Bank of Russia Wants to Ban Mutual Funds From Investing in Cryptocurrency
Russia’s central bank intends to prohibit mutual funds from acquiring crypto assets or related financial instruments. The proposal, which is in line with its hard line stance on decentralized digital money, comes after the regulator urged stock exchanges to avoid trading securities tied to cryptocurrencies. Central Bank of Russia Issues Draft Directive Banning Crypto Investments for Mutual Funds The Central Bank of the Russian...
Bank of England Deputy Governor Warns Crypto Prices Could Fall to Zero
Bank of England’s deputy governor for financial stability, Sir Jon Cunliffe, has warned that the price of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, could fall to zero. Noting that the crypto industry is “growing very fast,” he stressed: “We really need to roll our sleeves up and get on with it, so that by the time this becomes a much bigger issue, we’ve actually got the regulatory framework to contain the risks.” Bank of England’s Deputy...
Hosting Company Defeats Filmmakers’ “VPN Piracy” Lawsuit in Court
A group of independent film companies has taken the piracy liability issue to a new level this year. After targeting site operators and individual pirates, the makers of films such as “London Has Fallen”, “Outpost” and “Dallas Buyers Club” started going after VPN providers. They didn’t stop there either. Over the past few months, several hosting companies have been sued as well. This includes the Californian hosting company Quadranet...
Lawmakers: Fix Copyright Law to Stop Gamblers “Beating the Bookies”
While there are plenty of stories of people hitting the proverbial jackpot when gambling, there are many more tales of habits becoming a problem. As a result, bookmakers are often portrayed as preying on victims, trying every trick in the book to part people from their money. But what if there was a way to even things out a little, to “beat the bookies” as it were? As it stands, a small but significant loophole certainly exists and...
Deploy Mycroft AI voice assistant on Raspberry Pi using Ansible
Mycroft AI is a virtual assistant application that can respond to verbal requests and complete tasks such as searching the Internet for some information you need, or downloading your favorite podcast, and so on. It’s a fine piece of open source software that, unlike similar software from companies in the business of harvesting personal data, provides privacy and platform flexibility. read more Powered by...
