UPDATE: Since I published this article and posted it on LinkedIn about four hours ago, I’ve had many comments and […]
Category: Crypto & Blockchain
FinCEN Director Ken Blanco is Crystal Clear on Virtual Currency Risks & Requirements
FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco, delivered Prepared Remarks at the Consensus Blockchain Conference on May 13, 2020. They are available at Prepared […]
Cryptocurrencies – A New Crypto Rating Council Tries to Handicap the Likelihood a Cryptocurrency is a Security
Crypto Rating Council A group of crypto financial services firms and exchanges have formed the Crypto Rating Council, or CRC […]
Facebook’s Libra – The Fed has “serious concerns” about Libra and warns that their process to address these concerns will not be a sprint
Speaking like “a normal human being”, Fed Chairman Powell says Libra raises “many serious concerns regarding privacy, money laundering, consumer […]
Libra Decentralized Blockchain and Cryptocurrency … and Digital Identity?
Facebook, PayPal, Visa, Lyft, Uber et al are launching “Libra” … and a global digital identity? The Libra Association wants […]
DeepDotWeb – a Major Gateway to Darknet Marketplaces Shut Down
“single most significant law enforcement disruption of the Darknet to date” DeepDotWeb administrators led hundreds of thousands of users to […]
Elvis, Donald Duck, Bittrex, and New York’s “Safe Harbor” for Crypto Exchanges
“… examiners found that a substantial number of aliases (e.g., Give Me My Money, Elvis Presley, abc-abc, Donald Duck, and […]
Crypto ICOs, Cannabis, Beauty Queens, and Russian Technocrats
On November 16, 2018 the SEC settled an unregistered ICO case with the issuer, Paragon Coin. See https://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2018/33-10574.pdf. It doesn’t get […]
Central Bank Digital Currency?
Christine Largarde, Managing Director of the IMF, introduced the concept of a Central Bank Digital Currency, in a speech at […]
Bloomberg: “Crypto World Rocked After Long-Time Advocate Backpedals … Exchange cites need to navigate the regulatory environment”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-05/crypto-world-rocked-after-long-time-advocate-voorhees-backpedals The article offers an interesting look at crypto’s version of what the highly regulated (and supervised) mainstream financial industry […]