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China can reverse Bitcoin transactions, a Ripple exec said. 2378 Total views 8 Total shares The United States is losing the "technological cold war" to China due to its tough regulatory approach to blockchain and cryptocurrency-related companies, a senior executive at Ripple believes.In an opinion article for The Hill on Aug. 21, Chris Larsen, co-founder…

The U.S. should not “disadvantage” emerging technologies such as blockchain due to “antiquated” regulations, the head of the country’s telecoms regulator told Indian daily news outlet Indian Express Friday, Oct. 26.Speaking while attending the India Mobile Congress 2018, Ajit Pai, chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), also called for a “conversation” with tech…

Mairead McGuinness said the U.S. and the EU were both moving forward on comprehensive frameworks for crypto, with President Joe Biden's executive order and the MiCA proposal. 342 Total views 4 Total shares Mairead McGuinness, the commissioner for financial services, financial stability and capital markets union at the European Commission, is calling for global regulators…

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) issued a warning Nov. 29 that a firm called Platin Genesis DCC is not authorized or approved by the proper authorities.In the warning, BaFin states that Platin Genesis was advertising a "Platinum Coin Crypto Fund" on social media, which it claimed was “approved and released by BaFin.” The…

A Bangeldeshi government agency is collaborating with IBM to harness blockchain for modernizing the country’s digital pension system. 321 Total views 14 Total shares IBM has announced an initiative to build a distributed ledger technology, or DLT, based architecture to underpin the digital pension system for Bangladeshi primary school teachers.The proof-of-concept comprises a permissioned network…

Most younger crypto holders don’t have any kind of plan to pass down their digital assets when they die.According to a survey conducted among 1,150 participants between October 2019 and June  2020 by the Cremation Institute, the majority of crypto holders are concerned about passing on their assets after they die, but a large proportion…

Cryptocurrency investors governed by Spain could face mandatory reporting of their holdings for tax purposes under a new draft law the government approved Friday, Oct. 19, local daily news network ABC reports.Unveiled at a press conference by the country’s finance minister María Jesús Montero, the measures seek to make holders of cryptoassets declare them regardless…

United States-based crypto exchange Coinbase has reinstated GBP transfers for its United Kingdom customers, according to an official announcement on Oct. 3.Coinbase has also added full support for five new crypto assets — Basic Attention Token (BAT), 0x (ZRX), Augur (REP), Stellar (XLM) and XRP — to GBP wallets, the exchange revealed the same day.Clearbank…

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chair nominee stated her position amid the failure of Congress to overturn the SAB-121 veto.