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The Digital Evolution Of The Online Gaming Ecosystem

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Congress can regulate sports gambling directly, but if it elects not to do so, each state is free to act on its own.”. When we launched sports betting just over a month ago, we were introducing our players to a completely new way to win,” noted New Hampshire Lottery Commission Executive Director Charlie McIntyre.

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PA Department of Banking and Securities: virtual currency is not “money”

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5330 as money services businesses (“MSBs”), which in turn are governed by the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) and related reporting and anti-money laundering compliance obligations. The New Hampshire Banking Department issued a statement saying it would no longer regulate businesses solely engaged in virtual currency transactions.

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At the Intersection of Banking and Politics

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One nationally acclaimed expert on banking, Kevin Jacques, recently predicted that if Clinton wins the election she will appoint individuals largely from the world of politics with an eye toward strengthening financial regulation and oversight of the banking system as a whole. Department of the Treasury and a decade as a bank regulator.

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Why It’s Time To Come Down On Bitcoin

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It should be a call to action to the cybersecurity regulators that, when innovation — even intellectually and technologically sophisticated innovation — goes off the rails, it’s time to give a good hard look with an eye to reining it way, way in. Regulating bitcoin exchanges is starting to happen in other parts of the world.

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