Researchers at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have examined the central bank laws of 174 IMF members to answer the question of whether a digital currency is really money. They…
Continue ReadingFederal Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui has learned to stop worrying and love unhosted wallets. “The horror story of unhosted wallets is fiction, not fact,” wrote the judge in a…
Continue ReadingThe draft law was announced in October and local media reported the law was passed by the nation’s legislators in late November. The “Digital Asset Law” officially went into effect…
Continue ReadingIn October, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed enforcement actions against the entities and individuals that own and operate the Bitcoin Mercantile…
Continue ReadingBinance has filed a lawsuit in the state of New Jersey against Forbes Media and two of its journalists, Michael del Castillo and Jason Brett, alleging that an article published…
Continue ReadingThe founders of digital payments processor Payza will serve year-plus prison terms and forfeit $4.5 million in seized assets for breaking federal money transmission laws, the U.S. Department of Justice…
Continue ReadingJakov Dolic, co-founder of the U.S.-based Bitcoin (BTC) mining company Layer1, has filed a lawsuit against his former business partner, Alexander Liegl. According to court documents filed on October 30,…
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Continue ReadingCanadian law firm Miller Thomson has hired consultancy firm Kroll to perform blockchain analytics work in relation to the ongoing dissolution of QuadrigaCX, the exchange which failed last year after…
Continue ReadingThe leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent…
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