SEC Commissioner on Banning Bitcoin: ‘It’s Very Difficult to Ban Peer-to-Peer...
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce believes that the U.S. government cannot ban bitcoin, stating that “it’s very difficult to ban something that’s essentially a peer-to-peer technology.” The commissioner is hopeful that with the new chairman who has deep knowledge of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, the SEC can take a fresh look at some of the reasons used to reject bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). SEC Commissioner Says ‘Very Difficult’ to Ban P2P Technology Hester Peirce, a commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) who is also....
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These new regulations will also have an impact on Bitcoin in China. Since cryptocurrency does not fall under these regulations, it may become the new peer-to-peer lending option. Peer-to-peer lending has always been a very popular trend in China. That is not entirely surprising, as the country is keen on innovation and embracing new trends. But there have been a fair amount of problems with P2P lending in China over the past few months. New rules have been announced, which will put a vice grip on this innovative business model. At its core, any peer-to-peer service should not shut down....
The Journal of Peer Production, an academic publication dedicated to exploring, investigating and promoting what they consider to be the emergence of a new, peer-to-peer, economic model in society, hasannounced a call for papers for a special issue of their journal on the topic of "value and currency in peer production." The Journal of Peer Production has covered a wide range of topics in the area of peer-to-peer economy, ranging fromfile sharing in Sweden tothe emergence of governance in the open source FreeBSD project and evendo-it-yourself biology, and is now looking for answers to one....
Press Release: Peer-to-peer internet ThreeFold integrates with several popular blockchain ecosystems in an effort to increase adoption for the world’s largest such network 29th April 2021, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – ThreeFold plans to integrate its peer-to-peer internet platform with three of the leading blockchain ecosystems in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space; Binance Smart Chain […]
PRESS RELEASE. Peer-to-peer internet ThreeFold integrates with several popular blockchain ecosystems in an effort to increase adoption for the world’s largest such network 29th April 2021, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – ThreeFold plans to integrate its peer-to-peer internet platform with three of the leading blockchain ecosystems in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space; Binance Smart Chain (BSC), Ethereum, and Huobi’s ECO Chain. ThreeFold is set to integrate BSC in the next couple of weeks, with Ethereum and Huobi’s ECO Chain following shortly later on in Q2.....
Brilliant minds around the worth are continually exploring the options and possibilities associated with Bitcoin technology. One of the things where Bitcoin could play a major role is in the world of finance, as digital currency works the same way around the world, regardless of any country borders. Could micro-financing become a future use case for Bitcoin? Let’s find out. It is not the first time Bitcoin is mentioned in the same sentence as peer-to-peer lending. In fact, there are several platforms in existence doing just that, such as BTCJam for example. But one the key issues with....