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JANUARY 4, 2019

A New York State politician announced the creation of what he called the nation’s first cryptocurrency task force, to “study how to properly regulate, define and use” the currency, according to a Facebook post and reports. Cryptocurrency, however, is more than just an asset that stores value.

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JANUARY 31, 2021

India is looking into a new bill that could ban private cryptocurrencies in favor of a national digital coin, a report says. The bill, titled the “Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill,” could create a framework in which the official digital currency is rolled out and issued by the Reserve Bank of India.

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

The Chief of Russia’s Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina said she doesn’t see any pertinent or obvious reason to create a national digital currency, according to a report by Russian News Agency TASS. The regulator made the remarks at the Finopolis forum of innovative financial technologies.

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JUNE 25, 2018

Schweizerische Nationalbank Board Director Thomas Moser said he doesn’t think it’s the right time to talk about issuing a national cryptocurrency for the country. In fact, late last year, Vontobel , the Swiss bank, decided to give investors the ability to bet against cryptocurrency with the launch two mini futures to short bitcoin.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

EXCLUSIVE — Spanish banks, along with certain Spanish telecommunication companies, have come together to establish a national network based on blockchain. The consortium is called Alastria.

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JULY 27, 2020

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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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Over the past few years, the sharp rise of cryptocurrencies has attracted investors from all over the world who want to diversify their portfolios and earn high returns. However, the impact of higher interest rates in the past year has impacted the cryptocurrency market, leading to a significant sell-off. What is Digital Rupee? .

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

A study from the Cifas National Fraud Database found that identity theft against consumers over the age of 61 rose by 22 percent in 2019, contributing to an 18 percent increase in identity theft overall. Technologies like video onboarding and AI have shown promise in facing this threat, but each is vulnerable when deployed alone.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

Officials have until April 1 to divest from any foreign cryptocurrencies, although they won’t be required to report any crypto holdings for the year 2020, the report stated. In other news, in an attack on Indian cryptocurrency exchange BuyUCoin , hacker group ShinyHunters leaked the private information of over 325,000 users, Inc42 reported.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

Kadena’s existing blockchain clients include $3 billion asset manager USCF Investments, healthcare technology company Rymedi, and leading Latin American technology business Alteum, as well as one of the world’s top 100 largest banks, and Fortune 500 companies. “In The current policy is a non-policy.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Blockchain is increasingly being separated from cryptocurrency, with an eye toward disparate use cases — some done at the national level. The newswire said that Berlin exists as a “hub” for the industry, where roughly 10 startups focus on blockchain, and end markets span energy, pharma and transportation.

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MARCH 19, 2018

In an interview with The Financial Times , Sarker said Mastercard would be willing to facilitate if the coin in question was a national cryptocurrency that was legitimate and was used as a national digital currency issued by central banks. “If A Mastercard spokesperson declined to provide the FT with more details.

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MARCH 13, 2018

In the developed world of workers in the United States and Europe, the ability to be paid in cryptocurrency probably would not add all that much to their daily life. And, of course, there are true bitcoin believers in every nation who want all their earnings, savings and investments in crypto form. A Natural Evolution.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

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.

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JUNE 29, 2020

The European Union (EU) is preparing to update its cryptocurrency rules that could make it more difficult for stablecoin projects, such as Facebook Inc.’s Last fall, the Libra Association petitioned the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority ( FINMA ) for a Swiss payment system license for its planned cryptocurrency.

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MARCH 3, 2020

The blockchain for the Marshallese sovereign (SOV) digital currency will be developed with Algorand technology, according to an announcement. Algorand created a permissionless, open source and pure proof-of-stake blockchain technology. The supply of SOV will be set to increase at 4 percent yearly to stop inflation from occurring.

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JULY 27, 2020

National banks and federal savings associations can be crypto-custodians, says the OCC Payments Blockchain Fintech Feature Feature3 Technology The Economy.

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JULY 1, 2016

Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Startups are estimated to employ nearly 300,000 on the island nation. Singapore is poised to become the world’s first country to make the notion of a “Smart Nation” an actual reality.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

If 2020 taught us anything about cryptocurrencies, it’s that they’ve reached a tipping point. Or maybe that cryptocurrencies have yet to go mainstream beyond the headlines because fraud still lurks. Bitcoin, of course, exists as one of the most widely recognized cryptocurrencies. Building The (Retail) Use Cases.

