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In early March, Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities had given unwanted access to over 30,000 government and commercial organizations in the US. These vulnerabilities were exploited by “at least 10 hacker groups,” allowing them to control servers remotely via a web browser. By late March, most Microsoft Exchange Servers were patched against these vulnerabilities.
LCX, the Liechtenstein Cryptoassets Exchange, today announced a strategic partnership with Hedera Hashgraph. LCX is expanding its platform for the Hedera Hashgraph network to establish a new gateway for security tokens and tokenized digital assets. With this new partnership, Hedera will leverage the technology infrastructure of LCX to expand the Hedera Token Service (HTS). Further,…
Janet Yellen. Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/Credit Suisse At least one major stablecoin operator has welcomed the news that the American government is set to direct regulators to “act quickly” on fiat-pegged tokens. In an official statement, the American Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated that she had convened a President’s Working Group on Financial Markets…
Source: Adobe/Александр Бердюгин Regulators appear set to continue ramping up their scrutiny of the crypto industry – with BlockFi, the major American crypto lending business, served with a cease and desist order by the Attorney General (AG) of New Jersey. The AG is reportedly set to accuse BlockFi of breaking state securities laws. Per Forbes,…
WestJet Airlines Ltd. has pulled out of talks with the federal government and will not take financial aid as its rivals have
Crown, defence seeking earlier dates for five-day jury trial for Michael Cady on charges of money laundering, possession of property obtained by crime
Perhaps David Anderson can bring this up in Senate estimates the next time Matt Canavan accuses the public broadcaster of being ‘anti-coal’.
Spying by the Mexican authorities is now limited to pursuing criminals, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Two high-profile financial experts have laid out a regulatory framework for stablecoins. The pair offered to either make stablecoins equivalent to public money or transform them into CBDCs. Despite all the hostility, stablecoin activity continues to soar. Two high-profile financial experts, Yale professor of finance Gary B. Gorton and U.S. Federal…
Several U.S. governmental figures, including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, discussed stablecoin regulation, saying that recommendations would be published in the coming months. The post US Financial Authorities Discuss Stablecoin Regulation at President’s Working Group appeared first on BeInCrypto.
