2020-6-10 21:08 |
The Human Rights Foundation took a strong stance on bitcoin privacy tech Wednesday by announcing its new Bitcoin Developer Fund. origin »
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In a world marked by geopolitical tensions and struggles for freedom, Bitcoin emerges as a potential game-changer in the fight against authoritarian regimes. Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), sheds light on the transformative power of Bitcoin in empowering individuals living under oppressive governments.
2024-4-11 14:00 | |
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For Americans cut off from basic financial rights because of their incarcerations, bitcoin can be freedom money.
2022-7-13 15:00 | |
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El Salvador’s finance minister believes the ongoing price volatility of Bitcoin means the awaited “Bitcoin bond” won't be launched anytime soon. Meanwhile, the country faces a “human rights crisis.”
2022-6-3 05:18 | |
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China has passed the country’s long-awaited civil code which expands the scope of inheritance rights to include cryptocurrency, such as bitcoin. Inherited cryptocurrencies will be protected under the new law.
2020-5-31 16:30 | |
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China’s Inheritance Law might soon be updated to include internet property and cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin. The draft bill is currently being reviewed by the government. New Inheritance Law to Be Part of China’s First Civil Code, and It Could Impact Bitcoin Recently, the Chinese parliament revealed the draft of its first civil code, which includes the protection of civil rights like property, personality, contract, marriage, infringement, and inheritance.
2020-5-26 19:11 | |
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Bitcoin Suisse, a Swiss-based crypto financial services and technology provider, today announced its Series A and first-ever capital raise. A total of 20% of shares in BTCS Holding AG, the holding company owning and controlling all Bitcoin Suisse subsidiaries, with full voting and dividend rights, are offered for sale at a CHF 275m pre-money valuation, […] CryptoNinjas: Bitcoin Suisse announces Series A capital raise
2020-5-8 12:38 | |
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Wyoming authorities have taken many positive steps towards the crypto market with its blockchain and crypto custody rules. The state also became the first one to pass a bill that gives direct property rights to cryptocurrency owners and might be seeing a crypto bank soon as well.
2020-4-15 20:55 | |
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Правозащитная организация Human Rights Foundation объявила, что будет принимать пожертвования в биткоинах через BTC Pay Server. HRF now accepts #Bitcoin donations through @BtcpayServer! A great project that helps with privacy + doesn’t collect your information.
2020-3-13 11:31 | |
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The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is now accepting donations in the form of Bitcoin (BTC). Using their own self-hosted BTCPayServer, the HRF will now be able to tap into the niche market to accept donations in a currency that has an ethos broadly in-line with their own, March 11, 2020.
2020-3-12 20:00 | |
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The Human Rights Foundation has just announced that it will be accepting Bitcoin donations via BTC Pay Server. Unlike other payment processing services, BTC Pay Server is an entirely open source project than can’t censor transactions.
2020-3-10 02:00 | |
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Tor software is a vital tool for dissidents worldwide, but privacy and freedom online should not be a luxury. Human rights are not radical. The post Privacy Isn’t Radical: How Tor Supports Dissent as a Human Right appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2020-3-4 16:01 | |
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It has been an eventful series of events since it emerged that TRON Founder Justin Sun had bought the rights to a $4. 57 million lunch with the Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett.
2020-2-25 13:16 | |
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The Australian entrepreneur who claims to be the inventor of bitcoin has suggested he might take legal action over claimed infringement of his intellectual property.
2020-2-18 00:00 | |
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CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by the Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein and Syrian entrepreneur Moe Ghashim to discuss how cultural context shapes the way people view bitcoin, including stories from the Middle East.
2020-2-18 17:00 | |
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The infamous Craig Wright, the Australian native who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, has published a blog post that explains he owns “the full rights to the Bitcoin registry” and developers do not have the right to change the protocol’s underlying database.
2020-2-15 03:30 | |
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Self-proclaimed Satoshi Craig Wright calls Bitcoin (BTC) his "personal property"
2020-2-14 20:05 | |
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The lawyers of alleged $4 billion Bitcoin launderer Alexander Vinnik file a complaint alleging violation of Vinnik’s rights on behalf of his children
2020-1-20 19:42 | |
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“If you have rights but never flex them, your muscles will get weak."
