Coming up with a list of the 100 most influential people in crypto and blockchain is hard in any year. But doing it in 2021 is particularly difficult as the industry advanced from moving into the mainstream to actually being in it. And that makes “influence” a moving target.
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R3's Corda beat out Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, and Multichain in a test of U.S. security standards (Photo: pxfuel).Report: Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, MultiChain flunk U.S. security standards – Updated
A damning new report published by the influential Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers found R3’s Corda was the only one of four major blockchains to meet the cryptographic requirements of government agencies
A bombshell report has warned three major blockchain networks fail to fully comply with the U.S. government’s cryptographic standards, potentially banning them from use in federal blockchain projects. For R3's Corda, it's a big boost.
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Media finally notices that Bitcoin and Ethereum are actually VERY centralized
US regulators awakening to reality of China’s total mining dominance
The issue of how to classify and regulate cryptocurrency and blockchain technology is one that has stumped decision makers in Washington. This is unsurprising, given that offices in the Department of Defense were still using 8-inch floppy disks as recently as 2016. But while regulators in DC wring their hands over who has jurisdiction and whether certain coins are securities or not, many crypto observers fear that China, able to move with the speed and certainty of a dictatorship, is emerging as the gatekeeper of crypto. And that dominance is finally starting to rouse Beltway regulators who fear surrendering America’s digital future. Though China has a ban on trading digital…
