This week’s #CryptoCaselawMinute was delayed by fights with our union printers, but we’re up and running with a white-hot issue involving bad badger SEC token sale litigation, problematic pivots, and discovery fights in the slow-moving Tezos case.
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Crypto Caselaw Minute #39–6/6/19
This week’s CCM was delayed by fights with our union printers but we’re up and running with a white hot issue involving bad badger SEC…
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🛑 Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex plans to block U.S. residents from 32 cryptocurrencies.
via The Block
💸 $1.37 million of Bitcoin stolen from digital asset trading platform Bitfinex changed wallets.
via Decrypt
⬇️ Weiss Crypto Ratings has downgraded EOS due to centralization concerns.
via Cointelegraph
🇵🇱 Cryptocurrency exchange from Poland shut down overnight, taking customer funds with it.
via CoinDesk
💵 Initial exchange offerings (IEOs) have attracted over $0.5 billion across more than five-dozen projects year-to-date.
via ccn
🛑 Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex plans to block U.S. residents from 32 cryptocurrencies.
via The Block
💸 $1.37 million of Bitcoin stolen from digital asset trading platform Bitfinex changed wallets.
via Decrypt
⬇️ Weiss Crypto Ratings has downgraded EOS due to centralization concerns.
via Cointelegraph
🇵🇱 Cryptocurrency exchange from Poland shut down overnight, taking customer funds with it.
via CoinDesk
💵 Initial exchange offerings (IEOs) have attracted over $0.5 billion across more than five-dozen projects year-to-date.
via ccn
Retail giant Target recently open-sourced a blockchain-powered solution for supply chain management and is working with Hyperledger.
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Coindesk
Retail Giant Target Is Quietly Working on a Blockchain for Supply Chains
Retail giant Target has quietly entered the blockchain space, working with Hyperledger on supply chain solutions.
The venture capital arm of the U.S. National Association of Realtors has invested an undisclosed amount in blockchain real estate startup Propy.
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CoinDesk
US Realtors Association Invests in Blockchain Startup Propy
The venture capital arm of the U.S. National Association of Realtors has invested an undisclosed amount in blockchain real estate startup Propy.
Microsoft is reportedly set to enable PowerApps and Microsoft Flow users to access blockchain-based tools.
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Cointelegraph
Report: Microsoft to Add Blockchain Tools to Its Power Platform
American technology giant Microsoft will reportedly make blockchain-based tools available to PowerApps and Microsoft Flow users.
CCN, one of the leading news media outlets covering the business of cryptocurrencies, is shutting down, citing loss of search visibility on Google as the reason.
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CCN.com
CCN.com is Shutting Down after Google's June 2019 Core Update
Google’s June 2019 Core Update rolled out on June 3th 2019 and CCN's traffic from Google searches dropped more than 71% on mobile overnight.
Ethereum-based DAI has become the first stablecoin to be added to Coinbase’s Earn program.
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Decrypt
Coinbase will now pay you Dai to learn about the stablecoin
Starting today, crypto exchange Coinbase will incentivize users to learn about MakerDAO’s stablecoin Dai by paying them to watch videos and answer quizzes.
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🖥 Traders using Refinitiv’s Eikon Terminal can now access BitMEX’s digital asset derivatives data.
via The Block
💵 Fireblocks, a platform for securing digital assets in transit, raised funds from Fidelity and Tenaya Capital.
via CoinDesk
📄 A report has been published to guide the United States federal government on how to implement blockchain initiatives.
via Cointelegraph
🇯🇵 Yahoo Japan-backed exchange launches crypto-yen markets and margin trading.
via Bitcoin.com
🔙 One of the EOS network’s professional block producers has been voted out.
via Decrypt
🖥 Traders using Refinitiv’s Eikon Terminal can now access BitMEX’s digital asset derivatives data.
via The Block
💵 Fireblocks, a platform for securing digital assets in transit, raised funds from Fidelity and Tenaya Capital.
via CoinDesk
📄 A report has been published to guide the United States federal government on how to implement blockchain initiatives.
via Cointelegraph
🇯🇵 Yahoo Japan-backed exchange launches crypto-yen markets and margin trading.
via Bitcoin.com
🔙 One of the EOS network’s professional block producers has been voted out.
via Decrypt
Cryptocurrency exchange Liquid will reportedly be the first to host encrypted messaging app Telegram’s gram tokens when they go on public sale.
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Cointelegraph
Report: Liquid Cryptocurrency Exchange to Host Public Phase of Telegram ICO
A press release confirmed a pre-sale for vetted public investors, which will nonetheless be subject to tight controls.
South Korea’s largest bank is preparing for the launch of a digital asset custody offering.
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Blockchain payments company Ripple is launching in Brazil in response to “high customer demand in South America.”
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CoinDesk
Ripple Kicks Off South America Expansion With Brazil Launch
Blockchain payments company Ripple has launched in Brazil as the first stage of its planned expansion across South America.
