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September 13, 2018 11:00 PM Advertisements A bill enabling the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to investigate cryptocurrencies is now headed to the Senate. Yesterday, the House of Representative passed the FinCEN Improvement Act of 2018, a bipartisan bill that, if enacted, would expand the role of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). FinCEN, a division […]

September 13, 2018 9:57 PM Advertisements ChainSafe and folks from Parity Technologies are advocating for a new proof of authority testnet that would be easier to use across clients. The algorithm chosen to back it may prove contentious. On September 13, Afri Schoedon of Parity Technologies posted a call for participation to create a more […]

September 13, 2018 9:38 PM Advertisements To cope with demand, the agency has brought on more staff. On September 12, the director-general of the Strategy Development and Management Bureau of Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA), Kiyotaka Sasaki, revealed to Reuters the agency has added 12 members to its current staff of 30 to improve the […]

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September 12, 2018 8:36 PM Advertisements The agency announced two regulatory “firsts” this week. This week the SEC announced two enforcement actions in the cryptocurrency space. Both Crypto Asset Management LP (CAM), a cryptocurrency hedge fund, and TokenLot, an ICO platform, have been shut down by the regulators. Both actions are being described by the […]

September 12, 2018 9:14 PM Advertisements After an ongoing court battle between Ripple Labs and the R3 Consortium, which initially began over an agreement for R3 to purchase five billion XRP, a settlement has finally been reached. On September 8, 2017, blockchain consortium R3 accused Ripple of breaching an option contract that gave R3 a […]

September 12, 2018 9:32 PM Advertisements Users of the new blockchain platform will not have to change their money at a bank when traveling internationally. Japan-based tech company SoftBank announced the development of a new blockchain-powered cross-carrier mobile payment service in a press release published on the company’s website on September 12. Advertisements The new […]

On this episode of the ICO Alert Podcast, I talk with Thomas Schouten, Head of Marketing at Lisk. We talk about Lisk’s use of sidechains, their competition and where Lisk is headed in 2018 and 2019. Advertisements I have a lot of respect for the Lisk team and have had the pleasure of meeting many […]

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