The post Video: Trace Mayer on Proof of Keys, Sovereignty and Bitcoin Privacy appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2019-12-31 16:00 | |
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Lay attorneys are puzzled by Nordea’s BTC ban: “They are within their rights, but to prohibit every single employee from trading cryptocurrencies [...] seems weird.”
2019-12-9 06:58 | |
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The Human Rights Foundation has prepared an analysis of the financial markets of countries with authoritarian rule. As a rule, these economies are in decline with the collapse of national currencies.
2019-11-28 17:28 | |
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In this episode of the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast, Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation discusses blockchain technology and democracy. The post Podcast: What Harnessing the Bitcoin Blockchain’s Power Could Mean for China appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2019-11-13 18:31 | |
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Yang Zuoxing, CEO at MicroBT, is under investigation by the local police. The investigation is allegedly related to a dispute over Bitmain’s intellectual property rights. Yang nor MircroBT have released an official statement.
2019-11-10 10:49 | |
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Virtually everybody knows what a dollar is, but not as many know about the SDR. The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Special Drawing Rights is an international, monetary reserve system created specifically to address limitations of gold and standard fiat currencies such as the USD.
2019-10-14 08:00 | |
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“I think the government should be required to have a warrant to delve into our internet activity. Even the Supreme Court did not address this, leaving all of us vulnerable to secret government surveillance of what we do on the internet.
2019-10-12 19:00 | |
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After much deliberation in the past months and years, Moscow has recently taken important steps toward regulating the crypto space. These are part of the efforts to open the way for the development of the Russian digital economy.
2019-10-5 23:32 | |
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Property rights firm Bitmark has closed a $3 million Series A round of investment led by HTC and Alibaba amongst others. As per a press release, September 3, 2019, the freshly raised money will be used to fund sales and marketing efforts for the company.
2019-9-5 01:00 | |
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“We will stand up for liberty, democracy, the rule of law, equality and human rights – the ideals that we share with our friends and allies. We will remain at... The post Bitcoin Stocks Go Red as Donkeys Meet at G7 appeared first on Trustnodes.
2019-8-25 21:34 | |
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Among experts in crypto, the issue of the relationship between gold and bitcoin is being discussed more actively. Comparing the quotes of gold and digital gold, Forbes and Bloomberg, voluntarily or involuntarily, recognize almost equal rights of two assets to be a safe haven.
2019-8-24 15:47 | |
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As part of its preparation for the upcoming Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting, the U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a federal law enforcement agency, intends to trial distributed ledger technology (DLT) in intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement by the end of August 2019, reports Yahoo Finance on August 16, 2019.
2019-8-19 09:00 | |
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Privacy is a basic human right. It’s there in Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Freedom from Interference with Privacy, Family, Home and Correspondence. ” Attaining that right in an era of dragnet surveillance, mass data breaches, state-sponsored hacks and big tech overreach, however, is a Herculean task.
2019-7-23 04:33 | |
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CryptoNinjas - Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Asset SourceUpside, a crypto services provider including cryptocurrency exchange Upxide and subsidiary of Tokyo listed company Metaps Plus, announced today it has acquired marketing rights for Telegram Messenger’s GRAM token sale in partnership with Liquid, the cryptocurrency exchange run by QUOINE Pte.
2019-7-13 01:40 | |
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New York University professor and staunch bitcoin critic Nouriel Roubini is threatening to sue BitMEX, a global cryptocurrency exchange. The renowned economist lambasted Arthur Hayes, co-founder & CEO of BitMEX, for releasing a doctored video of a debate featuring the two.
2019-7-7 15:54 | |
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By CCN: Before Craig Wright, the Bitcoin trademark was registered to none other than the Escobar family. That’s according to official documents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which show Pablo Escobar’s brother, Roberto Escobar, as the former main signatory on Bitcoin’s naming rights.
2019-5-26 13:02 | |
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The founder of decentralized crypto exchange Bisq has stepped away from all roles and activities, allowing the exchange’s DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) to oversee its operations.
