Top French Football Leagues Win Pirate IPTV Blocking Orders
For pirate IPTV blocking orders to be effective, the time between spotting a domain or IP address to be blocked, and the blocking actually taking place, needs to be as short as possible. For legal, practical, and technical reasons, the gap seems unlikely to shorten to the extent most rightsholders would like, but in general the process seems to be heading in that direction. In an order dated July 26, top tier French football leagues...
Ecuador’s Data Protection Agency Lacks Resources to Assess Worldcoin’s Compliance Status
The Superintendence of Data Protection, Ecuador’s data protection agency, stated that it lacks the resources needed to assess the compliance of Worldcoin, the biometric and universal basic income (UBI) project, with the country’s laws. The head of the institution, Fabrizio Peralta-Diaz, lamented this situation, stressing that it needed access to the necessary tools to examine […] Powered by...
Latam Insights Encore: El Salvador Forges a Path to Overcome IMF’s Bitcoin-Phobia
Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and cryptocurrency-based news from last week. In this edition, we discuss the possibilities that El Salvador is opening for other countries to receive help from international institutions like the IMF even when adopting bitcoin as legal tender. Latam Insights Encore: El […] Powered by...
Tyler Winklevoss Warns Operation Chokepoint 2.0 Remains in Full Swing
Tyler Winklevoss, co-founder of U.S.-based exchange Gemini and VC firm Winklevoss Capital, has alerted about the ongoing status of Operation Chokepoint 2.0, a plan directed to difficult banking access to crypto companies. Winklevoss’ remarks come after the Federal Reserve found Customers Bank, a crypto-friendly bank, had “deficiencies” in compliance with anti-money laundering requirements. Tyler Winklevoss […] Powered by...
20 Crypto Startups Raise $141.3 Million in Less Than 2 Weeks
In the first 12 days of Aug., $141.3 million has flowed into crypto, defi, and blockchain ventures, according to recent metrics. Morpho, a decentralized lending developer, accounted for roughly 35.38% of the total funds raised across 20 different projects. $141.3 Million Floods Into 20 Crypto Startups and Projects Even with the crypto markets experiencing a […] Powered by...
