2022-2-17 08:23 |
Three U.S. senators proposed a bill that would commission a lengthy report detailing the inner workings of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law and a subsequent action plan to mitigate risk. origin »
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As it turns out, it’s a Bitcoin Law after all. The full text from the Central African Republic’s law that makes bitcoin legal tender is finally out, clearing all kinds of doubts and questions that the world had.
2022-5-4 16:07 | |
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We know the idea of Gresham's law — but it cannot be applied directly to bitcoin without some modification.
2022-1-28 00:45 | |
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Bitcoiners who were in El Salvador as its Bitcoin law was implemented reflect on the good and the bad of state-sponsored Bitcoin adoption.
2021-9-24 20:13 | |
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After garnering the approval of a supermajority in parliament, El Salvador enacted its Bitcoin Law, essentially becoming the world’s first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. The Bitcoin Law was passed just hours after President Nayib Bukele first revealed his intentions to introduce it.
2021-7-25 20:18 | |
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According to El Mundo, an El Salvadorian daily newspaper, protesters gathered on Tuesday to demand the Bitcoin law be repealed. During the gathering, one of the protest leaders said ordinary folk on minimum wage are particularly affected by Bitcoin’s wild, volatile swings.
2021-7-24 03:00 | |
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Per a Bloomberg report, Canada-based company Blockstream will aid El Salvador in its effort to implement its Bitcoin Law. The company has proposed the national government issue digital bonds backed by U.
2021-7-4 21:54 | |
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A court in Shanghai, China, has reportedly ruled that bitcoin is an asset protected by Chinese law in a case that has dragged on for years. The case involves a theft of two different cryptocurrencies, one being bitcoin, from an American.
2020-5-10 23:05 | |
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The self-declared creator of Bitcoin, Craig Wright, warns that Bitcoin miners and Lightning Network operators could suffer in the clash between crypto and the law
2020-3-31 21:57 | |
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By 2020, German banks will be able to custody Bitcoin, if new proposed changes to the law are approved
2019-11-30 12:53 | |
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Last month, the U. K. police auctioned off roughly $300,000 worth of cryptocurrencies after they were confiscated by the country’s Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU). Since 2014, law enforcement agencies worldwide have been auctioning large sums of bitcoin seized during investigations.
2019-10-4 22:45 | |
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In an effort to curb illegal use of bitcoin and other blockchain-based cryptocurrencies, and make it easier for law enforcement agents to recognize and fight crypto-fueled crimes, the Indonesian government is hosting an international conference made up of Turkey, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Russia and Hong Kong, according to reports on October 2, 2019.
2019-10-3 01:00 | |
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On a recent Peter McCormack podcast, Trace Mayer compared Bitcoin’s mathematical law to the laws established by politicians, claiming that the former is far superior. Mayer believes that Bitcoin will attain dominance after the monetary revolution that will happen in waves.
2019-10-2 08:01 | |
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Obtaining reliable information about darknet markets (DNMs) is a constant struggle, given the propensity of news sites and forums to come and go. No sooner has one portal gained ascendancy than it’s been toppled by law enforcement or exited under mysterious circumstances.
2019-9-30 18:34 | |
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Major cryptocurrency exchanges have come together to formulate a rating model for cryptocurrencies to justify the listing of a cryptoasset to American regulators, as reported by Wall Street Journal, September 30, 2019.
2019-9-30 16:09 | |
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Some Mt. Gox creditors have signed on to a law firm’s unorthodox proposal to recover their bitcoin, but many are skeptical about its motives.
2019-9-24 12:00 | |
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The second-largest stock exchange of Germany, Exchange Boerse Stuttgart, has recently opened up a new branch to trade digital assets, the Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange (BSDEX). This new platform, which will be fully regulated by the local law, will start the trading of virtual assets, starting with a single trading pair: BTC/EUR. Initially, the launch […]
2019-9-24 01:22 | |
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Law enforcement agents in the Phillippines while acting on a tip from the Chinese Embassy, have arrested 273 Chinese nationals for allegedly defrauding over 1,000 investors in a cryptocurrency investment scam, reports Inquirer on September 16, 2019.
