Swiss canton of Bern votes to study Bitcoin mining feasibility
Bern’s Bitcoin Parliamentary Group is calling the commissioning of the report a victory, although the executive branch is opposed to it.
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Former Swiss President Sees the Country Leading in DLT and Technology of the Future
Former Swiss President and new board member of CV VC talks the unique attitudes towards law that make Switzerland a hub for crypto. Johann Schneider-Ammann, who served as the President of Switzerland in 2016, recently joined the board of Crypto Valley Venture Capital, or CV VC. CV VC is a startup that invests in crypto…

2023 will see the death of play-to-earn gaming
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Bitcoin $59K price may swing 'drastically’ amid election year parallels
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Weiss Ratings: Litecoin ‘Excellent’ in Adoption and Investment Returns
American provider of investment data Weiss Ratings has ranked Litecoin (LTC) as “excellent” in regards to investment rewards and adoptionDigital currency ratings unit Weiss Crypto Ratings has classified the fourth largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization LTC as “excellent” when it comes to investment rewards and adoption. At the same time, the agency ranked…

Many pieces of the Diem puzzle still missing as launch gets delayed
Back in June 2019, social media giant Facebook released the details for a much-talked-about digital currency platform dubbed “Libra.” These days, Libra is known as Diem, with the project undergoing a significant rebranding in a bid to smoothen regulatory wrinkles.A year and a half later, the Diem Association has yet to launch a digital token…

Russia to Introduce Special Crypto Regulations for ‘Russian Offshores’
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