Through a series of letters to federal agencies, those in charge in the United States have stated that they believe they have the authority to force crypto mining firms to produce information about ho...
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Sam Bankman-Fried Should Only Visit Government Approved Sites
The U.S. Department of Justice wants only to allow Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) to use a non-internet-enabled mobile and specific websites on his laptop. The U.S. District Attorney for the Southern Distric...
Capitol Police, FBI Failed To Disclose Information About Credible Threats Before January 6, Government Watchdog Says
Topline U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI properly identified “credible threats” to the Capitol but did not adequately share information about those threats in the time leading up to the January 6 insur...
U.S. Government Divided On Covid Lab Leak Theory—Here’s Where Each Agency Stands
Topline The U.S. Energy Department has reportedly concluded with “low confidence” the coronavirus leaked from a lab, reigniting a debate over the origins of the pandemic, with some federal agencies be...
How The Covid Lab Leak Origin Story Went From ‘Conspiracy Theory’ To Government Debate
Topline The U.S. Energy Department reportedly became the second government agency Sunday to conclude the coronavirus probably leaked from a lab rather than jumping from animals to humans naturally, a ...
Nearly $70,000,000 Worth of Crypto Donations Have Flowed Into Ukraine’s Government Wallets: Chainalysis
The Ukrainian government has received nearly $70 million in crypto donations since Russia’s invasion of the country one year ago, according to Chainalysis. The blockchain data platform says that the U...
Government Watchdog Backs Unsealing Of Hinman Docs
Forbes journalist Dr. Roslyn Layton is receiving support for her motion to intervene in the lawsuit between Ripple Labs and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking public access to the Hinman...
Gate.io to launch in Hong Kong as government invests $6.4m in web3
Crypto exchange Gate.io has announced its plans to launch in Hong Kong following the government’s cash injection of HKD 50 million ($6.4 million) into web3 under the city’s 2023-24 budget. On Feb. 22,...
Alex Gladstein Fights Government Corruption
Alex Gladstein, an advocate for Bitcoin as well as the chief strategy officer of the Human Rights Foundation, is of the opinion that the cryptocurrency helps mend democracies that are broken and comba...
Higher Interest Rates Might Drive Inflation, And We Need To Decide Very Quickly If That Is True
A surprising number of economists have recently said that they believe high rates drive inflation. This is scary for two reasons. The first reason is that the people in charge may be wrong about one o...
Chinese Government Approves of Hong Kong’s Crypto Plans: Bloomberg
Key Takeaways Hong Kong is gearing up to become a crypto hub. The Chinese government is giving subtle hints of approval towards the plan. Yesterday a Hong Kong regulatory body outlined conditions unde...
Taiwan Government Officials Will Have To Soon Disclose Crypto Holdings
Taiwan government officials would soon need to disclose the crypto holdings on an annual basis. The government has slowly initiated the crypto regulation and portfolio disclosures of government offici...
U.S. Government Takes A Round Of Moves To Clamp Down On The Crypto Sector
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage After a year of dismal failures, cryptocurrency leaders believed that 2023 would mark a new beginning. Instead, the business sect...
The government puts down the crypto sector with a burst of actions
In recent months, governments around the world have been taking a more aggressive stance toward the cryptocurrency industry. A flurry of regulatory actions and crackdowns have been enacted in order to...
Biden Government To Push Ahead With Crypto Energy Restriction Plans
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Last year, the cryptocurrency industry was definitely a bust. After the demise of the crypto exchange FTX, the crypto market was ...
Zambia Testing Technology to Regulate Cryptocurrency — Government Minister – Bitcoin News
The Bank of Zambia and the country’s securities regulators are currently testing the technology to regulate cryptocurrencies, a Zambian government minister has said. According to Felix Mutati, cryptoc...
Custodia CEO Slams US Government Over Broad Crackdown, Lack of Regulatory Clarity in Crypto Industry – Regulation Bitcoin News
Caitlin Long, CEO of crypto bank Custodia, criticized the U.S. government for its handling of a massive crypto fraud that occurred months before the company’s collapse. She made her remarks in a blog ...
Brazilian Government Preparing New Decree to Clarify Cryptocurrency Rules
– Advertisement – The Brazilian government is preparing to release a decree to fill the blank spaces that the recent approval of the cryptocurrency law has left open. The document, prepare...
Hong Kong Government Issues World’s First Tokenized Green Bonds
The Hong Kong government announced that it sold the world’s first-ever tokenized green bond. The price for the tokenized green bond was fixed on February 15, 2023, with a yield of 4.05%. Four differen...
Hong Kong government issues world’s first tokenized $100 million green bond
As the cryptocurrency sector in the United States is facing renewed regulatory pressure, governments elsewhere are starting to recognize the value of the underlying technology, including Hong Kong, wh...
South Sudan Government Bans US Dollar Transactions – Africa Bitcoin News
The government of South Sudan has reportedly prohibited U.S. dollar-based transactions and has directed that all local payments be settled in the local currency. The Salva Kiir Mayardit government rep...
Sam Bankman-Fried uses VPN for Super Bowl; U.S. Government concerned
Ex-FTX CEO SBF’s usage of VPN could potentially prompt a further clampdown on his bail conditions. Earlier, the Manhattan judge overseeing SBF’s fraud case stated that SBF cannot be barred from commun...
PLTR Stock Surges As Government Sales Drive Palantir Earnings Beat
Palantir Technologies (PLTR) on Monday reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street targets. PLTR stock jumped, though full-year 2023 revenue guidance came in below expectation...
Bruce Springsteen Tickets For Houston Now Cost The Same As Two Gallons Of Gasoline
NEW YORK, NEW YORK—DECEMBER 13: Bruce Springsteen performs at the 7th Annual John Henry’s Friends … [+] Benefit held at Town Hall on December 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Al Pereir...
US government partner Mitre is hiring a web3 economist
Not-for-profit U.S. government partner Mitre is seeking a new economist to help analyze and evaluate the web3 ecosystem, according to a job advertisement posted to LinkedIn. The job advert calls...
Chinese Government Launching National Blockchain Innovation Center – Bitcoin News
The Chinese government is setting up a national blockchain innovation center in Beijing to focus on industrial applications and major use cases of blockchain technology, particularly those related to ...
Death Toll Approaches 30,000 And Over 100 Detained As Government Targets Building Contractors
Topline The Turkish government detained more than 100 building contractors and others who may be responsible for the collapsed buildings and deaths this week, according to the New York Times, as the d...
Government to Subsidize Crypto Mining
Russia has approved a large, subsidized crypto mining center in Buryatia, a republic in the country’s Far East. It will open in the first half of 2023, house 30,000 mining machines, employ 100 people,...
Russian government subsidizes crypto mining facility in Siberia
The crypto mining industry has faced moratoriums in some parts of the United States and Canada in recent months. Now, Russia provides tax incentives for those who want to invest in crypto mining. With...