The Department of Justice made headlines in crypto and elsewhere, leading a week of law enforcement locking down around the world. Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note Historians typically date the birth of international policing as we know it today […]
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The U.S. needs to embrace privacy-focused crypto in order to compete with China’s digital RMB. Co-founder and managing partner at Electric Capital, Avichal Garg, is convinced the only way for the U.S. to catch up with China in the digital currency war is by embracing privacy-focused cryptocurrency. According to Garg, the Chinese are already far […]
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Technology could hold the keys to identity theft protection. Speaking at the online launch event for the Global Digital Asset & Cryptocurrency Association, a Chicago-based group focused on regulatory clarity and industry security, U.S. Representative Bill Foster explained the importance of a “secure digital identity.” “You can have the most rock-solid cryptographic guarantees of a blockchain […]
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More regulation is coming, and it will be costly, but compliance can also expand an exchange’s customer base. Crypto intelligence firm CipherTrace released a study on Oct. 1 reporting that more than half of the world’s cryptocurrency exchanges had deficient customer identification processes in place against money laundering. On the same day, the United States […]
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“The small IP space/access to the internet in the DPRK, as well as its less connected nature to global/online systems, arguably offers it an asymmetric advantage in relation to cyber operations.” The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is widely considered to be a state sponsor of cryptocurrency hacking and theft. While multiple United States presidents […]
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The lightning vulnerability was made public on Oct 9. Lightning network node operators running LND versions prior to the Oct. 1 version 0.11 upgrade have been urged to upgrade immediately after a vulnerability was discovered affecting LND versions 0.10 and below. The vulnerability was made public in an Oct. 9 announcement from Lightning engineer Conner […]
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“I have seen this movie before,” said the ex-banker with reference to DeFi. Revolution Populi has released layer one of a blockchain solution that the founding team believes could be used as a clearinghouse for crypto and traditional financial transactions. The protocol iterates over the delegated proof-of-stake consensus used by EOS, which employs 21 block producers. […]
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Although it’s still impossible to pay with ETH where only BTC is accepted, cryptocurrency interoperability is being explored. Today, paying for purchases in cryptocurrencies no longer seems like something out of the ordinary. Many online stores accept Bitcoin (BTC) and other coins along with traditional currencies, while in some cafes, cryptocurrency holders can even pay […]
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There’s a growing realization that social media has become a destructive influence. But can blockchain social media platforms really make a difference? Big tech isn’t just big anymore. It’s grown into a ravenous Cthulhu-esque beast with its tentacles wrapped around almost every data point in our lives. But in the light of a House Judiciary […]
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The CFTC and DOJ actions against BitMEX suggest that the crypto industry still has a lot of work ahead to meet KYC/AML standards. Recent years have seen the crypto industry mature across the global economic landscape, but it still runs into high-profile snags. On Oct. 1, the United States Department of Justice filed criminal charges […]
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