Sanctions, trademarks, and general crypto disputation — all this and more in this week’s GLORIOUS 40th #CryptoCaselawMinute.
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Crypto Caselaw Minute #40–6/13/19
Sanctions, trademarks and general crypto disputation — all this and more in this week’s GLORIOUS 40th CCM. [As always, Rosario summaries…
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🇰🇷 Five South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchanges will now be held liable for any lost assets.
via Yonhap Press Agency
🇯🇵 100 Japanese manufacturers will use blockchain technology to cut operating costs.
via Nikkei Asian Review
🇬🇧 The world’s largest interbroker, TP ICAP, has entered the digital asset derivatives market.
via Bloomberg
💳 Financial technology startup Crypterium is launching a global cryptocurrency payment card.
via CoinDesk
🇷🇺 Russian hackers might have been behind the record-breaking Coincheck hack.
via Cointelegraph
🇰🇷 Five South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchanges will now be held liable for any lost assets.
via Yonhap Press Agency
🇯🇵 100 Japanese manufacturers will use blockchain technology to cut operating costs.
via Nikkei Asian Review
🇬🇧 The world’s largest interbroker, TP ICAP, has entered the digital asset derivatives market.
via Bloomberg
💳 Financial technology startup Crypterium is launching a global cryptocurrency payment card.
via CoinDesk
🇷🇺 Russian hackers might have been behind the record-breaking Coincheck hack.
via Cointelegraph
Phase zero of Ethereum 2.0, which will enable the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus algorithm, is targeted to launch on January 3, 2020.
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The Block
Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0 set to launch on 3rd January 2020
The Ethereum Foundation has released a more detailed timeline for the first “Zero” phase of its new, updated chain, dubbed Ethereum 2.0, according to a recent Implementer’s Call. The beacon chain deposit contract will be launched during Devcon 5, to be held…
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, has announced the launch of a Bitcoin-pegged token on Binance Chain.
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Cointelegraph
Binance Announces Bitcoin-Pegged Token on Binance Chain
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced BTCB, a bitcoin-pegged token on Binance Chain.
Blockchain payments startup Ripple has struck a deal to buy a stake in money transfer giant MoneyGram.
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Coindesk
Ripple Could Invest Up to $50 Million in MoneyGram in XRP Boosting Deal
Money transfer giant MoneyGram will use Ripple's xRapid and the XRP cryptocurrency to settle cross-border transactions as part of a new partnership.
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📖 Facebook, the world’s largest social media network, has officially announced its cryptocurrency project called Libra.
via The Block
📑 According to the latest study from Grayscale Investments, Bitcoin has a potential to become a hedge against global liquidity crises.
via CoinDesk
🇯🇵 In 2018, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency saw a 170% increase in the number of consumer queries about cryptocurrencies.
via Cointelegraph
👩⚖️ A Florida judge has sealed the files that Craig S. Wright submitted to prove that he is Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.
via ccn
🇭🇰 Bitcoin is trading for a premium in Hong Kong during protests.
via Bitcoin.com
📖 Facebook, the world’s largest social media network, has officially announced its cryptocurrency project called Libra.
via The Block
📑 According to the latest study from Grayscale Investments, Bitcoin has a potential to become a hedge against global liquidity crises.
via CoinDesk
🇯🇵 In 2018, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency saw a 170% increase in the number of consumer queries about cryptocurrencies.
via Cointelegraph
👩⚖️ A Florida judge has sealed the files that Craig S. Wright submitted to prove that he is Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.
via ccn
🇭🇰 Bitcoin is trading for a premium in Hong Kong during protests.
via Bitcoin.com
Facebook’s ambitious plan to roll out its own cryptocurrency is running into immediate political opposition in Europe.
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CoinDesk
Facebook’s New Crypto Faces Scrutiny From European Authorities
“It is out of question’’ that Facebook's Libra be allowed to “become a sovereign currency,” says France's finance minister.
Control-Finance Limited, a purported Bitcoin trading and investment company, has been accused of allegedly misappropriating at least 22,858 Bitcoin.
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CoinDesk
CFTC Lawsuit Alleges $147 Million in Bitcoin Defrauded From Trading Scheme Investors
22,858.822 bitcoin were misappropriated under Control-Finance's Ponzi-like scheme.
ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees’ thread on Libra ⬇️:
https://twitter.com/erikvoorhees/status/1141062947055079426
https://twitter.com/erikvoorhees/status/1141062947055079426
Would companies try to blacklist coins that have been mixed with CoinJoin? What is taint? What is wallet fingerprinting?
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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Bitcoin Q&A: Blacklists, Taint, and Wallet Fingerprinting
Would companies try to blacklist coins that have been mixed with CoinJoin? What is taint? What is wallet fingerprinting?
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0:00 Do you think there is potential for companies and exchanges to blacklist all CoinJoined bitcoin?
3:14 What does tainted…
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0:00 Do you think there is potential for companies and exchanges to blacklist all CoinJoined bitcoin?
