Bitcoin Agenda for 2017: Should We Focus on Consumers or Legislation?
As we enter into 2017, the question of where the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency community should be focusing their attention is paramount. The year 2016 can be said to be the year of the Blockchain. Several innovations and creations around the Blockchain were unveiled, strengths and weaknesses of a number of systems became exposed as well. Economics or legislation? The year 2016 also recorded significant participation of government in the Blockchain industry. These developments seem to set up a perfect storm for the adoption of the Blockchain and its associated entities. However, the ultimate....
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released its regulatory agenda which does not mention bitcoin or cryptocurrency regulation. Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies Not on SEC’s Latest Regulatory Agenda The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Biden administration’s Spring 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions last week. It details “the actions administrative agencies plan to issue in the near and long term,” which provides “important public notice and transparency about proposed regulatory and deregulatory....
The Fourth North American Bitcoin Conference will start in just 24 days in Miami Beach, Florida at The Fillmore Theatre. Bitcoinist is a media partner and happy to publish the agenda of the first 2 days! Below is the preliminary agenda for TNABC Miami 2015. This schedule is subject to change. For more information please visit: http://www.btcmiami.com
Basic freedoms and civil liberties have become more and more of a legal domain to be doled out by an ever advancing Police State in America. The U. S. Congress has lost most of its influence and national respect amongst the people. Congressional approval ratings are far worse than even President Obama's. Less than 10% of Americans believe Congress is doing their job well. Many of the agencies they are supposed to have dominion over, like the NSA, seem to consistently ignore their authority. U. S. Congressmen have shown a proclivity to selling out ethically in legislation, or to lobbyists....