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  • Not even a few hours after it was announced and there's already stock photos of Facebook's libra cryptocurrency (via Shutterstock).
    Not even a few hours after it was announced and there's already stock photos of Facebook's libra cryptocurrency (via Shutterstock).
    Europe,  Libra,  United States

    From Europe and America, Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency faces suspicion

    The social media giant will also have a high regulatory hurdle to jump before launching the digital asset

    June 18, 2019 /

    Less than 12 hours after it was announced, Facebook’s new libra cryptocurrency was already causing the kind of concern in European financial circles that even Bitcoin has not been able to generate.

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    Leo Jakobson
  • Chamber of Deputies of France's National Assembly in Paris (via Pixabay).
    Chamber of Deputies of France's National Assembly in Paris (via Pixabay).
    Europe

    France makes move for European blockchain leadership

    During Paris Blockchain Week, France’s finance minister promotes its new law as a model for the EU

    April 17, 2019 /

    Malta may call itself the “Blockchain Island” but it got some stiff competition on April 15 when French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire proposed that its European Union partners “set up a single regulatory framework on crypto-assets inspired by the French experience."

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    Leo Jakobson
  • The National Assembly of France, where the country's laws are made (via Shutterstock).
    The National Assembly of France, where the country's laws are made (via Shutterstock).
    Europe

    New French law allows crypto investments in major retirement savings plans

    Financial newspaper Les Echos reports French assurance vie accounts, used mainly for long-term savings, will be able to accept digital assets

    April 12, 2019 /

    The French financial publication Les Echos is reporting that a new law passed on April 11 allows French savers to invest in cryptocurrencies in their “assurance vie” life insurance accounts, which are used mainly as medium- to long-term savings vehicles aimed at retirement.

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    Leo Jakobson
  • Zug, Switzerland (via Pixabay).
    Zug, Switzerland (via Pixabay).
    Europe,  Technology

    Swiss e-voting system hack shows value of blockchain-based election technology

    Flaw would allow undetectable vote fraud; can DLT solve the problem?

    March 14, 2019 /

    Switzerland’s proposed new e-voting system has a flaw clouding the country’s Crypto Valley. It’s serious enough to allow hackers to steal an election without being detected.

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    Leo Jakobson
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