Bitcoin News Roundup for May 14, 2020

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Putin's opponent received 3.7 bitcoin in the last week, tripling the amount raised in the first two weeks of 2021.Jan 25, 2021 at 9:42 p.m. UTCBitcoin Donations to Navalny Surge After Russian Opposition Leader Is JailedThe standoff between Russia President Vladimir Putin and his main opponent, Alexey Navalny, rose to a new level last week…

Dec 17, 2019 at 18:05 UTCBrendan Blumer image via Block.OneBlock.One’s Venture Arm to Dole Out $50K Grants to Promising EOS ProjectsThe venture capital arm of Block.One, EOS VC, has opened applications for a new program that will award grants worth $50,000 to projects seeking to improve the EOS ecosystem. Announced Tuesday, EOS VC said there will…

A commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) spoke positively about the potential uses for blockchain while emphasizing how his agency must respect its role in financial markets during a meeting of international regulators on Thursday. CFTC Commissioner Rostin Behnam called for "an open mind" with regulating the financial technology space, highlighting a number…

Stablecoins are becoming increasingly important to the global financial system, the report said. Bernstein noted that stablecoins are the 18th-largest holders of U.S. government debt. Stablecoin circulation is back to an all-time high of $170 billion, the broker said. Stablecoins are becoming more important to the global financial system, and constitute the 18th-largest holders of

Security Firms Warn of Potential DeFi Exit Scam After $2.5M in ‘Locked’ Cryptos MovedTwo blockchain security firms have warned that the creators of a DeFi contract on the EOS network may have fled in what appears to be an exit scam. China-based auditing firm SlowMist said on Wednesday that a liquidity mining DeFi project on…

news Decentralized applications (dapps) may qualify as money transmitters under U.S. law in certain circumstances, the nation’s anti-money-laundering (AML) regulator said. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a new guidance sheet Thursday, outlining when and how different companies, individuals and platforms in the crypto space may be money transmitters under the Bank Secrecy Act…

Bitcoin Ordinals project Taproot Wizards saw robust uptake for its inaugural "Quantum Cats" digital-art sale on Monday, despite severe tech issues that delayed the planned mint three times last week.With almost two hours left for whitelisted buyers to claim the NFT-like collectibles, at least 2,570 of the series of 3,000 had been claimed, at a

Feb 29, 2020 at 10:38 UTCUpdated Feb 29, 2020 at 10:39 UTCJack Dorsey speaks at Consensus 2018, image via CoinDesk archivesElliott Management Corp. – an activist investor owned by billionaire Paul Singer – has plans to shake up the management at Twitter.As reported by Bloomberg on Saturday, Elliott has taken a large stake in the…