Law Decoded: Closing remarks on the future of crypto law, March 5
Editor’s note Ladies and gentlemen, it is bittersweet to welcome you to the final installment of Law Decoded, at least with yours truly at the helm. Though someone may pick …
Reno to digitize Burning Man ‘Space Whale’ as NFT on Tezos blockchain
Reno, the closest major city to the famous art festival Burning Man, is developing its own decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, and a token in partnership with Tezos. Mayor Hillary …
BitGo receives trust license from New York regulators
Major American digital asset custody and security company BitGo has acquired a New York Trust license from the New York State Department of Financial Services. According to an announcement, the …
Vietnam’s finance ministry warns about crypto trading risks
Vietnamese financial authorities have warned the public about the risks of cryptocurrency investment as the industry is not regulated in Vietnam, local news agency Thanh Niên reports Wednesday. The Ministry …
Kentucky to provide tax breaks for local crypto miners
Lawmakers in Kentucky are looking to impose tax breaks for local cryptocurrency miners. Kentucky lawmakers on Tuesday approved several state tax breaks including House Bill 230, which would remove the …
Turkish finance ministry to study cryptocurrency with local regualtors
Turkey made itself a name as a crypto-friendly country with a “wait and see” approach on digital assets, but that could be about to change as the government is now …
NY Attorney General warns investors and crypto firms of ‘extreme risks’
Following weeks of volatility in the crypto markets and two high-profile legal cases involving crypto firms in New York state, NY Attorney General Letitia James has issued her starkest warning yet …
China’s Inner Mongolia to shut down crypto mining farms by April 2021
Authorities of the Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia have proposed to close down all local cryptocurrency mining facilities to reduce energy consumption in the region. The Inner Mongolia National …
Moving beyond the crisis narrative: Crypto in a post-pandemic world
Everyone knows the story. When the first block of Bitcoin (BTC) was mined, the protocol itself entered a world of grave economic uncertainty. Not long before the market would hit …
What DeFi needs to do next to keep institutional players interested
The last few months’ frenzy of institutional money flowing into Bitcoin (BTC) has seen crypto hitting the headlines — at the least as a novelty asset, at the most as …