Russia’s Anti-Monopoly Agency Proposes Higher Electricity Rates for Home Crypto Miners
The anti-monopoly service of Russia has suggested that Russians minting digital currencies at their homes should pay more for the spent electrical energy. The proposal comes after the submission of a bill tailored to regulate cryptocurrency mining to the Russian parliament. Russian Miners Using Household Electricity Should Pay Higher Bills, Anti-Monopoly Body Says Russia’s Federal Anti-monopoly Service (FAS) has designed a scheme to...
US Court Fines Bitmex’s Founders $30 Million for Operating Illegal Crypto Platform
The founders of Bitmex have been ordered to pay $30 million “for illegally operating a cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform and anti-money laundering violations.” Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed must pay $10 million each. Bitmex’s Founders Fined $30 Million The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced Thursday that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has ordered Bitmex’s...
US Senator Introduces Bill Prohibiting Labor Department From Interfering With Crypto in Retirement Accounts
A U.S. senator has introduced a bill to prohibit the Labor Department from issuing a regulation or guidance that limits the type of investments investors can choose in their retirement plans, including cryptocurrency. “Today, the Biden administration is targeting cryptocurrency. Which investment class is next?” the lawmaker stressed. Financial Freedom Act The issue of what investments Americans can put in their retirement accounts has...
3 Stablecoins Command Positions in the Crypto Economy’s Top 10, Another Fiat-Pegged Token Is Close to Joining
The last five weeks has been brutal for digital currencies as more than 21% has been shaved off the crypto economy’s fiat value since March 27. While all the crypto assets combined shed roughly 0.8% in the last 24 hours, bitcoin has lost 9.4% since last week and seven day statistics show ethereum has dropped 8.1% against the U.S. dollar. Since the crypto economy’s significant losses, the stablecoin UST has managed to take the top ten...
U.S. Copyright Office Seeks Input on Mandatory DMCA “Upload Filters”
For many years, U.S. lawmakers have considered options to update the DMCA so it can more effectively deal with today’s online copyright issues. Many proposals have come and gone, without resulting in any significant update. That could be about to change. Following repeated nudges from Senators Thom Tillis and Patrick Leahy, the Copyright Office started looking into automated tools that online services can use to ensure that pirated...
