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According to the Bank Policy Institute, the inclusion of digital assets in the anti-money laundering framework is essential to safeguard the United States' financial system and protect the nation from illicit finance. 276 Total views 4 Total shares United States banking advocacy group, the Bank Policy Institute, has backed the legislation of Senator Elizabeth Warren,…

This week’s Crypto Biz explores the launch of new crypto ETFs, CleanSpark’s acquisition of new mining sites, another round of conflict between Bitfarms and Riot, and more.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) released a report about blockchain cybersecurity on April 5.The report points out that most data breaches do not result from the level of skill of the hackers, but instead happen because appropriate security measures often are not implemented. The WEF further claims that while attackers do compromise blockchains themselves, they…

Hong Kong citizens are using a blockchain system to fight back against the government's attempts to erase and overwrite the history of recent years' anti-authoritarian struggles. Blockchain's potential to sustain a distributed, tamper-proof infrastructure for collective digital memory has taken on an unexpected political salience for citizens in Hong Kong. Soon after Hong Kong's public broadcaster…

Volodymyr Zelensky did not object to the bill's fundamental principles, but opposed the idea of creating a new watchdog agency. 113 Total views 26 Total shares Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, has delayed the signing of the bill that would establish the nation’s regulatory framework around digital assets. The draft law, entitled “On virtual assets,”…

An end-of-the-year report from Accenture showed that despite traditional payment methods dominating many markets, consumers are curious about crypto. 1580 Total views 5 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTOver the last year, the crypto space has endured lasting market volatility and scandals, which have negatively affected consumer trust…

The Chinese tech and e-commerce giant Alibaba revealed two new open-sourced AI models, Qwen-7B and Qwen-7B-Chat, to rival Meta’s recently-launched Llama 2. 186 Total views 1 Total shares Alibaba Group, the Chinese tech and e-commerce giant, announced the release of two open-sourced artificial intelligence (AI) models from its cloud computing department on Aug. 3, according…

There is a concept that exists in the crypto space that effectively states: Bitcoin (BTC) is code, code is speech and speech is protected under United States law. We asked legal experts in digital rights, the First Amendment and crypto to comment on the statement. The claims are based on arguments from before the days of…

The city of Ephrata, Washington, will halt new crypto mining developments in the city for the next 12 months, Eastern Washington and North Idaho daily newspaper The Spokesman Review reports Friday, Oct. 19.The recently announced suspension will only affect new crypto operations from being established in Ephrata, while the existing four businesses already there will…