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US Treasury Secretary Sees Libra As National Security Threat

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin believes that Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency could pose as a national security threat. In a press conference on Monday (July 15), Mnuchin warned that Libra “could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financiers” and that it was a “national security issue.”.

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Bitcoin Daily: China Construction Bank Grows Blockchain Platform; IRS Tax Forms Now Ask About Crypto

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In other news, the Marco Polo Network has announced that it has secured its first Russian-German import-export operations financing project. We expect Marco Polo to ensure seamless collaboration of several sides engaged in international trade operations (banks, suppliers, insurance companies, etc.)

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Bitcoin Daily: Brazil Debuts Blockchain Solution For Gov’t Bids; BitFunder CEO Gets 14 Months For Crypto Fraud

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And the operator of BitFunder, a defunct trading platform that was denominated in bitcoin, and WeExchange was sentenced for obstruction of justice as well as securities fraud, CoinDesk reported. The slide deck was reportedly leaked through social media by an accountant. On another note, The U.S. at the World Bank.

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Fraudsters Pose As Hurricane Relief Orgs

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Watch out for fake websites and social media pages. More than a decade later, thanks to the proliferation of social media, information (and misinformation) spreads faster than ever. Despite the misleading “secure” designator “https,” Darrin Edelman, Token of Trust CEO, says this is a fake. Experts weigh in.

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Regulatory Tracker: Sandboxes Gain, While Cryptos Wane

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Here in the United States, tax season looms, of course, which may put additional pressure on cryptos. The specific directive from William Galvin, the state’s head securities regulator, commands that those firms abandon the sale of what have been termed “unregistered securities.” The firms named include Mattervest, Inc.,

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Cybersecurity Spring Cleaning Checklist 2023

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With tax season in full flow, stay safe and spring clean your physical and digital data, strengthen your passwords and keep cybercriminals at bay. Review Your Passwords Without strong passwords on your accounts, any other security measures you take will be less effective. With an expected 77.1

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

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Treasurer Sarah Getzlaff, CEO, Security First Bank of North Dakota, New Salem, N.D. We must also keep our focus on protecting the 2017 tax cuts and, as always, monitoring and confronting credit union overreach. For instance, ICBA is calling for congressional hearings on the credit union tax exemption. Covington, Ind.