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Editorial 2 December 2020

Commodity barter is legal—so is BitCoin

BitCoin was legal at creation; commoditizing data with protocol rules violates no laws—anymore than inventing the container, John Pitts writes.

Business 9 March 2020

Australian court allows crypto to be used as security—although they don’t share same properties

A New South Wales court has allowed a cryptocurrency exchange account to be used as security for legal costs.

Editorial 29 January 2020

Proof of Work: The Heart of BitCoin and Money

John Pitts explains why a commoditized computation like Bitcoin doesn’t go away.

Business 15 January 2020

CFTC ‘unclear’ if XRP is a security of commodity

The distinction between commodities and securities is an important one for the crypto sector.

Editorial 2 March 2018

IRS vs ‘the dollar’: A case for 13,000 Coinbase customers

The actions by the IRS pirates against the 13,000 customers of Coinbase amounts to no less than an attempt to make them walk the proverbial plank.

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