Trump nominates pro-Bitcoin Matt Gaetz as US attorney general
Gaetz’s nomination for US attorney general signals a potential shift in the DOJ’s stance on crypto, innovation and regulatory policies.
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The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) has placed cryptocurrencies into a new legal category called “crypto-assets,” English-language local media The Japan News reports Dec. 15.By classifying cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) this way, the government reportedly “hopes that traders will no longer purchase them believing that they are legal tender recognized by the government.”On Friday, an…
Japanese Video Platform Pays Users Crypto to Watch Ads
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Just 1.3 million Bitcoin left circulating on crypto exchanges
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Jack Dorsey: Twitter Developing Decentralized Standard for Social Media
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Crypto YouTuber Moves to Saipan to Escape ‘Totalitarian Tyranny’
CoinText founder Vin Armani moved to Saipan in April, fearing being labeled an “undesirable” in the continental US and “disappeared”. 1532 Total views 35 Total shares Vin Armani, the crypto YouTuber and former star of Showtime’s “Gigolo’s”, packed up his life and family and moved to a tiny Pacific island in April to ride out…