2021-09-30
Facing 6 years in jail for presenting about ethereum in North Korea just isn't right. Maybe he was naive, but the state is overstepping. Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charge in North Korea Sanctions Case https://www.coindesk.com/... via @coindesk
CoinDesk
Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith pleads guilty to violating US sanctions law following a crypto and blockchain presentation at a 2019 North Korean conference
Griffith was charged with violating sanctions law by giving a cryptocurrency and blockchain presentation at a North Korean conference in 2019. Source: U.S. Department of Justice .
2021-09-25
2013 banning of bitcoin in China: https://www.forbes.com/... 2017 banning of bitcoin: https://www.theverge.com/... And the 2021 one planted today, probably by someone looking for a big buy, which was actually weeks old. Nice 4 year cycle. Going to be great end of 2021.
CNBC
China's central bank says all cryptocurrency-related activities are prohibited and overseas crypto exchanges providing services in mainland China are illegal
- The People's Bank of China said services offering trading, order matching, token issuance and derivatives for virtual currencies are strictly prohibited.
2021-01-05
I don't think the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has ever seen such excitement from one of its posts. Can't read it now. https://twitter.com/...
The Block
OCC says banks and savings associations can now run crypto nodes and use associated stablecoins for “permissible payment activities”
National banks and federal savings associations can use public blockchains and stablecoins for settlement, The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency …