This year’s first #CryptoCaselawMinute features
• Kleiman v. Wright,
• Lagemann v. Spense,
• and a new case from Chile.
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• Kleiman v. Wright,
• Lagemann v. Spense,
• and a new case from Chile.
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Medium
Crypto Caselaw Minute #17 -1/3/2019
There are four billion reasons to read this week’s CCM. Palley looks at a Florida case that deals with the alleged misappropriate of $4…
A Look Back at 2018: DeCenter Interviews
We’ve hand-picked the most fascinating interviews we did last year. Here they are:
Charlie Lee, creator of Litecoin—one of the most well-known forks of Bitcoin—shared his opinion as to which Bitcoin is the real one.
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Elina Sidorenko, the “Iron Lady” of Russian crypto regulation, shed light on the complex relationship between cryptocurrencies and regulators and explained why she thinks Pavel Durov is a cool guy.
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Marketer at blockchain startups anonymously told us how to promote initial coin offering (ICO) projects.
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Oleg Ivanov, founder of CryptoBazar, revealed the secrets blockchain investors might possess and gave some hints on how to work with them.
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Thought only youngsters would understand crypto? A retired man from the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, who also happens to be a Minter network delegator, told us why the elder generation is also interested in the distributed ledger technology.
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We’ve hand-picked the most fascinating interviews we did last year. Here they are:
Charlie Lee, creator of Litecoin—one of the most well-known forks of Bitcoin—shared his opinion as to which Bitcoin is the real one.
Read »
Elina Sidorenko, the “Iron Lady” of Russian crypto regulation, shed light on the complex relationship between cryptocurrencies and regulators and explained why she thinks Pavel Durov is a cool guy.
Read »
Marketer at blockchain startups anonymously told us how to promote initial coin offering (ICO) projects.
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Oleg Ivanov, founder of CryptoBazar, revealed the secrets blockchain investors might possess and gave some hints on how to work with them.
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Thought only youngsters would understand crypto? A retired man from the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, who also happens to be a Minter network delegator, told us why the elder generation is also interested in the distributed ledger technology.
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decenter.org
Bitcoin Will Always Be the True Bitcoin, Charlie Lee Told DeCenter
Charlie Lee shared with DeCenter his outlook on the recent moves in the crypto space.
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🇪🇺 The front runner for the European Central Bank’s presidency said cryptocurrencies will go down in history as “a load of nonsense.”
via Bloomberg
🇮🇳 The Indian government has put a halt to its plans of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
via ccn
💵 The Ethereum Foundation awarded a $5 million grant to Parity Technologies.
via Cointelegraph
💧 Telecommunications giant China Mobile is developing a blockchain-powered household product.
via CoinDesk
🇦🇺 An Australian federal court has frozen assets of former BitConnect Director John Bigatton.
via The Block
🇪🇺 The front runner for the European Central Bank’s presidency said cryptocurrencies will go down in history as “a load of nonsense.”
via Bloomberg
🇮🇳 The Indian government has put a halt to its plans of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
via ccn
💵 The Ethereum Foundation awarded a $5 million grant to Parity Technologies.
via Cointelegraph
💧 Telecommunications giant China Mobile is developing a blockchain-powered household product.
via CoinDesk
🇦🇺 An Australian federal court has frozen assets of former BitConnect Director John Bigatton.
via The Block
A China-based Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer Canaan is reportedly considering the United States as a place for conducting its initial public offering (IPO), sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.
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The Ethereum Classic (ETC) blockchain has recently suffered a 51-percent attack, with the amount of funds involved nearing $1.1 million worth of the network’s native cryptocurrency.
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Cointelegraph
Coinbase: Ethereum Classic Double Spending Involved More Than $1.1 Million in Crypto
Coinbase has increased the amount of ETC that was allegedly double spent following a 51 percent attack.
