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Bitcoin Not the Answer to a Cashless Society

Opinion piece by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Chair of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI), co-authored by Jacqueline Loh, chair of the BIS Markets Committee, published in the Financial...

, by Benoît Cœuré

Morning News: G20’s Crypto Wishlist, Coincheck Hack Celeb Refunded

Catch up on the most essential cryptocurrency and blockchain news stories breaking in Asia and the Americas while the rest of the world was asleep.Celebrity Who Lost Everything in Coincheck Hack Gets Full Refund Japanese celebrity Toki, one half of comedy duo Fujisaki Market, says he has received a...

, by Tim Alper

Crypto Lawyers: How to Work With Them in 2018

This space wasn't a focus for most law firms until last year.The meteoric rise of startups still looking to launch Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), despite market setbacks, has led to a surge in demand for lawyers with expertise in this space. Especially at a time when the US Securities Exchange...

, by Samantha Yap

SEC ICO Probe: “This Could Be a Real Mess”

The recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) probe into companies who are launching Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) might end up with a real mess, securities attorney Aaron Kaplan told Cryptonews.com.ICO issuers are running scared, whereas some investors may end up with illiquid...

, by Michael Scott

Cryptocurrency Are a Boost to the Financial System, Not a Threat

The total value of cryptocurrencies is too small to be a systemic risk. One of the chief economic benefits provided by cryptocurrencies are ICOs.Some of the world’s central bankers believe cryptocurrencies are a threat to the stability of the global economic system."What concerns me most,"...

, by Simon Chandler

EC’s New FinTech Action Plan Cautious and Bullish on Blockchain

The European Commission is working on a comprehensive strategy on distributed ledger technology and blockchain addressing all sectors of the economy and it will report on the challenges and opportunities of crypto assets later in 2018, the Commission said in a press release accompanying...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Morning News: N Korea in Turkey Raid?, Coinchek Hack Explanation

Catch up on the most essential cryptocurrency and blockchain news stories breaking in Asia and the Americas while the rest of the world was asleep.Coincheck Explains How its Wallets Were Hacked Coincheck, the Japanese exchange platform that suffered the world’s biggest-ever cryptocurrency...

, by Tim Alper

Blockchain Sandboxes Could Benefit Everyone, Research Shows

Businesses keen on using blockchain and governments looking to regulate it should find a middle ground such as making regulatory sandboxes to reach mutually satisfactory agreements, a research on blockchain cybersecurity by Microsoft, Chamber of Digital Commerce, and a law firm Covington and...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Morning News: Japanese Exchanges Suspension Risk, SEC Wants New Powers

Catch up on the most essential cryptocurrency and blockchain news stories breaking in Asia and the Americas while the rest of the world was asleep.US Regulator Wants More Powers over Cryptocurrency Exchanges American financial regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says...

, by Tim Alper

US Federal Judge Rules: Crypto Is a Commodity

While cryptocurrencies hold great potential in the eyes of enthusiasts, the fact is that lawmakers and government officials often do not know what to make of them, and how to treat them in court, for example. In another win for team “Clear the FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) surrounding...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

SEC ICO Probe: Lawyers and Regulators, Beware

Mark Toohey is a lecturer on Digital Currency Regulation at the University of Nicosia (UNIC) with a corporate law background. He is also the Founder and CEO of TBSx3 – a blockchain logistics and supply chain management solutions company. ____Lawyers and regulators who are involved in the...

, by Mark Toohey

Morning News: Japan Keen to Lead G20 Talks, Microgrid Funding Spike

Japan to Take Initiative in G20’s Crypto Talks Energy Trading Startups Get Massive Funding Boost Kakao Group Launches Blockchain Subsidiary, ICO to Follow? US Marshals to Auction BTC 2,170Catch up on the most essential cryptocurrency and blockchain news stories breaking in Asia and the...

, by Tim Alper

ICOs More Profitable for Startups than Venture Capital

In 2018, the amount of money raised by blockchain startups using venture capital* (VC) investments is on the way to surpass the 2017 highs, but initial coin offerings (ICO) overshadow traditional VC by a staggering number, Techcrunch reported.In 2017, more than USD 900 million was recorded in...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

China Warms Up to Blockchain Technology

An idea of a national blockchain digital asset trading platform has emerged. Local governments are also keen to implement blockchain technology.It might be hard to believe, but cryptocurrencies could make its way back into the Chinese market, although most likely in a slightly different form....

, by Fredrik Vold

Crypto Regulation: What’s on the G20 Table

When finance ministers and central bank governors of the world’s 20 biggest economies sit down and discuss matters relating to cryptocurrencies in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 19–20 March, you can expect a quite negative mood. After all, cryptocurrencies are by design challenging their...

, by Fredrik Vold

Full Steam Ahead for Crypto in the CIS – but Instigator Has Cold Feet

The heat is on in the CIS as member states rush to pass cryptocurrency and blockchain-friendly legislation – and attract major international investment.Last year, Belarus surprised the world when it announced that, as of the end of March, it would be introducing sweeping measures to legalize...

, by Tim Alper

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