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The DOJ's "Operation Choke Point" Has Driven 30 Industries To Bitcoin

Bitcoin: Be Your Own Bank. You may have heard of Operation Choke Point over the last year in reference to payday lending, and more recently in reference to firearm sales and porn star personal accounts. The gist of it is this: The Department of Justice (DOJ) is strongly encouraging banks and third party payment processors to close the accounts of individuals and businesses associated with certain high-risk merchant categories such as payday/online lending, firearms/ammunition sales, and pornography, and even dating services. Essentially, the DOJ has tasked banks and third party payment....


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John McAfee Sees Mining Operation Produce More Bitcoins Than Predicted

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Zachary Kelman joins Cointelegraph as general counsel

Zachary has been a contributing writer for Cointelegraph since 2019. He is an early crypto adopter and managing partner of crypto-native law firm Kelman PLLC. Cointelegraph, the world's foremost source of news and information on the future of finance, is pleased to announce the addition of Zachary Kelman as general counsel. Kelman is an early adopter of cryptocurrency and is the managing partner of crypto-native law firm Kelman PLLC. He is a New York-licensed attorney specializing in political, legal and regulatory issues surrounding Bitcoin, digital currencies and blockchain....