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

The Chief of Russia’s Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina said she doesn’t see any pertinent or obvious reason to create a national digital currency, according to a report by Russian News Agency TASS. The regulator made the remarks at the Finopolis forum of innovative financial technologies.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

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. On another note, the Science and Technology Directorate ( S&T ) arm of the U.S.

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

This role leads the product management team for the Ripple Project, a decentralized ledger technology-based solution to cross-border payments marketed to [global transaction services (GTS)] clients,” the job listing read. According to Cointelegraph , the bank recently took down a job listing about the position on LinkedIn.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

We have long thought that thoughtful governmental adoption of emerging technologies such as cryptocurrencies (when accompanied by non-restrictive legislation over these technologies) is the best way to ensure the U.S. Ohio is the first U.S.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Singapore-based BCB Blockchain announced that it has launched a $300,000 fund to support incubators and startup accelerators in the Philippines under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). In other news, OKEx , the world’s largest futures cryptocurrency exchange, announced four major partners for OKB, its global utility token.

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APRIL 9, 2019

According to a report in Reuters , citing China’s state planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, the agency is facing mounting pressure from the government to control the cryptocurrency market and as a result, may move to ban bitcoin mining. The list was first made back in 2011, noted the report.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Pizza Hut will now accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment at its stores in Venezuela, Cointelegraph reported. 27 that it was partnering with the pizza chain to process cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Litecoin, Binance Coin, Binance USD, Tether, Dash, Ether, Dai and XPT, Cryptobuyer’s native coin. billion) from more than 2.6

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APRIL 14, 2019

The National Assembly of France has voted to allow local insurance companies to include cryptocurrencies in life insurance contracts. With these two provisions, it is written in black and white that SPFs can invest in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin,” said Simmons & Simmons attorney Emilien Bernard-Alzias, according to CCN.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

The digital currency and related distributed-ledger technologies could "enhance the efficiency, effectiveness and stability of the provision of payments," according to an interpretive letter issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Barr unveiled the publication of “Cryptocurrency: An Enforcement Framework,” which his Cyber-Digital Task Force created, according to a Thursday (Oct. Cryptocurrency is a technology that could fundamentally transform how human beings interact, and how we organize society,” Barr said in the release. Attorney General William P.

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JANUARY 26, 2020

Partially brought on by the emergence of cryptocurrencies and Facebook’s upcoming introduction of the Libra coin, central banks across the globe have been looking into launching eCurrency as a means of maintaining states’ control over money.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

The BitTorrent Foundation-issued cryptocurrency will let users earn rewards for sharing their computer power. On another note, the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) in Thailand created a system for voting that is based on the blockchain, Coindesk reported. lower than yesterday and 6.2%

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Blockchain firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) has bought the Luno cryptocurrency exchange, which it will keep running as an independent subsidiary, according to a Wednesday (Sept. based company offers digital asset instruction, investment technology and information for people in Europe, Asia and Africa. 9) announcement.

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JUNE 25, 2019

The House Financial Services Committee has scheduled hearings about the proposed merger between BB&T and SunTrust Banks, as well as the Facebook-planned cryptocurrency Libra. According to American Banker , the committee will meet July 17 to examine Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency and its impact on consumers, investors, and the U.S.

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JANUARY 4, 2019

The new year has dawned with India’s government stating that it is eyeing cryptos with “due caution” and that there are no “clear recommendations” as to cryptocurrencies. And, as newbtc.com reported , there no longer are plans for the Reserve Bank of India to launch a national digital currency.

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APRIL 28, 2019

Blockchain got a boost last week after the Ohio House Of Representatives introduced a bill that would let state government agencies use blockchain technology. It is the first state to let businesses pay their taxes with cryptocurrency. The state is leveraging those two attributes to lure blockchain developers and companies to Ohio.

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APRIL 30, 2018

The nation’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Upbit, is collaborating with Korea Credit Data, reports said, to develop the solution, which will also aim to enable SMBs to more easily access structured securities. The involvement of the nation’s largest cryptocurrency exchange comes as the government cracks down on such firms.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

In its newest report, the EU Blockchain Forum (EUBF) noted that government bodies need to home in on two aspects of the blockchain to help the technology fully actualize: That is, the institutions need to have digital national currencies as well as systems for digital identity, The Next Web reported.

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