The New York Department of Financial Services is requesting comments on its amendment to the BitLicense that would help smaller companies be regulated. The New York State Department of Financial Services, or NY DFS, is proposing a “Conditional BitLicense” framework to reform its controversial BitLicense regulation introduced in 2015. In a request for comment released […]
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Ransomware group threatens to auction secrets stolen from a law firm specializing in the entertainment industry. The REvil ransomware gang says that they will auction over 1TB of data stolen from New York-based entertainment law firm, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks. This data allegedly contains the “dirty” secrets of a number of celebrities. REvil claims […]
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The New York-based cryptocurrency exchange announced it had raised $6 million in a seed funding round led by a former board member of Skype. Cryptocurrency exchange CrossTower announced on June 22 it had raised $6 million in a new seed funding round led by Gerard Lopez, a former board member of WIX and Skype. According […]
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The world’s leading technological and economic country is significantly outdated on two major levels requiring dramatic changes: government and politicians. As with most of the globetrotting crypto and blockchain set, I find myself grounded. Me, in my Manhattan apartment for the past several months, watching the COVID-19 pandemic grow out of control while systems break […]
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast. An eventful week for Bitcoin this week. It ended down nearly 5 percent but at one point, things were looking much worse. A collapse to $8,900 sparked talk of a three-month correction—which could be exacerbated by the expiration of more than 100,000 Bitcoin options next Friday. So far […]
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The SEC has rejected an ETF with only a 25% BTC component before, but how about just 5%? WisdomTree may be testing the agency’s limits. Many investment firms have launched crypto exchange-traded funds, but so far, none has found favor with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Firms keep trying, though, and this past […]
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Latest news shows an intended bid for Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, chairman Jay Clayton as New York’s Southern District attorney. United States Attorney General William Barr announced that President Trump will most likely task Jay Clayton as the legal enforcer for a chunk of New York — a state that has historically held […]
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Peter Schiff agrees with the Fed that Bitcoin should be classified as fiat currency. Economist, financial commentator and gold advocate Peter Schiff once again bashed Bitcoin in a tweet, essentially calling it fiat currency — the name for regional currencies, such as the U.S. dollar. “The Fed gets Bitcoin right,” Schiff said in a June […]
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Blockchain tech and crypto donations incorporated into the philanthropy sector have a chance of significantly improving the entire industry. The past decade has produced an eruption in diverse giving channels and options for donating, changing the patterns of how people give. According to Blackbaud, online giving has shown steady increases, growing from 6.4% of all […]
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Most major cryptocurrencies are stuck in a range suggesting a balance between supply and demand. Kraken crypto exchange CEO Jesse Powell has said that a large number of both retail and institutional investors have opened accounts with them. This shows that all types of investors are concerned about the current economic condition, hence they have […]
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