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Law Decoded: Independence Day Sees Challenges to Privacy, Property and Security, June 26–July 3
Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note The U.S. is preparing for its Independence Day tomorrow. ... -
EOSIO-Based Social Media Platform Voice Briefly Goes Live Ahead of Schedule
Voice, a blockchain-based social media project developed by EOS creator Block.One, briefly went live one day before its scheduled launch. Based on the open source EOSIO protocol, Voice aims to ... -
Ethereum DeFi Broke Records in June, But Other Categories Are Suffering
Results for the second quarter of 2020 show tremendous growth for decentralized applications across all ecosystems, primarily spearheaded by Ethereum (ETH) decentralized finance, or DeFi. Decentralized exchanges were at the ... -
Russian Courts Can’t Agree on Whether Crypto Is Property
Russian courts are making conflicting rulings on whether bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies count as property. In one new case, Saint Petersburg’s district court has refused to force bogus law enforcement ... -
Money Reimagined: Bitcoin and Ethereum Are a DeFi Double Act
Tensions between the Bitcoin and Ethereum tribes have been stirred by a trend that outsiders might see as a sign of harmony. Throughout June, the amount of tokenized bitcoin on ... -
German Regulator Had Just 1 Person Checking Wirecard’s $3.1B Books: Report
Germany’s accounting watchdog reportedly had only one person checking Wirecard’s books in the months before the company admitted to the massive accounting irregularities that led to its insolvency. Disclosure The ... -
Bitcoin’s Price Correlation With S&P 500 Hits Record Highs
Ever since its inception, bitcoin has been dubbed “digital gold,” given it is durable, fungible, divisible and scarce like the precious metal. However, while gold has a strong track record ... -
Crypto Investment App B21 Expands to India
B21, a recently launched mobile app aimed at first-time cryptocurrency investors, has expanded its service to the India market. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet ... -
Cardano Developer IOHK Launches $20M Fund for Ecosystem Startups
Cardano developer house IOHK has set up a $20 million “cFund” alongside Los Angeles-based Wave Financial. Edit (10:30 UTC): This article previously indicated that Wave Financial was based in Canada. ... -
Singapore Man Fined $72K for Promoting Crypto Ponzi OneCoin
A 52-year-old Singapore man has been found guilty of promoting OneCoin, the multi-level marketing, or Ponzi, scheme based around its own cryptocurrency. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is ...
