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Tech Industry Leaders Call for AI Labs to Pause Development for Safety, Coinbase CEO Disagrees

DIGIT — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 03:04:57 +0000

This week, 2,600 tech industry moguls and entrepreneurs, including Elon Musk, Gary Marcus, and Steve Wozniak, signed an open letter requesting artificial intelligence (AI) labs to pause research and development for six months. The signatories believe that safety programs and regulations need to be strengthened, as they assert that AI labs are currently in an […]

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FTX collapse could trigger ‘appetite’ for harsher regulation, says Andrew Yang

DIGIT — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 21:19:53 +0000

“This is categorically a very, very negative thing for human beings and for the regulatory environment,” Yang said.

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Crypto lobbyists up 180% since 2018, with Andrew Yang joining the charge

DIGIT — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 15:34:42 +0000

A new lobbying group will seek to educate legislators and create pilot programs to convince them of the utility of Web3.

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Candidate for Mayor Promises to Make NYC the Most Cryptocurrency-Friendly City in US

DIGIT — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 02:00:48 +0000

Curtis Sliwa, a candidate for New York City (NYC) mayor, said that he will make his city “the most cryptocurrency-friendly city” in the U.S. if he is elected. He joins a growing list of mayors and mayoral candidates in growing cryptocurrency adoption. Mayoral Candidate Plans to Turn NYC Into the Most Crypto-Friendly City NYC mayoral […]

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Jackson, Tennessee Mayor Praises Bitcoin’s Benefits Against Inflation, Aims to Create a BTC Hub

DIGIT — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 19:30:46 +0000

Jackson, Tennessee’s mayor is a fan of bitcoin and he wants the city to become a bitcoin hub in order to entice technology companies and innovation. Jackson’s mayor Scott Conger is in the midst of discussing creating legislation that allows Jackson residents to pay property taxes with bitcoin. Jackson, Tennessee’s Mayor Is a Fan of […]

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Andrew Yang says he’ll transform NYC into a Bitcoin hub if elected mayor

DIGIT — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 02:02:29 +0000

Andrew Yang has plans for New York City that cryptocurrency users anywhere would find appealing.

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Project gives away 14M tokens in digital universal basic income experiment

DIGIT — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:45:00 +0000

GoodDollar believes that “digital basic income can work at scale, while effecting positive change on a global level.”

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What would Commerce Secretary Andrew Yang mean for crypto?

DIGIT — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:46:22 +0000

A CNN report suggests Yang may be on the short list for a position in Joe Biden’s cabinet.

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Crypto Friendly Candidate Yang Left Off DNC Speech List

DIGIT — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 21:27:38 +0000

The agenda for the Democratic National Convention, or DNC, does not include prior democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang as a speaker, leaving the politician surprised.

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Bitcoin Entrepreneur Brock Pierce Joins the 2020 US Presidential Election

DIGIT — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 14:28:03 +0000

Blockchain entrepreneur and former Disney child actor, Brock Pierce, is running for President of the United States this election. Pierce announced he was running during America’s Independence Day celebration on July 4, the same day Kanye West revealed his candidacy. Pierce is an advocate of technology and cryptocurrencies and he wholeheartedly believes “entrepreneurs are essential […]

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