3:14 What does tainted…
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🏴 The governor of the Bank of England stated that Facebook’s Libra could be subject to the “highest standards” in global regulation.
via CoinDesk
🤝 Seven in ten cryptocurrency exchanges have complied with CoinMarketCap’s transparency initiative.
via The Block
🇺🇸 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has picked Walmart, Merck, IBM, and KPMG for a blockchain pharma project.
via Modern Consensus
💶 Euroclear, EIB, Santander, and EY will pilot a blockchain-based platform for the issuance and settlement of European commercial paper (ECP).
via Cointelegraph
💵 Block One has spent $30 million on the Voice(dot)com domain name for its upcoming social media network.
via Decrypt
🏴 The governor of the Bank of England stated that Facebook’s Libra could be subject to the “highest standards” in global regulation.
via CoinDesk
🤝 Seven in ten cryptocurrency exchanges have complied with CoinMarketCap’s transparency initiative.
via The Block
🇺🇸 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has picked Walmart, Merck, IBM, and KPMG for a blockchain pharma project.
via Modern Consensus
💶 Euroclear, EIB, Santander, and EY will pilot a blockchain-based platform for the issuance and settlement of European commercial paper (ECP).
via Cointelegraph
💵 Block One has spent $30 million on the Voice(dot)com domain name for its upcoming social media network.
via Decrypt
Big four accountant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has rolled out a new auditing tool for cryptocurrencies.
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Cointelegraph
Big Four Auditing Firm PwC Releases Cryptocurrency Auditing Software
Big four auditing firm PwC announced the release of a cryptocurrency auditing software solution.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will hold a hearing on July 16 regarding Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, Libra.
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Coindesk
Senate Banking Committee Schedules July Hearing on Facebook's Libra Crypto
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing next month on Facebook's new cryptocurrency, Libra.
“The Libra Blockchain will be global, but it will be up to custodial wallet providers to determine where they will and will not operate. Calibra won’t be available in U.S.-sanctioned countries or countries that ban cryptocurrencies.”
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TechCrunch
Calibra wallet won’t launch in Facebook’s biggest market
Facebook unveiled its audacious Libra cryptocurrency and Calibra digital wallet on Tuesday, through which it plans to transform financial services across the globe. The social juggernaut made clear its ambitions when it said that it wishes to empower more…
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💵 Algorand raised over USD 60 million in a token sale that lasted less than four hours.
via CoinDesk
🇯🇵 Japanese messaging giant LINE is close to getting regulatory approval to launch a cryptocurrency exchange.
via Bloomberg
🇺🇸 Streaming startup YouNow has filed a public offering for its token with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
via Reuters
🇷🇺 The Russian parliament is reportedly set to adopt cryptocurrency legislation within the next two weeks.
via Cointelegraph
🗣 The United States Federal Reserve chairman has stated he recognizes both risks and benefits of Facebook’s cryptocurrency.
via The Block
💵 Algorand raised over USD 60 million in a token sale that lasted less than four hours.
via CoinDesk
🇯🇵 Japanese messaging giant LINE is close to getting regulatory approval to launch a cryptocurrency exchange.
via Bloomberg
🇺🇸 Streaming startup YouNow has filed a public offering for its token with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
via Reuters
🇷🇺 The Russian parliament is reportedly set to adopt cryptocurrency legislation within the next two weeks.
via Cointelegraph
🗣 The United States Federal Reserve chairman has stated he recognizes both risks and benefits of Facebook’s cryptocurrency.
via The Block
“Maxine Waters, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, said Facebook should halt development of the product, dubbed Libra, until Congress and regulators can review the issue, and called on company executives to testify before Congress.”
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Reuters
U.S. lawmaker calls for Facebook to pause cryptocurrency project
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading U.S. House lawmaker on Tuesday called on Facebook Inc to halt development on its new cryptocurrency and for company executives to testify before Congress, adding to global concerns about what the digital currency could mean…
QuadrigaCX’s late founder and CEO used customers’ funds to trade for his own account on other cryptocurrency exchanges.
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Coindesk
QuadrigaCX CEO Set Up Fake Crypto Exchange Accounts With Customer Funds
QuadrigaCX CEO and founder Gerald Cotten reportedly created fake accounts at other crypto exchanges and funded them with his customers' money.
“It’s fresh, it’s speculative; at Amazon, we don’t really deal with the speculative, in the now.”
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Cointelegraph
Amazon Pay VP Says No Current Plans to Create Crypto: ‘We Don’t Deal in the Speculative’
A senior executive at the online giant says that the landscape right now means Libra is “fresh and speculative.”
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🇫🇷 France intends to create a G7 stablecoin taskforce following Libra’s announcement.
via Reuters
🇺🇸 Bitcoin mining equipment manufacturer Bitmain plans to raise funds in a U.S. IPO.
via Bloomberg
🗓 The Ethereum Classic network will undergo a system-wide upgrade in September this year.
via CoinDesk
♎️ eToro has conducted a successful trial of issuing tokenized assets on Libra protocol.
via Cointelegraph
🇦🇺 Australia’s central bank has argued that Bitcoin is unlikely to become mainstream.
via ccn
🇫🇷 France intends to create a G7 stablecoin taskforce following Libra’s announcement.
via Reuters
🇺🇸 Bitcoin mining equipment manufacturer Bitmain plans to raise funds in a U.S. IPO.
via Bloomberg
🗓 The Ethereum Classic network will undergo a system-wide upgrade in September this year.
via CoinDesk
♎️ eToro has conducted a successful trial of issuing tokenized assets on Libra protocol.
via Cointelegraph
🇦🇺 Australia’s central bank has argued that Bitcoin is unlikely to become mainstream.
via ccn