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The recent post by American lawyer Daniel Friedberg launched an extended discussion in the community, with mostly negative stance towards its basic idea. As a reminder, Friedberg stated that in case Bitcoin goes through a hard-fork, one of two resulting currencies will be different from the initial Bitcoin; and as names of the originators of […]

Last week, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribean (ECLAC) released a

The governments of the Commonwealth’s of Nations (formerly known as the British Commonwealth) Working Group on Virtual Currencies published a report calling all 53 member states to initiate a discussion on legalization of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

It’s not a secret that China is bitcoin world’s leader in many regards. Since the major cryptocurrency glut in 2013, Chinese companies started getting increasingly involved in virtual money, including mining and various financial services. Currently there are about 20 major companies involved in cryptocurrency operations, with about 800,000 customer base, not to mention smaller […]

While in days gone by the UK and Ukraine had nothing in common but a couple of letters in their names, nowadays the situation has drastically changed. Both countries are beyond any doubt Europe’s most prominent countries in terms of integrating innovative financial technologies in their economies. However, while Great Britain is the obvious fintech […]

While casino business is a well-established industry, yet nowadays many governments restrict their citizens’ right to gamble and impose harsh regulations on casinos and all kinds of betting. Some countries even prohibit gambling completely. As the internet was expanding, the online casinos started to rise. However, the traditional online gambling had (and still has) some […]

For the past number of years cryptocurrencies have come and gone. Thousands of cryptocurrencies, commonly referred to as alternate currencies or simply “alt coins” have been created, and many have already perished into the deep hole of crypto scams, abandoned projects and forgotten dreams and ambitions. After the dust settled the community was left with […]

Content, its monetization, and protection from unauthorized copying, provided it’s important for the author, are quite important issues faced both by individual creative people and major media groups.