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Wisconsin State Senate Candidate Accepts Bitcoin Donation via BitPay

September 22, 2020 by Anthonia Isichei at Bitcoin

Phil Anderson, running for the Wisconsin State Assembly has stated that he would accept cryptocurrency donations towards his campaign, using U.S. crypto payment platform BitPay. Anderson Defends Legality of Crypto Political Donations In an announcement released by Phil Anderson’s campaign team on Monday (September 21, 2020), the entrepreneur and real...

United States Department of Elections to Study the Viability of Using Blockchain

January 7, 2020 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Blockchain

Hala Ayala, a Democrat in Virginia's House of Delegates, has requested the Department of Elections to study the use of blockchain technology to improve the reliability of the election process. Ayala is a cybersecurity expert who previously worked for the Department of Homeland Security. On her request, the senate and...

The Impact of Brexit on the United Kingdom’s Crypto Sector

September 5, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Blockchain

Brexit has served as a prime example of how ordinary citizens can protect their assets from political turmoil using Bitcoin. According to Forbes, the negative effects of a potential no-deal Brexit are leaking into the economy and affecting crypto startups in the region, September 4, 2019. If the U.K. leaves the...

Taking Back Control: Using Blockchain to Empower Political Choices

July 8, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Blockchain

A new model of raising funds for political purposes is being put forth by a company called Peeps Democracy. As reported by MIT Technology Review, July 6, 2019, their new platform We the Peeps wants to let ordinary people raise money and vote on how the money gets used. While...

Blockchain Technology, A Great Tool for Transparent Elections

May 25, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, News

Blockchain technology, the building blocks of bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptoassets proved once more that it is more than just hype by enabling the results of 25 million votes out of 193 million to be obtained within a few hours, during the just-concluded electoral process in Indonesia. The distributed ledger...

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Ex-Congressman Condemns Rep. Brad Sherman’s Harsh Crypto Stance

May 15, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Bitcoin, Commentary, News

Ronald Ernest Paul, a retired United States politician who contested for presidency in 1988, 2008 and 2012, has condemned the draconian stance of Rep.Brad Sherman towards bitcoin and other digital assets. Paul has also advised the U.S. government to stop interfering in the matters of blockchain-based virtual currencies, reports Yahoo...

Coinbase Files with the FEC to Shutter its Political Action Committee

April 24, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Business, Exchange, News, Regulation

Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world by reported trading volume has shuttered its political action committee (PAC). This was revealed in the exchange’s official filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on April 3, 2019. According to a filing with the FEC, the regulatory agency in...

How Crypto and Blockchain Lobbyists Are Doing Their Bit to Propel the Industry

March 25, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, Finance, News, Regulation

For every emerging industry to taste mainstream success, support from the existing government regimes is a must. To put weight on this claim, one need not look any further than the Internet during the 90s. During the last decade of the 20th century, when the Internet was still very much...

Ethereum Blockchain Being Used to Issue North Korean Visas

March 21, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Adoption, Altcoins, Blockchain, Ethereum, News, Regulation

From March 24, 2019, people wishing to visit North Korea may do so by purchasing ERC-721 visas issued on the Ethereum blockchain by a North Korean dissident group. Future Entry Besides the predominantly commercial use of blockchain, there have been a handful of other less-popular social aspects of its application....

The Blockchain Industry’s New Faces: Former Civil Servants

February 13, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

One of the latest trends in the blockchain world is former government workers taking up positions in blockchain firms after their public service careers come to an end, reported by Barron’s on February 11, 2019. The Latest Development The world of politics is famous for being very volatile with a...

South Korean Flag Hanging above a Ballot Box

South Korea’s Liberty Korea Political Party set to use Blockchain Technology for Elections

February 11, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Development, News, Regulation

In a bid to foster transparency and curb the activities of bad actors in the electoral process via blockchain technology, South Korea's largest opposition party, the Liberty Korea Party, has joined forces with ioeX, a Taiwanese distributed ledger technology (DLT) startup, according to a press release on January 11, 2019....

Canadian Electoral Body Is Looking into Cryptocurrency Donations

January 14, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Development, Finance, News, Regulation

On January 9, 2019, it was reported that the Canadian Electoral Body, Elections Canada, has published a draft document detailing the procedure for the acceptance of cryptocurrency donations as well as seeking the input of various parties regarding the handling such donations. One of the trickiest aspects of cryptocurrency and...

Leading Telecoms Firm Accelerating Blockchain Adoption in Europe

European Parliament Member Optimistic about a Blockchain-Powered Political System

November 24, 2018 by Nigel Dollentas at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, News, Platform, Tech

Eva Kaili, the Greek member of the European Parliament, spoke optimistically about the future of cryptocurrency past standard applications and focused on the potential within politics on November 22nd, 2018. The interview was conducted at Decentralized 2018, a blockchain conference held in Europe and organized by the University of Nicosia. The Chair...

Politician Bitcoin Press Conference at the Podium

Democrats Victories in California, Colorado Gubernatorial Elections Good for Bitcoin

November 9, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, Commentary, Finance, News

At a time when the bears have the upper hand in the cryptocurrency markets, the recent victories for blockchain and crypto loving political candidates in the recently concluded 2018 midterm elections within California and Colorado could be the much-needed catalyst for another bullish rally soon, reported ETF Trends, on November 7,...

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Marshalls Island President Heine’s Cryptocurrency Plan Faces No-Confidence Vote

November 7, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Adoption, Altcoins, Business, Commentary, Finance, News

Marshalls Island President Hilda Heine’s controversial plan to introduce a sovereign cryptocurrency faced a lot of opposition in local Parliament and from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to The Guardian’s article published on November 5, 2018, President Hein’s cryptocurrency plan was met with sharp criticism from eight senators, which...

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