Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has joined the legal fray in suing YouTube over fake crypto giveaways using his image. Lawyers for Steve Wozniak and 17 other people adversely affected by fake Bitcoin giveaway scams on YouTube have sued the platform and parent company Google for not acting quickly to ban such content. According to a […]
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Covid-19 relief money does not seem to have been spent by many Japanese on cryptocurrencies. In April, the Japanese government began distributing 100,000 yen payments — about $930 — to every household. But did the Japanese follow some in the United States and spend that money in crypto exchanges? The data from the three major […]
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“Romantic Hacker” will feature a K-pop star whose story is based on the hack of a fictitious crypto exchange. A K-drama series titled “Romantic Hacker” is set to air online in October across South Korea. It focuses on crypto and blockchain-related topics and is linked to a romance story. The show is slated to film […]
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China’s Supreme Court has called to strengthen property laws pertaining to digital currency, network virtual property and data. The Chinese Supreme Court believes that cryptocurrency property rights should be strengthened. In a document published on July 22, China’s Supreme Court calls for strengthening the protection of property rights pertaining to — among other things — […]
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Ryozo Himino, the International Financial Deputy Counselor at Japan’s financial watchdog, will take over as the agency’s new commissioner. Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has officially announced it will hire Ryozo Himino as its next leader. In a July 20 update to the Financial Services Agency’s executive directory, Himino is now listed as the commissioner […]
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With a market cap over $10B, Tether isn’t likely to be displaced by any central bank digital currency according to Paolo Ardoino. Paolo Ardoino, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Bitfinex and Tether, says recent pushes for governments to adopt regulatory paths towards central bank digital currencies won’t adversely affect stablecoins like Tether. “In the long […]
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Bank of Japan has announced the launch of a new CBDC research team, which will continue the work of its previous CBDC research team. The Bank of Japan announced on July 20 that it had formed a new team to accelerate research into the feasibility of central bank digital currencies (CBDC). The team takes over […]
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Account holders at crypto exchange Huobi have the opportunity to vote this month on which of six new tokens they would like to see listed. Major Japanese exchange Huobi is asking its users to vote before August 16 on which new cryptocurrencies they would like to see listed. According to an update on the Huobi […]
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast. It has been all over the news about the great Twitter Bitcoin hack of 2020. We’ve got you covered if you haven’t been paying attention to #CryptoTwitter this week. After a period of calm in the cryptomarkets, last week showed some movement. Unfortunately, it went in the wrong […]
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Japan may need to rely on the United States to have some influence over the development of digital currencies. Japan is behind the curve on the establishment of a central bank digital currency and should throw its weight behind the United States establishing a digital dollar, says Takaya Nakamura, an executive from Japanese crypto exchange […]
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