A government representative has revealed a draft bill could land in parliament before the summer recess. Germany plans to introduce draft regulations allowing blockchain bonds as soon as this summer, local daily business news outlet Handelsblatt reported May 9. Citing Thomas Heilmann, the ruling coalition government’s dedicated blockchain correspondent, the publication revealed the new legislation […]
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Global exchange website Currency.com has announced that it will be offering a tokenized form of Belarussian government bonds. The global exchange website Currency.com has announced that it will be offering a tokenized form of Belarussian government bonds, according to a press release on May 7. According to the press release, users can now use fiat […]
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Moscow universities student councils plan to test blockchain e-voting and will pass their methodology on to the city’s electoral commission. Authorities of Moscow are planning to pilot blockchain-based electronic voting in university student council elections in late June 2019, establishing methods that the city’s mayoral election may be next to apply, Russian news agency TASS […]
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An in-depth view into security tokens. Many economists argue that the root causes of the 2008 global financial crisis have yet to be addressed comprehensively, or that measures taken have been exhausted, such as the extent to which quantitative easing was used, which has been put forward by the deputy director of the International Monetary […]
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Crypto regulatory experts debate state vs. federal-level regulation at MIT’s Business of Blockchain event. Three cryptocurrency experts expressed diverging views towards United States crypto regulation at a panel during the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Business of Blockchain event on May 2. Wyoming Blockchain Coalition president Caitlin Long argued that digital assets are property and […]
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More than 25% of the funds raised so far in 2019 have come from the United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been the world’s biggest contributor to crypto token sales so far this year, according to data recently released by CoinSchedule. More than 25% of funds raised since the start of 2019 […]
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Finland’s Financial Supervisory Authority is to assume its role as registration and supervisory authority for the crypto sector. Finland’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA) is set to assume its role as a registration authority and supervisory agency for crypto industry participants as new legislation comes into force this week. The news was revealed in an announcement […]
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The new bill would allow the state government and other government entities to implement blockchain solutions. A new bill introduced on April 24 in the American state of Ohio’s House of Representatives would, if passed, allow the state government and other government entities to implement blockchain solutions in the exercise of their authority. According to […]
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A summary of challenges blockchain-for-land encounters from a New America expert. Tim Robustelli is a Program Associate with the Future of Property Rights Program at New America, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. The flurry of activity related to blockchain-for-land over the past few years is impressive, with a number of firms working with […]
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U.S. crypto exchange Coibnase has filed to close down its political action committee. Major United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has filed to close its political action committee (PAC) on April 3. According to a filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) — the regulatory agency in charge of enforcing election laws — Coinbase’s PAC received […]
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