“A panel formed by the government to look into crypto-currency does not seem to be in favour of banning it. Instead, it may suggest allowing crypto-currency with riders, ETNow reported quoting Cogencis. ”
“Residents of the Swiss city, Zug, will use the city’s eID system to vote using their smartphones this month as part of a blockchain based voting test.”
Read more: https://www.ccn.com/switzerlands-crypto-valley-set-to-test-blockchain-voting/
“Hypothekarbank Lenzburg announced this week it was accepting cryptocurrency related businesses as account holders, something many legacy financial institutions outright refuse.”
Read more: https://news.bitcoin.com/switzerland-shows-the-way-bank-first-to-offer-crypto-business-accounts/
“The Bank for International Settlements just told the cryptocurrency world it’s not ready for prime time — and as far as mainstream financial services go, may never be.”
“Even though the 87 examples account for less than 1 percent of the time period examined, they amounted to about 50 percent of Bitcoin’s compounded return over that year.”
“Lawyers argue the CFTC has no authority over the virtual currency because it is not a commodity like wheat or cotton or a service that is traded using futures contracts, the typical focus of the agency’s enforcement regime.”
“America got along just fine for 225 years before ICE, the monstrous child of the wars on drugs and terrorism, was spawned. It can do so again.”
Read more: http://reason.com/archives/2018/06/11/abolish-ice
“Senator Coleman Livingston Blease hailed from the hills of South Carolina. In 1925, he entered Congress committed, above all else, to protecting white supremacy.”
Read more: http://theconversation.com/how-crossing-the-us-mexico-border-became-a-crime-74604
“In fact, there is no law that requires families to be separated at the border.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/us/politics/trump-democrats-separation-policy.html
“HHS said Thursday that it had 11,432 migrant children in its custody, up from 9,000 at the beginning of May.”