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Regulators should aim to influence public behavior rather than rule with an iron fist when it comes to emerging industries such as blockchain.Two Israel-based academics, Hada Jabotinsky and Nassim Cohen argued this point in a new paper and accompanying brief, published to the University of Oxford Law Department blog on Feb. 21.The paper proposes an…

The Coinbase-led advocacy group has raised upward of $202 million so far, according to the political donations researcher.

Sunday, Jan. 20 — all the top 20 cryptocurrencies are seeing moderate to major losses in the 24 hours to press time. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price is nearing $3,550 again, according to Coin360 data.Market visualization from Coin360At press time, Bitcoin is down over 4 percent on the day, trading at around $3,587. Looking at its weekly…

Proposal 064 seeks to repair the token distribution bug introduced during Proposal 062 once and for all. 199 Total views 14 Total shares Compound Finance announced the passing of Proposal 064 on Thursday, titled the "Fix COMP Accrual Bug." The proposal states that this update will attempt to “patch the bug introduced in Proposal 62…

Moscow citizens will be able to vote on Vladimir Putin’s Constitutional amendments via a blockchain-powered system. 778 Total views 43 Total shares Russia’s upcoming e-voting on the Constitutional amendments will be implemented using blockchain technology.Moscow citizens will be able to cast their votes on Vladimir Putin’s Constitutional amendments online via blockchain-powered e-voting. As announced on…

The Twitter account of a Belgian non-profit was evidently hacked and made into a fake affiliate account of United States crypto exchange Coinbase. The impersonating account posted what what appeared to be a scam giveaway promotion, allegedly celebrating Coinbase's user base growth in a tweet today, Jan. 9, that has since been deleted.Scammers had targeted…

E-cash inventor David Chaum says he believes the real killer app for blockchain and cryptocurrencies will be privacy-oriented messaging systems integrated with payments. Chaum made his remarks in an interview on the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast on May 27.Chaum — a trailblazing American cryptographer who invented a secure, privacy-preserving digital currency back in 1982 —…

Zap is announcing Strike Global, a Bitcoin payments app for global remittances. 3932 Total views 18 Total shares Zap, a Lightning Network payments startup backed by Visa through its Fintech Fast Track program, announced on Jan. 6 the rollout of Strike Global, a payments and remittances app using the Bitcoin (BTC) layer-two technology.An announcement by…