Spanish Securities Watchdog Calls for Search Engines, Social Network Operator...
The CNMV, the Spanish securities regulator, has called for large search engines and social networks to stop offering advertising services for platforms that are not registered to offer investment or financial services. The regulator has also stated that it will take matters into its own hands by promoting regulation on the issue if these companies fail to address it. Spanish Regulator Addresses Unregistered Platform Advertising Issue Spanish securities regulator CNMV is very worried about the space that big internet companies are giving unregistered investment platforms to....
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As part of regulations that are set to become effective in mid-February, crypto-asset investment promoters will be required to inform the Spanish securities watchdog of the contents of any ad that targets over 100,000 people.
10-Day Advance Notice Rule
The Spanish government has tasked the country’s securities watchdog with authorizing advertisements that promote cryptocurrencies, a report has said. Also, as part of the new measures, crypto-asset investment promoters will be required to notify the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) of any promotional....
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A Singapore-based startup, SearchTrade, has introduced a system to allow all parties in the Internet search engine process - the searcher, the owner of the key word being searched, the builder of the app using the search engine, and the advertisers - to profit from the process using bitcoin. Using bitcoin, the system redistributes the revenue among the stakeholders in the process, rather than allowing all the profit to flow to the big search engines like Google and Bing. "Search is the single most important activity on the Internet," said Vishal Gupta, co-founder and CEO of SearchTrade.....
The CNMV, the Spanish securities regulator, has issued a warning about the existence of an unknown party asking for information and offering to sell bitcoin on its behalf. The fraudsters are said to perform the scam attempt via phone calls, where they ask for personal information and offer the benefit of purchasing bitcoins said to be confiscated from a company indicted by Spanish courts.
Unknown Party Impersonating Spanish Securities Regulator
The Spanish securities regulator (CNMV) has warned about a series of impersonators that are asking for data in the name of the group.....
Privacy-focused browser Brave has acquired open search engine Tailcat to introduce its own alternative to Google Search later this year. Major privacy-focused browser Brave is inching closer to offering a private search engine. Brave announced Wednesday that the company has acquired Tailcat, an open search engine developed by a group formerly working on privacy search and browser products at Cliqz. Operating under the majority holding of Hubert Burda Media, Cliqz terminated its efforts on browser and search tech in May 2020.According to the announcement, Tailcat will serve as a foundation....