2019-9-17 09:00 | |
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Bitcoin and its underlying technology blockchain are reinvigorating the law intended to create jobs: The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act. Blockchain To Get the JOBS Act Right The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, colloquially known as the JOBS Act, is a law intended to create jobs in the United States.
2019-9-17 04:00 | |
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A Russian law firm claims it can recover funds for victims of the 2014 Mt. Gox hack. But critics see some flaws in the outlined plan. The post Latest Pitch to Recover Lost Mt. Gox Bitcoin Has Critics Raising Red Flags appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2019-9-14 01:02 | |
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Prominent law firm from Russia Zheleznikov and Partners claims that a proposed legal action in the country can recover the funds lost in the Mt. Gox hack. They claim that they can recover an estimated 170,000 to 200,000 Bitcoins from the Russian parties who received the stolen tokens. The value of these tokens will touch […]
2019-9-13 19:56 | |
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Coinspeaker Russian ZP Legal Claims They Can Recover Mt. Gox’s $2 Billion Lost in Bitcoin HackRussian law firm Zheleznikov and Partners has proposed a way to recover up to 200,000 Bitcoin stolen from Mt.
2019-9-13 11:34 | |
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A Russian law firm says it can help Mt Gox creditors recover up to $2 billion worth of bitcoins stolen in the 2014 hack.
2019-9-13 00:45 | |
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The FATF ‘Travel Rule’ that cryptocurrency proponents have described as “absurd” will result in a mass shift to compliance among Bitcoin exchanges, new data claims. FATF Rules Move Closer To Law In a report issued on September 9, Crystal Analytics, the dedicated offshoot of mining giant Bitfury, forecast possible consequences of cryptocurrency rules likely to become law across the globe by June 2020.
2019-9-10 16:00 | |
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Since the birth of the Silk Road, there’s been a cat and mouse game between global law enforcement and darknet market (DNM) operators. Over the last two years, law enforcement agencies have knocked out a slew of markets like Hansa and the massive Alphabay.
2019-9-9 22:00 | |
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Cryptocurrencies have the potential of revolutionizing the financial world soon. The only problem is that it is widely used for criminality and other illegal acts like drug trade and even human trafficking.
2019-9-9 21:05 | |
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After analyzing the movement of bitcoin in 2019, some technical analysts argue that its growth to $ 1 M is inevitable. Harold Christopher Burger at Medium aptly noted: – Predictions are all over the board, with some economists like Nouriel Roubini predicting a price of 0 within five years, whereas John McAfee has famously predicted […]
2019-9-10 16:08 | |
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According to polls, predictions, and commonly seen comments from the cryptocurrency community, most are certain that one day Bitcoin will reach prices of $100K to as much as one million USD. For most, it’s not a matter of if, but when.
2019-9-6 21:00 | |
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What you do with your digital currency ought to be nobody else’s business. Unfortunately, law enforcement, regulators, blockchain forensics firms and other opponents of civil liberties are constantly seeking to usurp this basic human right.
2019-9-4 22:30 | |
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The central bank of the Netherlands is preparing to supervise the country’s crypto sector. The bank has requested crypto exchanges and wallet providers to come forward and submit some information.
2019-9-4 11:03 | |
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According to local media news reports, police officers in the customs department of China’s northeastern province, Jilin, have recently stopped a cross-border deal involving drugs paid for by using Bitcoin.
2019-8-30 01:30 | |
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If Bitcoin is code, and code is speech, could BTC be protected under U.S. law? Industry experts weigh in.
2019-8-27 15:15 | |
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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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The altcoin action continues today as the majority of the market is in the green. Meanwhile, Bitcoin has stabilized over $10,000 while continuing to lose some of its dominance. Nevertheless, good news keep coming for Bitcoin – this time from Albion.
