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law and legislation
Big Banks Ask Regulators To Ensure A 'Level Playing Field' Following Libra Announcement
In a report published by the Bank for International Settlements, the "bank for central banks" asked that regulators keep banks in mind when they update and create new financial rules as Facebook and other tech companies enter the payments and custody business.
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law and legislation
What Info The FATF Expects Crypto Exchanges To Divulge With New Rule
To comply with the new Financial Action Task Force regulations that take effect today, both cryptocurrency exchanges and specific crypto holders around the world must give up some transaction privacy in the name of anti-money laundering.
NEWS
opinion
The Future Of Money After Facebook's Libra Announcement
The internet and financial regulators were spewing hot takes on Libra after Facebook released its white paper. With cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and the future of money on everyone's mind, what can we expect from fiat and digital currency in the future?
NEWS
wallets and exchanges
South Korean Crypto Exchanges Have A 'Beehive Account' Problem
Smaller crypto exchanges in South Korea are offering some customers "beehive accounts," which manage traders' money via the exchanges’ own corporate bank accounts, masking users' identities.
NEWS
ecosystem
2 Ethereum Improvement Proposals Approved For Istanbul Upgrade
With over 30 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) discussed during today's biweekly Ethereum developers call, EIP 2024, which adds a new precompile to the Ethereum Virtual Machine, and EIP 1702, which aims to smooth out smart contract upgradability, were both approved for the Istanbul upgrade.
NEWS
law and legislation
Group Of Seven Task Force Created In Wake Of Libra Announcement
France’s central bank governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau has announced the creation of a Group of Seven central bank governors task force, which will work to produce a study outlining how central banks can regulate Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency to keep it in line with anti-money-laundering regulations and consumer protection rules.
Ecosystem Updates
Week in Ethereum News, June 15
The mid-June edition of Week in Ethereum News includes a look at the ENS timeline for 3-6-character domain names and Devcon updates related to speaker applications and ticket sales. See More
Empirical Energy Consumption Model Quantifies Bitcoin's Carbon Footprint (6/12)
A closer look at the energy consumption of bitcoin mining, based on where miners are located and the types of machines they are using. See More
Week in Ethereum News, June 8
The latest edition of Week in Ethereum includes a look at 0x and StarkWare's decentralized exchange solution, StarkDEX, and Blockchains LLC's acquisition of slock.it. See More
Pairwise Coordination Subsidies: A New Quadratic Funding Design (6/4)
Vitalik Buterin works out a new formulaic understanding for funding methods focused on subsidizing coordination between individuals who would not normally coordinate. See More
