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El Salvador launches Bitcoin certifications for civil servants

DIGIT — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 08:01:12 +0000

El Salvador’s government aims to upskill 80,000 employees through a comprehensive Bitcoin certification program, emphasizing strategic management and public policy.

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Meta’s Zuckerberg grilled by senators over ‘leak’ of LLaMA AI model

DIGIT — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 05:14:08 +0000

The senators weren’t happy with the “seemingly minimal” protections to fight against fraud and cybercrime in Meta’s AI model.

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Top 5 universities to study blockchain in the UK

DIGIT — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 16:39:57 +0000

Universities in the U.K., including Cambridge, Imperial, Edinburgh, Oxford and University College London, offer blockchain-related programs.

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Bitcoin Mining Threatens America’s Climate Change Efforts, White House Science and Tech Department Says

DIGIT — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 19:30:09 +0000

The Biden administration is concerned about digital currency mining operations affecting climate change, after the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy published a report that says politicians should take action against crypto mining. The federal government’s entity recommends the Biden administration should encourage more research about mining’s electricity consumption and codify public policy for […]

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DCG Mining Subsidiary Foundry Joins Texas Blockchain Council to Help Shape Crypto Public Policy

DIGIT — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:30:44 +0000

On Tuesday, Digital Currency Group’s (DCG) mining subsidiary, Foundry Digital, announced the company has joined the Texas Blockchain Council (TBC), a nonprofit industry association in the state of Texas. Foundry detailed the newly formed alliance is aimed at Foundry’s efforts to “help shape the regulatory landscape for digital assets” in North America. Foundry Becomes a […]

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G7 Finance Ministers and Bankers Adopt Guidelines for Central Bank Digital Currencies

DIGIT — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 07:30:23 +0000

Any digital currency issued by a central bank must support financial and monetary stability, finance leaders from G7 member states have insisted. State-issued coins should also ensure privacy, transparency, and data protection, the officials stated. The forum adopted 13 public policy principles for retail digital currencies and stressed that “CBDCs are not ‘cryptoassets.’” CBDCs Must […]

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Ukraine Plans to Fully Legalize Cryptocurrencies Within Three Years

DIGIT — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 10:30:36 +0000

The government in Kiev intends to legalize cryptocurrencies and comprehensively regulate the fintech sector as part of a new public policy developed by the economy ministry. The process may take up to three years to complete but eventually the industry built around digital assets should become a legitimate part of the country’s economy. Also read: […]

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