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The US Securities and Exchange Commission is gradually escalating its activity, trying to restrict the cryptocurrency business as much as possible and bring it under the regulatory norms typical for the stock market. On August 27, we learned that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) struck a $ 125,000 deal with AnChain.AI to monitor…

Cryptocurrencies, “the digital age money”, are commonly associated with the most advanced technologies and other features of a modern developed country. However, the reality of their mass adoption indicates quite the opposite: crypto is mostly in demand in poor countries with weak economies. Other countries in the Chainalysis ranking – Kenya, Nigeria, Venezuela, Togo, and…

Cryptocurrencies, “the digital age money”, are commonly associated with the most advanced technologies and other features of a modern developed country. However, the reality of their mass adoption indicates quite the opposite: crypto is mostly in demand in poor countries with weak economies. The Chainalysis analytical company has put out its second report (https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/2021-global-crypto-adoption-index) on…

Both cryptocurrencies in general, and Bitcoin in particular, have no shortage of critics, sometimes even outright haters. The crypto community has long come to terms with this. However, when people like Nassim Taleb criticize crypto, one really wants to understand their arguments. Lebanese-born Nassim Taleb is one of the most remarkable personalities of our time….

Several years ago, Belarus made noise worldwide as the first country to introduce all the basic concepts related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies into legislation. It also gave nearly free rein to the cryptocurrency business. However, in time, all the positive initiatives were completely destroyed by bureaucracy. In recent news: Belarusian Railway (BCh) has issued $…

The name DASH obviously indicates speed, but it also stands for “dark cash”. The idea for Dash is to make crypto an analog of cash money, both in terms of simplicity in use and anonymity. The plan, it must be said, is really quite ambitious, considering how other truly anonymous cryptocurrencies (e.g., Monero) mostly focus…