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The Basics on FACTS: A New Model for Compliant ICOs

Must ICOs choose between a non-compliant utility token or a complaint security token that doesn’t work in commerce? Jaron Lukasiewicz proposes a fix.

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FICO Patent Filing Hints at Plans for Bitcoin Exchange Monitoring

The company behind the FICO credit score system is looking at how to collect information from bitcoin exchanges, new public documents show.

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Open Questions for Coinbase: Will Users Benefit from Its $100 Million Raise?

After securing $100 million in funding, CoinDesk looks at the key challenges facing the best capitalized US bitcoin and cryptocurrency startup.

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Banking and Blockchain: Why We Need an AML/KYC Safe Harbor

Compliance rules may be boosting blockchain innovation, but legal uncertainty is excluding some developing nations from the global banking system.

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Coinbase to White Hat Hacker: We Don't Want Your Bitcoin

Black hat hackers are asking for bitcoin. White hat hackers, at the behest of clients need to pay up. But Coinbase is kicking the 'good guys' out.

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Consensus 2017: The Legality of ICOs – Past and Future

Afternoon panel sessions at day one of Consensus 2017 showcased a variety of positions on the emerging phenomenon of token sales.

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Identity Startup Cambridge Blockchain Closes $2 Million Funding

Blockchain identity startup Cambridge Blockchain has finished raising $2m – money it plans to spend on pilot projects.

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IBM Unveils Blockchain Project For KYC Compliance

IBM's Bluemix Garage in Singapore has unveiled a new blockchain project built in collaboration with a local startup.

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'Big Four' Firm KPMG Talks New Blockchain Services Suite

KPMG has launched a suite of tools designed to help banks build with blockchain in a compliant way.

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US Nuclear Research Lab Developing Bitcoin Analysis Tool

A federally funded research laboratory run by a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin is developing a bitcoin analytics tool for the US government.

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