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📈 A considerable number of the over-the-counter (OTC) trading desks across the crypto world have seen increased buying pressure at the beginning of the year.
via The Block
🇯🇵 Japan’s Financial Service Agency (FSA) is planning to close a legal loophole that allows unregistered investment firms to raise funds in cryptocurrency.
via CoinDesk
🐦 “If a crypto can’t be 51% attacked, it is permissioned and centralized,” said Litecoin’s creator Charlie Lee in one of his recent tweets.
via Cointelegraph
🏦 The total number of banks participating in the Ripple ecosystem has crossed 200.
via ccn
🇻🇪 The Venezuelan government has required crypto operators in the country to pay taxes in cryptocurrency.
via Bitcoin.com
📈 A considerable number of the over-the-counter (OTC) trading desks across the crypto world have seen increased buying pressure at the beginning of the year.
via The Block
🇯🇵 Japan’s Financial Service Agency (FSA) is planning to close a legal loophole that allows unregistered investment firms to raise funds in cryptocurrency.
via CoinDesk
🐦 “If a crypto can’t be 51% attacked, it is permissioned and centralized,” said Litecoin’s creator Charlie Lee in one of his recent tweets.
via Cointelegraph
🏦 The total number of banks participating in the Ripple ecosystem has crossed 200.
via ccn
🇻🇪 The Venezuelan government has required crypto operators in the country to pay taxes in cryptocurrency.
via Bitcoin.com
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has recommended that the European Commission establish whether there is a need for unified cryptocurrency regulation across the European Union.
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CoinDesk
European Finance Regulators Call for Bloc-Wide Crypto Rules
Two top European finance regulators, the EBA and the ESMA, have separately said today that cryptocurrency and ICO rules are needed at the EU level.
Earlier this week, multiple reports were stating that the Financial Services Agency (FSA), Japan’s primary financial regulatory agency, was weighing approval of cryptocurrency-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
In a comment for Cointelegraph Japan today, the authority’s representatives have denied such claims.
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In a comment for Cointelegraph Japan today, the authority’s representatives have denied such claims.
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Cointelegraph
Japan’s Financial Regulator Denies Interest in Bitcoin ETF
Japan’s Financial Services Agency has denied that it is considering to allow Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
The U.S.-based law firms Silver Miller and Levi & Korsinsky have filed a class-action lawsuit against the developers of altcoin Nano, demanding a “rescue fork” that would “fairly compensate the class of victims.”
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The Block
After $170 million ‘disappeared’, Nano lawsuit asks the Court to require a “rescue fork”
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Nano, formerly known as RaiBlocks (XRB), alleging the self-proclaimed low latency payment platform and key members of its core team violated federal securities law, according to a news release issued by one of…
DeCenter has compiled a list of documentaries about Bitcoin and the blockchain technology. We tried to select only the best and relevant movies.
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Documentaries about Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
Movies about our favorite topic of blockchain.
As noted by the renowned financial analyst Joseph Young, an independent study of coding can serve as an alternative to expensive training in American colleges for many millennials. DeCenter has collected eight of the best free digital learning programs on cryptocurrency and blockchain.
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Crypto Education: The Best Online Courses about the Crypto Market
Ever wanted to get educated in cryptos and blockchain?
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💵 The soon-to-arrive CoinFLEX trading platform will enable its customers to trade in physically-delivered futures contracts for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ether.
via The Block
📲 Last year, hackers managed to steal millions of dollars in cryptocurrency by successfully carrying out SIM swapping attacks.
via Motherboard
🤝 The USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, which was established by a peer-to-peer payments technology company Circle and a U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, is now supported by approximately 100 businesses.
via CircleBlog
🇻🇪 Venezuela has filed a complaint against the USA with the World Trade Organization (WTO), claiming—among other things—that sanctions against its national cryptocurrency Petro are “discriminatory.”
via CoinDesk
👥 During the Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss said they are still committed to making a Bitcoin ETF a reality.
via Bloomberg
💵 The soon-to-arrive CoinFLEX trading platform will enable its customers to trade in physically-delivered futures contracts for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ether.
via The Block
📲 Last year, hackers managed to steal millions of dollars in cryptocurrency by successfully carrying out SIM swapping attacks.
via Motherboard
🤝 The USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, which was established by a peer-to-peer payments technology company Circle and a U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, is now supported by approximately 100 businesses.
via CircleBlog
🇻🇪 Venezuela has filed a complaint against the USA with the World Trade Organization (WTO), claiming—among other things—that sanctions against its national cryptocurrency Petro are “discriminatory.”
via CoinDesk
👥 During the Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss said they are still committed to making a Bitcoin ETF a reality.
via Bloomberg
The seven-day average for the number of daily Bitcoin transactions has reached a 1-year high.
