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Treasury nominee Janet Yellen says illegal digital currency use a ‘particular concern’
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23 January, 2021

Treasury nominee Janet Yellen says illegal digital currency use a ‘particular concern’

Suggesting the government needs new tools to prevent money laundering through exchanges, Janet Yellen said many digital currencies “are used...
How will the Biden administration approach digital currency?
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22 January, 2021

How will the Biden administration approach digital currency?

Janet Yellen has addressed digital assets in her written testimony–her responses give us a look at how the Biden administration...
Double spend, newspeak, and the case for magic numbers
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22 January, 2021

Double spend, newspeak, and the case for magic numbers

On January 21, a double spend of $21 happened on the BTC network. Kurt Wuckert Jr. explains why there is...
VanEck files for new ETF
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22 January, 2021

VanEck files for new ETF

VanEck has filed for a digital asset ETF that will track the MVIS® Global Digital Assets Equity Index rather than...
Georgetown law professor Chris Brummer up for CFTC chair
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22 January, 2021

Georgetown law professor Chris Brummer up for CFTC chair

Joe Biden is expected to choose Chris Brummer to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission following the resignation of incumbent...
Responding to Antonopoulos on the BTC double-spend analysis
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22 January, 2021

Responding to Antonopoulos on the BTC double-spend analysis

BitMex Research’s ForkMonitor recently detected a split in the BTC chain, where the temporarily leading chain was re-org’d, and therefore...