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On June 25, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission charged the issuer of AML Bitcoin — not to be confused with Bitcoin itself — with conducting a fraudulent offering. These charges follow up on a criminal filing in San Francisco from June 22.  AML Bitcoin’s story Per the complaints, Rowland Marcus

For the past decade, the dominant business model in the gaming industry has been Free2Play. This model entails giving the game’s base experience away for free and then monetizing the player base through ads and in-app purchases, referred to as “microtransactions”. Over time, this model has become increasingly adversarial towards players,

Four bar associations across the United States have now issued opinions stating they are not opposed to cryptocurrency or digital currency as a form of payment for an advance or services rendered. The District of Columbia Bar Association (DCB) became the most recent, releasing an ethics opinion which states that lawyers

The Technology Advisory Committee, or TAC, a technology consultative wing of the CFTC, plans to conduct a remote gathering on July 16, addressing a number of talking points, as noted in a recently-unveiled meeting agenda.  "At this meeting, the TAC will hear presentations from the TAC subcommittees on Automated and Modern

Barry Silbert, CEO of cryptocurrency investment firm Grayscale Investments and Digital Currency Group, believes the United States is past the point of no return for banning Bitcoin.  In a Grayscale investor call on July 16, the CEO said he was “cautiously optimistic” about the chances of regulations in the U.S. improving

In a Cointelegraph China Great Bay Area International Blockchain Week pre-event interview on July 29, Ben Zhou, CEO of derivative exchange Bybit, argued that the maturity of the derivatives market is the main reason for institutions to enter the crypto space.  Biggest Concerns For Institutional Investors Zhou says that the biggest concern

Days after the CEOs of the world’s top tech firms faced antitrust hearings in the United States Congress, sources are alleging that Beijing too could soon probe its own digital monopolies.  A Reuters report published on July 31 cites anonymous sources who claim the People’s Bank of China has formally recommended

Ethereum started a strong increase above $400 and traded close to $465 against the US Dollar. ETH price is correcting gains, but it is likely to climb again towards $465. ETH price rallied above the $400 and $420 resistance levels against the US Dollar. The price traded as high as $465 and

Robert Bench, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s director of applied research, thinks privacy should be a focus during the creation of digital money, not an afterthought.  “Privacy is a question that we have learned is critical from a technical perspective,” Bench said during a Chamber of Digital Commerce panel on

It appears that the decentralized finance (DeFi) bull market has returned after a two-month hiatus. Top coins pertaining to this space have seen a rapid surge over the past few weeks as buying pressure returns to this space. Mostly, it’s been large-cap investments that have enjoyed strong rallies: Yearn.finance’s YFI, Synthetix

It appears that decentralized finance (DeFi) is back in vogue after a strong 80% correction throughout the past two months. There is a large amount of institutional capital being deployed back into the DeFi space as top coins bounce strongly from their lows. For some context, top coins pertaining to this space

Central banks from two of the most powerful economies in the Middle East released a report today on a yearlong joint central bank digital currency (CBDC) project — and results speak glowingly of blockchain technology.  First announced in January of 2019, Project Aber was a joint effort between the United Arab