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Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law.Editor's noteOne day in the not-so-distant future, the curious experience of episodic television with its week-by-week gaps will be a weird thing that old people strain themselves not to talk about around the youths, until they eventually…

With real interest rates trending negative, Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk believes “only a fool” would ignore alternative investment opportunities. 2607 Total views 16 Total shares On Feb. 19, Musk responded to comments made by Binance CEO Changepeng Zhao to Bloomberg in which CZ expressed his surprise at the Tesla executive’s “gung-ho” pronouncements regarding Dogecoin.Tesla co-founder…

In-game NFTs have generated $2.3 billion in sales over the past three months and Axies are the top sellers. 843 Total views 7 Total shares The number of crypto wallets participating in blockchain games has surged in recent months according to new research.According to DappRadar’s Q3 ‘Blockchain Game Report’, unique active wallets connected to gaming…

Luxury car company Rolls Royce announced a line of cars hosting blockchain puzzles, shortly after Lamborghini revealed a yacht. 890 Total views 14 Total shares Crypto and blockchain experts now have something new to save up for — a line of techie-style Rolls Royce cars, each complete with a cryptographic puzzle. As crypto prices pop…

Palantir shares closed higher as the intelligence company announced a deal with Microsoft to sell AI services to the US intelligence community.

Major U.S. crypto exchange and wallet provider Coinbase has raised $300 million in a fresh funding round that brings its post-money valuation to $8 billion, according to an official blog post published today, Oct. 30.The Series E equity financing round was reportedly led by investment firm Tiger Global Management, with participation from a host of…

The central banks of Singapore and Canada have successfully used their blockchain networks to send each other digital currency, a joint press release confirmed on May 2.As part of the distributed ledger technology (DLT) projects being pursued by both banks, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (BAS) sent funds to the Bank of Canada (BoC) without…

Judge Bruce Reinhart has denied a motion from Craig Wright in the ongoing Kleiman V. Wright saga. Wright apparently filed for a judgment on the pleadings in a two-pronged attack — neither of which met with sympathy from the court.The court issued its decision on Aug. 15. As stated in the court document, Wright presented…

Anycoin Direct will now be an official partner of PSV for the next two seasons, helping grow crypto awareness across Europe. 1084 Total views 15 Total shares The football ecosystem has stepped up its adoption game as more clubs continue to involve crypto in mainstream operations. Netherland-based top-tier football club PSV Eindhoven has partnered with local…