Australian actress Margot Robbie, who is playing the lead in the new Barbie movie, has caused quite a stir within the crypto community after stating that simply talking about Bitcoin (BTC) gives off Ken vibes. In the last 24 hours, the crypto community on Twitter, including Microstrategy’s Michael Saylor and prominent Youtuber Layah Heilpern, showed…
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Top Stories This Week Crypto bills pass congressional committee in ‘huge win’ for US crypto A key United States House panel has approved a pair of bills that could finally deliver some regulatory clarity to crypto firms in the country. On July 26, lawmakers voted in favor of the Financial Innovation and Technology for the…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suffered another setback on July 28 as the D.C. Circuit overturned a ruling by the regulator ordering that SPIKES Index securities should be treated as ‘futures’ rather than as ‘securities futures’. The judge panel called the SEC order “arbitrary and capricious.” The decision relates to an order from…
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Bitcoin’s price action remains lackluster, but select altcoins are showing signs of breaking out of their respective resistance levels. Source link
An open letter from GitHub, Hugging Face, Creative Commons and other tech firms are calling the European Union to ease upcoming rules for open-source artificial intelligence models. The letter urges policymakers to review some of the provisions of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act, claiming that regulating upstream open-source projects as if they are commercial products…
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Representatives Gus Bilirakis, from Florida and of the Republican Party, and Jan Schakowsky, representing Illinois and affiliated with the Democratic Party, both serving in the United States Congress joined forces and took the initiative to address their concerns directly to Apple CEO Tim Cook. on the California-based company’s App Store guidelines and its effect on…
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United States banking advocacy group, Bank Policy Institute, has backed the legislation of Senator Elizabeth Warren, a vocal crypto critic, which calls for more transparency in digital assets to combat financial crime. According to a July 28 Bloomberg report, Warren reintroduced the proposed bill titled ‘Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2023,’ on July 28. The bill…
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Binance have submitted responses regarding the entity “Eeon,” which has sought to intervene on behalf of customers in the SEC’s case against the crypto exchange. According to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Binance and the SEC objected to Eeon’s request to intervene…
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Hester Pierce, commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange (SEC), has raised concerns about the watchdog’s recent statement advising accounting firms against taking on non-audit work for crypto firms. In a July 28 tweet, Pierce challenged the recent statement made by the SEC’s chief accountant Paul Munter. The statement suggested that accounting firms adopt an…
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Proof of humanity protocol Worldcoin released its audit reports on July 28 as criticism of its data collection practices continues to mount. The new reports were conducted by security consulting firms Nethermind and Least Authority. According to an accompanying announcement from Worldcoin, Nethermind found 26 security issues with the protocol, of which 24 were “identified…
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