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Russia set to try again with blockchain voting despite earlier setbacks

August 27, 2020cashtechnews

Initial results appear promising for the Waves-developed e-voting system. Russian telecommunication giant Rostelekom, together with the Russian Ministry of Digital Development and Communications, tested a blockchain-based voting system developed in collaboration with Waves Enterprise. As local news outlets reported, the preliminary test involved 30,000 people who were trying out the platform’s functionality and technical capabilities. […]

From dream to nightmare: Belarus crackdown has tech firms restless

August 27, 2020cashtechnews

Will the political turmoil in Belarus put an end to the development of digital technologies and the financial freedom of its citizens? A political crisis, mass detention of peaceful citizens and internet blocking in Belarus are hitting the country’s IT sector hard. Amid this social turmoil, some companies are moving their offices and servers abroad, […]

Libra replaces general counsel Robert Werner after 3 months

August 27, 2020cashtechnews

Former U.S. Homeland Security Department general counsel, Stevan Bunnel, has been appointed as Libra’s top lawyer. Stevan Bunnel, former general counsel for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has been revealed as the Libra Association’s new leading lawyer. Since leaving the Homeland Security Department in 2017, Bunnell co-chaired the data privacy-focused legal practice O’Melveny […]

Latest Fidelity filing outlines mainstream Bitcoin trading product

August 26, 2020cashtechnews

Mainstream finance continues piling into Bitcoin. Fidelity has filed for a Regulation D exemption with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, for a Bitcoin-based financial product. Known as the Wise Origin Bitcoin Index Fund, the product falls under the “pooled investment fund” category, according to the firm’s Form D filing, dated Aug. 26, […]

6 Questions for Rob Viglione of Horizen

August 26, 2020cashtechnews

“Who doesn’t love a story of a humble badass who refuses the easy path of corruption, loses everything, and still refuses to give up?” Each week we ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and we throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their […]

Becoming an ‘accredited investor’ in the US is no longer just about being rich

August 26, 2020cashtechnews

The SEC has relaxed rules that once prioritized net worth over financial sophistication. The Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, is now amending its definition of an “accredited investor” to relax the purely wealth-based requirements, after announcing such plans in December 2019. Accredited investors in the U.S. enjoy special privileges with the SEC — namely […]

House Dems request Trump admin. briefing on crypto seized from terrorists

August 26, 2020cashtechnews

The information will be used to develop regulation aimed at tackling the illicit use of cryptocurrencies. On Monday, two Democratic Representatives asked the Trump administration to provide more information on cryptocurrency recently seized from terrorists. According to an Aug. 26 report by The Hill, the request is related to the millions of dollars in crypto […]

What Binance’s choice of integration protocol tells us about DeFi projects

August 26, 2020cashtechnews

How do Compound and Kava differ from other popular DeFi projects, and why did Binance select them as its first DeFi integration protocols? Compound Finance and Kava Labs were chosen as Binance’s two integration partners for the leading cryptocurrency exchange taking its first step into decentralized finance by launching DeFi staking. Time will tell if […]

Aspen launches on tZERO amid record security token volume

August 26, 2020cashtechnews

Overstock’s tZERO platform has commenced trading Aspen’s digital security. Aspen (ASPD), the security token representing fractional ownership in the St. Regis Aspen Resort — a five-star 179-room hotel in Colorado, has commenced trading on the tZERO alternative trading system. The news marks the first Tezos (XTZ)-based security token to be listed on a regulated platform. […]

Tether tops Paypal and Bitcoin for average daily transfer value

August 26, 2020cashtechnews

Average daily transfer value for Tether exceeded that for Bitcoin in August. The average daily transfer value for Tether has surpassed that of Bitcoin and PayPal according to recent research. A report by CoinMetrics has revealed that Tether’s 7-day average adjusted transfer value reached over $3.55 billion as of August 20. This is around 20% […]

Tag: security

Russia set to try again with blockchain voting despite earlier setbacks

Libra replaces general counsel Robert Werner after 3 months

Latest Fidelity filing outlines mainstream Bitcoin trading product

6 Questions for Rob Viglione of Horizen

Becoming an ‘accredited investor’ in the US is no longer just about being rich

House Dems request Trump admin. briefing on crypto seized from terrorists

Aspen launches on tZERO amid record security token volume

Tether tops Paypal and Bitcoin for average daily transfer value

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