2019-5-21 21:58 | |
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London-based blockchain settlement startup SETL, backed by Credit Agricole, has emerged from administration as management bought back operating assets, staff and intellectual property rights, The Financial Times reported May 3, 2019.
2019-5-6 09:52 | |
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The New York Office of the Attorney General (AG) wants to take a closer look into the business operations of Bitfinex and related stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT). According to a legal petition filed with the Supreme Court of New York, the NY Attorney General Office of Letitia James is applying for a court order to investigate Bitfinex’s suite of interrelated companies (including its umbrella firm iFinex and Tether Holdings Limited) for “ongoing fraud” to the tune of $850 million.
2019-4-27 01:30 | |
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During a conversation with Tone Vays and NVK, Jimmy Song, a recognized Bitcoin (BTC) developer and supporter talked about the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the decision to launch a new stablecoin with the World Bank.
2019-4-17 23:37 | |
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Jimmy Song, a well-known Bitcoin influencer and developer, commented on the news surrounding International Monetary Fund and India. Recently, it was reported that the International Monetary Fund [IMF] and the World Bank launched their own cryptocurrency, Learning Coin, which would have no monetary value.
2019-4-16 20:30 | |
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As the crypto community squabbles over the rights and wrongs of Binance’s decision to delist Bitcoin S. V, one exchange, Gemini, has further established its credentials as a stalwart for trust.
2019-4-17 18:54 | |
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Blockchain, a new technology which initially disrupted the financial sector, has proven over the years that its use cases can extend beyond finance and can be utilized in several industries. Researchers have claimed that the technology has great potential to be utilized in the land rights sector, but its impact has not been greatly felt […] Blockchain Technology Is Great but Is Not a ‘Magic Bullet’ and Cannot Address All Land Rights Challenges was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Blockchain News | Bitcoin News | blokt.com.
2019-3-29 15:59 | |
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An Israeli court ruled on March 17, 2019, that banks can't enforce a blanket ban against all accounts linked to cryptocurrency. Instead, the court said, banks need to consider the specific type and scope of crypto-related activity before determining whether or not to open an account.
2019-3-20 18:53 | |
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Human Rights Foundation Debates If Privacy Of Bitcoin Could Protect Journalists From Danger Journalists and cryptocurrency are an unlikely twosome, but the Human Rights Foundation recently published a blog post that would bring these two subjects together.
2019-3-13 01:46 | |
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The duties of a journalists is simple: educate the public about events, issues and developments that directly or indirectly affect their lives. Part of their daily routine involves conducting interviews, sieving through private or private.
2019-3-12 18:33 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase purchased controversial Italian software services provider Neutrino for $13. 5 million (€12 million), a copy of a legal document dated February 15, 2019, and shared with Bitcoin Magazine reveals.
2019-3-7 20:29 | |
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After a week of community discontent, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has decided to sever its business relationship with Neutrino employees who previously worked at the notorious Italian malware/software provider Hacking Team.
2019-3-5 19:09 | |
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Coinbase’s Director of Institutional Sales, Christine Sandler, said in an interview last week that, in part, the exchange acquired controversial software firm Neutrino because its prior blockchain analysis providers were selling customer data.
2019-3-5 23:58 | |
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Minds. com CEO Bill Ottman recently appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience, where he talked about the importance of open source and decentralization. While these are subjects near and dear to his heart, they are more a vehicle for his true passion – building a social infrastructure that respects people’s rights.
2019-3-2 18:15 | |
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When Coinbase acquired Neutrino for an unspecified amount in February 2019, the news looked like business as usual: A cryptocurrency juggernaut had made another acquisition.
2019-3-1 17:19 | |
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Tatyana Moskalkova, the commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, has issued a letter to Michalis Kalogir, Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights of Greece, requesting for the extradition of the embattled former BTC-e crypto exchange owner, Alexander Vinnik to Russia, according to a report by Tass on February 25.
2019-2-28 21:30 | |
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The open, scalable, and interconnected economy of the future. - Medium