2019-8-24 17:41 | |
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Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the nation’s primary law enforcement authority, has arrested several individuals for illegally mining bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins at the state’s nuclear power plant (NPP), reports RT on August 22, 2019.
2019-8-23 21:00 | |
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Robert A. Cohen is going from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s primary cyber misconduct unit to a law firm representing Coinbase. The post Former SEC Cyber Unit Head Joins Coinbase’s Attorneys appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2019-9-6 20:02 | |
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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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QuadrigaCX creditors are losing patience with their court-appointed law firm, demanding answers about the effort to recover their funds.
2019-8-16 07:15 | |
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An anti-crypto lawyer from India, Vijay Dalmia, put forth his perspective on the current situation in the country on Mondaq, August 13, 2019. Notably, he discusses the Benami Act, 1988, which can cause incrimination for crypto investors who choose to stash their holdings with relatives or peers in countries with more favorable regulations.
2019-8-13 13:58 | |
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The New Zealand Tax Department has just issued guidance on salary payments made in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. This confirms that such payments are entirely within the law, and clarifies how to deal with them in accounting.
2019-8-12 16:00 | |
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Taxes. The one word that can kill any buzz in seconds flat. Whether you’re a libertarian ranting about how taxation is theft or one of those fabled creatures who is actually happy to file them as their so-called civic duty, one fact remains: those who don’t give the government a bite — or make mistakes […] The post Can the Fed Kill Bitcoin? Navigating the Chokepoints of Tax Law and KYC appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-8-9 22:00 | |
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Amir Zaidi, the Bitcoin man in CFTC set to step down from his role with Vincent McGonagle is heavily tipped to replace him. One of the biggest Bitcoin (BTC) proponent inside the U.S Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) will be leaving in the coming weeks according to a report by Bloomberg Law. Amir Zaidi […]
2019-8-9 19:31 | |
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Craig Wright’s tryst with the law is far from over. After a UK Court threw out the the nChain Chief Scientists’s libel suit against Bitcoin. com’s Roger Ver, the self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto is back in the news.
2019-8-9 16:30 | |
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Amir Zaidi, director of the CFTC's Division of Market Oversight, is to leave the regulator within weeks, according to Bloomberg Law.
2019-8-9 11:06 | |
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Popular altcoins like ETH, XRP, and TRX were seen following the footsteps of BTC as they mirrored BTC’s surge and drop. Bitcoin, with a market cap of $207 billion, is the largest cryptocurrency and the on-chain activities of the coin like transaction volume, active addresses, number of transactions, etc.
2019-8-8 04:30 | |
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A new database called the Blockchain Litigation Database is making easier for law firms to provide legal services to crypto-sector clients concerned about compliance issues with the SEC and CFTC.
2019-8-7 23:12 | |
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Gresham law is driving crypto to replace fiat, is how Clem Chambers, the CEO of private investors website ADVFN defines the current Bitcoin and fiat situation. The ongoing US-China trade war, Chambers explains, means yuan is bad money and BTC the good one.
2019-8-6 20:03 | |
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Iranian authorities have implemented new regulations to govern all cryptocurrency-related activities in the state. The new law stipulates that all crypto-related transactions in the region remain illegal and cryptocurrency miners are required to obtain the relevant licenses while also operating in compliance with other guidelines, reports PressTV on August 5, 2019.
2019-8-5 15:00 | |
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CryptoNinjas - Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Asset SourceThe amendment of the Cyprus Prospectus Law effected on the 19th of April 2019, established Cyprus among the leading jurisdictions to launch an STO.
2019-8-5 13:12 | |
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In a string of recent Tweets, 2020 Libertarian presidential candidate and fugitive from the law John McAfee has been talking about slavery. Urging people to “wake up” and assuring them that neither compliance with the status quo, nor stacks of riches, can set them free.
2019-8-3 02:00 | |
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