report, the EESC advised that public measures should be taken in order to ensure that blockchain's potential as a groundbreaking infrastructure for the social economy remains available and accessible to everyone. EESC: Blockchain Technology Must […]
2019-8-2 17:12 | |
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In a tweet on Wednesday, the US president Donald Trump called out for the US to match Europe and China’s “currency manipulation game.” “We should MATCH, or continue being the dummies who sit back and politely watch as other countries continue to play their games – as they have for many years!” Trump said on […]
2019-7-4 19:32 | |
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Coinbase announced the expansion of its crypto Visa debit card service to six new countries across Europe. The expansion follows the card’s April debut in the U. K. and should see a rollout to more countries in the coming months.
2019-6-12 21:28 | |
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The regulatory and legal environment around internet-based services and applications has changed considerably over the last decade. When large-scale social networking platforms first became popular in the 2000s, the general attitude toward mass data collection was essentially “why not?”.
2019-5-11 04:03 | |
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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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A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against BitcoinBitcoin’s core value proposition is that it is an uncontrolled, apolitical money.
2019-4-30 20:16 | |
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France wants the European Union (EU) to adopt its recently enacted cryptocurrency regulations for the entire region. French Finance Minister: Ours is the Right Way France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says the EU should consider adopting the country’s approach to regulating cryptocurrencies.
2019-4-17 13:00 | |
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China, one of the world’s most prominent blockchain and cryptocurrency forces, wants to put an end to “wasteful” Bitcoin mining. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has added cryptocurrency mining to its latest list of industries it wants to restrict, or eliminate, Reuters reports.
2019-4-9 11:17 | |
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It probably won’t come as too much of a surprise that tech leaders, a notoriously male group, follow mostly men on Twitter — it wasn’t until 2016 when Elon Musk followed a woman. While we should be mindful that social media presents a warped view of the world, for many people in the tech industry, their Twitter timelines reflect their reality — one that is predominantly male.
2019-4-2 12:58 | |
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The EU has done a good job upholding net neutrality since it implemented a law on it back in 2016, but European net neutrality will face a new challenge in 2019: how to deal with 5G. The current net neutrality law is undergoing reform this year and it’s expected that it’ll largely revolve around the question of whether 5G should be treated like 4G and other internet services under net neutrality, or get special treatment.
2019-2-28 16:30 | |
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Last week, two of the largest banking regulators within the European Union released reports calling for uniformity in the regulations of crypto assets and Initial Coin offerings (ICOs) across the continent.
2019-1-16 01:54 | |
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Allianz CEO has called on global regulators to outlaw cryptocurrency, contradicting the company’s chief financial advisor, who said Bitcoin would be a good buy under $5,000 earlier this year.
2018-12-14 06:00 | |
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U. K. lawmaker Eddie Hughes has proposed that taxpayers should have the option to pay council tax and utility bills in cryptocurrencies such as BTC. The 50 year-old conservative legislator for the Walsall North constituency said the move would place the country at the forefront of digital currency adoption in Europe.
2018-12-12 23:55 | |
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For nearly a decade, participants in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space have operated in a regulatory compliance gray zone. Recent developments — at both the federal and international levels — signal that the time for plausible deniability or unregulated freedom is coming to an end and more traditional regulations are moving to the forefront.
2018-12-3 19:20 | |
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The Santander Bank chain has recently announced the expansion of its Ripple powered platform, OnePay FX for other European countries. Santander also intends to use Ripple ledger for all its payment settlements for the future.
2018-10-10 17:30 | |
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On September 23, 2018, the Bitcoin Foundation sent a letter to the French Parliament asking that they reject a new crypto asset amendment being proposed in the PACTE Bill, which deals with the growth and transformation of France’s businesses and the country’s employee savings.
2018-10-4 22:10 | |
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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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The European Parliament has gathered in Strasbourg to debate all things Europe. But like the sneaky little, omnipresent, trickster it is, blockchain found a way to weasel its way into parliamentary discussions.
2018-10-2 18:04 | |
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The biggest cryptocurrency exchange in Canada, Coinsquare, have announced in a press release that they now plan on entering European markets by Q4 2018, meaning that come 2019, Coinsquare should be readily available across a number of European countries, opening up for the trade of Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin, XRP, Dogecoin and Dash.
2018-8-24 15:00 | |
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As we reported on July 19, 2018, Bermuda is determined to establish itself as the leading jurisdiction for fintech entrepreneurs, in particular those involved in initial coin offerings (ICOs), digital assets and virtual currencies.
2018-8-23 23:03 | |
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Launched in 2009, the social networking app Foursquare was hailed as providing a cutting-edge approach for users to share their location with friends. Called a “check-in,” people would reveal their location through their mobile device by selecting the venue they were frequenting at that time.
2018-8-15 17:34 | |
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“We have nothing to hide,” says Tory Reiss, VP of corporate development at TrustToken. Like the market’s most popular stablecoin, Tether, TrustToken's TrueUSD is fiat-collateralized.
2018-7-26 18:55 | |
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One kind of token model that has become popular among many recent token sale projects is the “network medium of exchange token”. The general pitch for this kind of token goes as follows. We, the developers, build a network, and this network allows you to do new cool stuff.
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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In late 2009, Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto ushered in a groundbreaking approach to money by championing a digital payment system free from third-party intermediaries and governmental control.
2018-7-9 19:37 | |
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In late 2009, Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto ushered in a groundbreaking approach to money by championing a digital payment system free from third-party intermediaries and governmental control.
2018-7-5 19:37 | |
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In a new report called The ING International Survey, published on Seeking Alpha, by Jessica Exton, a Behavioural Scientist for ING, 15,000 participants, across 15 countries have been surveyed to gain an insight into the European public perceptions of cryptocurrency.
2018-6-27 16:00 | |
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The European Union (EU) has announced that it will host an online Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on June 18, 2018, at 6 p. m. CEST. The event, organized and hosted by the European Blockchain Observatory and Forum of the EU, will last for 90 minutes and cover blockchain technologies with in-depth explanations, interactive discussions with panelists and public questions answered live.
2018-6-13 20:42 | |
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Argentina has outlawed the burning or tearing of the country’s fiat currency, the peso, in Buenos Aires soccer stadiums. On Aug. 10, the Argentinian government issued a proclamation criminalizing any form of destruction of the peso (ARS), even as year-on-year…
All of the proceeds from the collection, featuring portraits of the Swiss Women’s National Team, will be donated to support women’s football in Switzerland.
In early November, the Chinese government made an ambitious plan to boost the nation’s VR industry, and now it seems local tech companies are using the World Cup to test-run their products.
Frito-lay has started campaigns for the FIFA World Cup with new limited edition NFT snacks and a unique digital fan experience.
The English Premier League is kicking off a new project in the virtual realm. As a means of expanding their channels of communication with followers, a growing number of multinational corporations are expressing interest in non-fungible tokens and the metaverse.
The English Premier League side Liverpool FC has been looking into a crypto shirt sponsor, as suggested by a report. Liverpool To Become First Club In The EPL To Have A Crypto Shirt Sponsor? As per a report from the sports news website The Athletic, the English team is looking into possibilities of a crypto […]
English Premier League club Manchester City has penned a deal with OKX that would make the crypto exchange the soccer team’s official cryptocurrency partner. English Soccer Club Manchester City Announces OKX As Crypto Partner As per an announcement on the EPL team’s website, cryptocurrency exchange OKX is now the club’s official crypto partner. Manchester City […]