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Regulatory Tracker: Sandboxes Gain, While Cryptos Wane

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On the global stage, bitcoin fell below $7,000 to just above $6,800, and Ripple slipped to its lowest price since the end of 2017. Here in the United States, tax season looms, of course, which may put additional pressure on cryptos. International Innovation, With a UK Focus. Same alarms, different week.

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Sacred Data for Sale, steal it while you can!

Lex Sokolin

They point to Fintechs and Crypto, the innovative parts of our economy, and accuse it of poor practices. And yet, only 2% of all Bitcoin transactions have anything to do with illicit activity?—?no For many of us, we are fine losing social media photos, Twitter puns, or even our passwords.

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Sacred Data for Sale, steal it while you can!

Lex Sokolin

They point to Fintechs and Crypto, the innovative parts of our economy, and accuse it of poor practices. And yet, only 2% of all Bitcoin transactions have anything to do with illicit activity?—?no For many of us, we are fine losing social media photos, Twitter puns, or even our passwords.

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A Brief History Of Libra

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To ward off the currency speculators that have tended to plague high-profile crypto projects like bitcoin , Libra will be a stablecoin, with its value pegged to the U.S. The concept behind the project is to draw a hard and fast line between the Libra rails and the currency they support – and the social media network that is Facebook.