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IRS Offers $625K For Help Cracking Cryptocurrency Secrecy

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The United States may have some of the world's best cryptographers working for the National Security Agency and other spy shops, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is crowdsourcing at least part of its effort to beat the algorithms that cloak information about certain cryptocurrencies. Even the U.S. Even the U.S.

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The United States May License Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Exchanges

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The Acting Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, Keith Noreika, has stated that he is considering imposing a nationwide licensing program for cryptocurrency exchanges, similar to the licensing program recently enacted in Japan. Last week, Japan’s […].

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OCC announces national banks and federal savings associations can provide custody services for crypto assets

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The OCC issued a letter last week stating that “a national bank [and a federal savings association] may provide. cryptocurrency custody services on behalf of customers, including by holding the unique cryptographic keys associated with cryptocurrency.” The key phrase above is “any lawful business.”

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LATAM’s Payments Innovation Renaissance

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And there is no shortage of interest in the region in that ability, with particular interest coming from the financial services sector, the cryptocurrency markets and in the healthcare vertical. The Latin American market isn’t going to slow down — not from an innovation standpoint, and not from a regulatory standpoint.

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Libra, MoneyGram-Ripple Deal And Fraud Prevention Top Week’s News

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The dispute over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ‘s (OCC’s) national bank charter, which became available to FinTech firms last year, has reportedly caused technology conglomerates to shy away from a tool that aims to provide nonbank firms with a more streamlined way to operate on a national level. Or does it?

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin ATM Installations Approach 10K Globally; Homeland Security Runs Contest For Digital Wallet Development

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Two individuals from Russia who were recently sanctioned by the Treasury Department purportedly put into place copycat websites for cryptocurrency exchanges that that tricked people into providing login information, CoinDesk reported. After that time, they purportedly stole ether, bitcoin and NEO to the tune of $20 million.

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Big Tech Faces Regulation Reckoning As 2021 Dawns

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s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — chiefly for a new watchdog group — the proposed regulatory regime is intended “harness the full potential of digital markets, driving greater competition and innovation,” according to a CMA statement. In the nascent and burgeoning cryptocurrency space, the U.S.