06-08-2025 
Jon Southurst
Author
Jon Southurst is based in Tokyo and has reported on the Bitcoin and blockchain industry since 2013. He has worked for a number of crypto news websites, and creates videos on Bitcoin SV for the YouTube channels BitcoinSVtrain and MetaNetTV.
Article by Jon Southurst
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20 July, 2020
Theory of Bitcoin Part 4: Bitcoin rules and human laws
Dr. Craig Wright and Ryan X. Charles previously gave a historical background on why laws are necessary. This time, they...
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14 July, 2020
Tether probe ruling puts another spotlight on Brock Pierce
The New York State Attorney General has received approval to further investigate the Tether "stablecoin" and its web of corporate...
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13 July, 2020
Craig Wright slams ‘empty jargon’ of censorship resistance
Bitcoin is for cash micropayments, and not as a workaround for money laundering laws, according to Dr. Craig Wright.
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13 July, 2020
Theory of Bitcoin Part 3: Understanding how and why laws exist
The latest installment of the "Theory of Bitcoin" serves up another solid dose of background information—this time, on the nature...
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9 July, 2020
FATF concerned at anonymous transactions using ‘so-called stablecoins’
Ultimately, stablecoins will be covered by the same laws as other digital assets under the European Union's AMLD5.
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8 July, 2020
IRS targets privacy coins, Lightning Network and Schnorr signatures
The federal agency is seeking more information about so-called "privacy coins" and other technologies that obfuscate digital asset transactions.
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