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Governance

thebarefootvc

As the price of bitcoin rose to over $11,000 this morning (from lows near $6000 two weeks ago), governance was a key theme over the past week. The Ethereum community is grappling with its own governance roadmap, with an active debate currently underway on how to resolve issues of lost funds due to hacks or vulnerabilities in smart contracts.

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What to Know About Cryptocurrency and Scams

The Startup Magazine

Cryptocurrency scams are an increasingly prevalent issue in the financial community. