MIT Digital Currency Initiative Seeks To Loosen Institutions’ Hold Over The Internet
Cryptocurrency stands at the forefront of technology’s efforts to utilize the power of the Internet for positive change. And according to Neha Narula, director of research at MIT’s Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative, such change is needed. Instead of an interoperable data fabric, data has been siloed. Instead of access and freedom, gated app stores exist. Narula described the leadership role MIT’s Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative is taking in working to change this, writing in Medium. She reviewed the numerous steps the initiative has taken to unshackle the control a few....
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking a trial attorney to help with the federal executive agency’s Digital Currency Initiative. The DOJ posted a job listing on the justice.gov web portal and the hired individual is expected to serve as an “expert on digital currency and blockchain technologies for the criminal division.” DOJ’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section Needs a Digital Currency Trial Attorney The DOJ’s criminal division aims to hire an experienced and permanent attorney to work at the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section....
Forty-six European crypto businesses and organizations have asked finance ministers in 27 European countries to loosen some regulatory requirements for the crypto industry. For example, they asked for decentralized finance (defi) projects to be excluded from the requirements to register as legal entities.
Crypto Industry’s Letter to EU Policymakers
Forty-six European crypto businesses and organizations have sent a letter to 27 EU finance ministers regarding disclosure requirements for crypto transactions, Reuters reported this week, noting that it has seen the....
The world's first Master's of Science in Digital Currency degree program kicks off today in Cyprus and on the internet, with the beginning of their Introduction to Digital Currency course. The entire Master's program consists of 9 classes chosen from a list of required and elective courses. The first course in this program, DFIN-511 (Introduction to Digital Currency) is being offered in an Massive-open-online-course (MOOC) format so anyone with an internet connection can take advantage of this great opportunity. Students wishing to continue with the program will be able to use their credit....
Wall Street Journal senior columnist Michael Casey is reportedly joining MIT Media Lab under their Digital Currency Initiative. Casey will be in charge of leading the group with their digital currency research and garnering more clients and students to study developments in the industry. "This was just too exciting an opportunity to pass up," Casey remarked. "I sincerely believe that this is one of those moments in which a new technological platform has the potential to facilitate explosive change. I saw a role for me in helping explain it and tell the story around it." MIT Media Lab....