BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina
Perth Mint tokenising gold with InfiniGold
The Perth Mint and InfiniGold have developed GoldPass, which allows investors to buy, trade and sell tokenised gold backed by the Perth Mint
Facebook Founder forced to testify to US House Financial Services Committee
Mark Zuckerberg has been called to testify before the US House Financial Services Committee on Libra on 23 October 2019 to discuss Libra.
Libra's leader laments limitations of legacy networks
David Marcus, co-creator of Libra and head of Calibra has explained why the Libra network was created, the limits on the legacy systems...
US Federal Reserve urged to consider creating national digital currency
Two US congressmen have sent a letter to the US Fed, urging the Fed to consider developing a national digital currency in light of Libra...
BIS convenes crypto conference on stablecoins
The Bank for International Settlement and regulators worldwide recently met in Basel to discuss the regulatory issues posed by stablecoins..
IMF Blog Studys Stablecoin Strategies
The IMF has issue their latest blog last Thursday entitled, 'Digital Currencies: The Rise of Stablecoins'.
Council of Financial Regulators release Quarterly Statement considering stablecoins
The Council of Financial Regulators released their quarterly statement on Monday, mentioning digital currencies for the first time.
Sovereign vs Digital Currency
The Australian published an interesting opinion piece from Niall Ferguson of the The Hoover Institution, Stanford University on the rise...
Libra to seek payment licence in Switzerland
Libra Association has announced they will be seeking a payment licence from FINMA, the Swiss Financial Services regulator. This is hot on...
Switzerland issues Stablecoin Guidance
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, has announced supplemental guidance for stablecoins (FINMA adopts the term stable...
GDF Global Summit - 2 October 2019
The Global Digital Finance group has finalised their Code of Conduct for Stablecoins, Security Tokens and AML/KYC...
Marshall Islands Issuing Own Cryptocurrency
The Marshall Islands, a longtime user of the USD, is progressing with its plans to issue a sovereign digital currency on Blockchain.