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The South Korean National Assembly passed new legislation today that will provide a framework for the regulation and legalization of cryptocurrencies and crypto exchanges. In a unanimous vote during a special session of the legislature convened amidst the country’s worsening novel coronavirus situation, the representatives passed an amendment to the…

After going “back to the future” with a $600 million fund last year, VC firm Kleiner Perkins is aiming for some “returns of the Jedi” with its freshest (and refocused) fund. With Star Wars references on the forefront in its announcement, the firm today announced that it has closed its…

India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned central bank’s two-year-old ban on cryptocurrency trading in the country in what many said was a “historic” verdict. The Reserve Bank of India had imposed a ban on cryptocurrency trading in April 2018 that barred banks and other financial institutions from facilitating “any service in…

Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images)Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project has been heading full steam at a global financial regulatory system-sized iceberg for a while now. But it might be trying to change course after finally realizing that the iceberg will win.Per a Tuesday report in the Information, sources say the Facebook-backed…

It’s that time of the year: TNW and Adyen are partnering up for the seventh edition of the Tech5 scaleup competition. Each year, hundreds of the world’s fastest-growing startups and scaleups apply to join a network of companies, investors, and experts from across Europe. The winners are selected based on…

Mar 3, 2020 at 10:00 UTCUpdated Mar 3, 2020 at 17:47 UTCCredit: Shutterstock/Dilok KlaisatapornJames Cooper is a professor of law at California Western School of Law in San Diego. A former contractor for the U.S. and adviser to governments and indigenous peoples concerning disruptive technologies for the legal sector, he…

Mar 2, 2020 at 05:00 UTCUpdated Mar 2, 2020 at 17:57 UTCThe Connecticut State Capitol, in HartfordThe States Can’t BlockchainPreston Byrne, a columnist for CoinDesk's new opinion section, is a partner in Anderson Kill's Technology, Media and Distributed Systems Group. He advises software, internet and fintech companies. His biweekly column,…

Dutch multinational human resource consulting company Randstad NV office is seen in Gdynia, ... Poland,(Photo by Michal Fludra/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images The worlds largest human resources firm, Randstad, has its eyes set on ma… Read More

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William Quigley, the cofounder of Worldwide Asset eXchange (WAX), a blockchain and protocol token designed to make e-commerce transactions faster, easier, and safer, has been in the business of digital items for decades –– long before blockchain. Video game virtual items include things such as customizing your avatar, different types…