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🇪🇺 Leading U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has launched its Visa debit card in six European countries.
via The Block
📊 Cryptocurrency data and indexes provider CryptoCompare has launched benchmark rankings for cryptocurrency exchanges.
via CoinDesk
🖊 dOrg founders have created the first limited liability decentralized autonomous organization.
via Cointelegraph
🌍 Visa has launched a new network to facilitate B2B cross-border payments.
via The Block
🎥 PewDiePie, the world’s most popular YouTube blogger by the number of subscribers, endorsed a cryptocurrency-powered social media app.
via Modern Consensus
🇪🇺 Leading U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has launched its Visa debit card in six European countries.
via The Block
📊 Cryptocurrency data and indexes provider CryptoCompare has launched benchmark rankings for cryptocurrency exchanges.
via CoinDesk
🖊 dOrg founders have created the first limited liability decentralized autonomous organization.
via Cointelegraph
🌍 Visa has launched a new network to facilitate B2B cross-border payments.
via The Block
🎥 PewDiePie, the world’s most popular YouTube blogger by the number of subscribers, endorsed a cryptocurrency-powered social media app.
via Modern Consensus
CCN, one of the leading news media outlets covering the business of cryptocurrencies, has U-turned on its decision to shut down.
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CCN.com
CCN.com is Rising From the Dead
Read the story CCN.com is Rising From the Dead posted in our category Editorial on CCN.com here.
British insurer Legal & General has partnered with Amazon to establish a blockchain system for corporate pension deals.
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The Block
UK insurer teams up with Amazon to use blockchain for pension deals
UK-based insurance agency Legal & General has partnered up with Amazon’s blockchain platform to manage corporate pension deals, Reuters writes. The insurer is going to use Amazon Web Services’ blockchain system to deal with annuity transactions which take…
According to recent research, women contributed less than 5% of the code committed to the top 100 cryptocurrency projects on GitHub.
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Cointelegraph
Less Than 5% of Crypto Code Commits on Github Made By Women: Report
Analysis of more than one million code commits on Github found that less than 5% of contributions are made by women.
Why is GlobalCoin neither a true cryptocurrency nor a threat to Bitcoin? What requirements and restrictions will GlobalCoin users have? Who will they compete against?
These are the questions that Andreas Antonopoulos answers in his latest Bitcoin #QA session.
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These are the questions that Andreas Antonopoulos answers in his latest Bitcoin #QA session.
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YouTube
Bitcoin Q&A: Facebook's Libra Blockchain
Why is Facebook's Libra Blockchain neither a true cryptocurrency nor a threat to Bitcoin? What requirements and restrictions will GlobalCoin users have? Who will they compete against?
CORRECTION: At 4:58, I say that PayPal only serves twenty to thirty countries.…
CORRECTION: At 4:58, I say that PayPal only serves twenty to thirty countries.…
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🇺🇸 Bitfinex and Bittrex, two U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchanges, appear to be stepping up their KYC procedures over regulatory scrutiny.
via The Block
🖥 Reuters and Bloomberg financial terminals have enabled traders to access an AI-powered index for the top 100 cryptocurrencies.
via Cointelegraph
☁️ Bitcoin mining generates as much carbon dioxide as a small country, the newest study found.
via Wired
🤝 The Tezos Foundation has named a former PwC executive its new chief financial officer and head of operations.
via official blog
💵 A “monopoly”-style EOS blockchain-based property trading game Uplandme has raised $2 million.
via CoinDesk
🇺🇸 Bitfinex and Bittrex, two U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchanges, appear to be stepping up their KYC procedures over regulatory scrutiny.
via The Block
🖥 Reuters and Bloomberg financial terminals have enabled traders to access an AI-powered index for the top 100 cryptocurrencies.
via Cointelegraph
☁️ Bitcoin mining generates as much carbon dioxide as a small country, the newest study found.
via Wired
🤝 The Tezos Foundation has named a former PwC executive its new chief financial officer and head of operations.
via official blog
💵 A “monopoly”-style EOS blockchain-based property trading game Uplandme has raised $2 million.
via CoinDesk
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has begun rolling out a progressive update of the new version of its website, starting with 1% of users picked randomly.
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Institutional digital asset trading platform Bakkt has announced it will start testing its physically-delivered Bitcoin futures on July 22.
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CCN.com
'Moonshot' Bakkt Inches Closer to Launch with July Bitcoin Futures Testing
Bakkt announced it will launch bitcoin futures testing next month, 50 years after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon.
“Binance U.S. will be led by our local partner BAM and will serve the U.S. market in full regulatory compliance.”
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Coindesk
Binance Says It's Launching a US Exchange With FinCEN-Registered Partner
Binance says it's plotting an expansion to the U.S. and working with a partner that's registered with FinCEN.