U.S. Senate staffers put forward the idea of blockchain voting in a “continuity of Senate” memo at the end of April, CoinDesk reported. The staffers wrote, per the report, that “the Senate may consider blockchain” in the event that all of its members have to...
Telegram delayed its TON blockchain rollout, which moves its date to go live to next year and sparks an expensive clawback measure, CoinDesk reported. The app is reportedly willing to give back as much as 72 percent of every investor’s stake, with the terms arranged...
Bitcoin blackmail scams are on the rise, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The scams are usually centered around emails claiming to have recorded the user visiting an adult website. The fraudster threatens to send that video to the user’s family if the user...
Richard Weber has been named to the position of general counsel at the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), according to an announcement from Superintendent of Financial Services Linda A. Lacewell. Weber was most recently head of Financial Crime Prevention for the Americas at...
Global blockchain firm Binance and blockchain payment service provider BitPay are teaming to increase adoption of the BUSD Binance stablecoin, according to an announcement. “With BUSD, BitPay expands blockchain payment choices for all our customers across the global payments space who want the flexibility of paying...
The owner of a site that wanted to sell fake coronavirus cures and accept payment in bitcoin has been seized by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colombia. The site, coronaprevention.com, was posted on a hacker’s forum the day after the virus was...
An alleged new digital currency Ponzi scheme out of China, Antimatter Kingdom (AK), has seemingly brought in bitcoin valued at $11 million in under a single month of operation, Cointelegraph reported. AK reportedly called itself “a super mining application group” running on the CXC chain...
The Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) is trying out blockchain in a new clearing system, and the technology could eventually be used by other large banks, according to CoinDesk. The solution, by blockchain developer IOV Labs, is intended to speed up fiat payments, putting in...
Two law researchers say regulators should take the cryptomarket into serious consideration, according to an Oxford Law blog post. Dr. Hadar Jabotinsky and Dr. Roee Sarel considered in the post how investors in crypto should respond to worldwide emergencies, and if the market presents a systematic...