Source: https://goo.gl/TrcLw7
Source: https://goo.gl/TrcLw7
Jihan Wu and Micree Zhan, co-founders of a Chinese Bitcoin mining behemoth Bitmain, will quit their posts as co-CEOs but still have a determining voice in the company’s more important decisions.
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CoinDesk
Bitmain Poised to Appoint Tech Chief as New CEO, Says Report
Cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain may be about to appoint its product engineering director as CEO.
Facing fierce competition from one of its main rivals—Binance—Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S., is aiming to shift its institutional efforts toward cryptocurrency-dedicated funds and firms instead of Wall Street giants; the move goes against the strategy that the company followed last year.
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The Block
The inside story of the Coinbase crypto OGs and Wall Street guard power struggle
For many crypto enthusiasts, mid-2018 feels like a lifetime ago. In those heady days, crypto’s market capitalization stood at $300 billion; rumors swirled that bulge bracket investment banks such as Goldman Sachs were entering the market; and Intercontinental…
One of the main complaints against investors in cryptocurrencies, as well as against crypto exchanges from the regulators, is that the KYC (Know-Your-Customer) procedure is often violated. That is, it is often unclear to the authorities who is hiding behind a Bitcoin address or a digital wallet. And if in the case of the oldest cryptocurrency, at least according to the U.S. regulators, it is still possible to figure out who is sending the funds, then there are serious concerns about the blockchains of other cryptocurrencies—namely that it will not be possible to verify the transaction participants. But just how rational is requiring the cryptocurrency community to comply with KYC?
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Identification of Investors in Cryptocurrencies or the Dusk of the Crypto Exchanges?
Why is privacy becoming a matter of life and death for crypto exchanges?
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🇺🇸 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s inspection unit has named cryptocurrency one of its top examination priorities for 2019.
via The Block
✍🏻 Cryptocurrency index fund provider Bitwise has applied to list a physically-held Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) on NYSE Arca.
via CoinDesk
🇷🇺 The Russian Parliament will focus on bills related to the digital economy in the next session, according to the chairman of the lower chamber.
via Cointelegraph
🇨🇳 China’s Internet censorship agency is set to start regulating blockchain businesses as soon as next month.
via CoinDesk
🇰🇷 Only seven of the South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges have passed the government-initiated security inspection.
via Bitcoin.com
🇺🇸 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s inspection unit has named cryptocurrency one of its top examination priorities for 2019.
via The Block
✍🏻 Cryptocurrency index fund provider Bitwise has applied to list a physically-held Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) on NYSE Arca.
via CoinDesk
🇷🇺 The Russian Parliament will focus on bills related to the digital economy in the next session, according to the chairman of the lower chamber.
via Cointelegraph
🇨🇳 China’s Internet censorship agency is set to start regulating blockchain businesses as soon as next month.
via CoinDesk
🇰🇷 Only seven of the South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges have passed the government-initiated security inspection.
via Bitcoin.com
According to the estimates of researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and King’s College London, at least 4.32 percent of the Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency in circulation has been mined as a result of malicious interference.
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Coindesk
Crypto Mining Malware Has Netted Nearly 5% of All Monero, Says Research
Hackers have mined at least 4.32 percent of the total monero in circulation, worth nearly $40 million today, according to new research.
The new #CryptoCaselawMinute’s contents cover the following cases:
• Roberts v. Obelisk
• Kaplan v. CompCoin
• Fabian v. Nano
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• Roberts v. Obelisk
• Kaplan v. CompCoin
• Fabian v. Nano
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Medium
Crypto Caselaw Minute #18: 1/10/2019
Government shutdown or not, plaintiffs lawyers haven’t stopped filing new crypto lawsuits. This week we look at three new complaints, one…
“I will transfer it to your account”—this phrase is heard more and more often and can compete with the question about the availability of a store’s bonus card that a buyer gets asked when making certain purchases. Applications for smartphones have enabled many people to make money transfers in a few clicks without being physically present in a bank. Modern financial enterprises organize development teams to create mobile banking solutions and wallets accessible to all users. DeCenter compared two online funds transfer applications: Blockchain.info and BIP Wallet. We want to clarify that it is the functionality of the programs that is under review, their simplicity, accessibility, and speed of work regardless of monetary units.
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Money Transfer Applications: Which Are User-Friendly?
Money transfer applications are becoming ever more popular, but just how good are they?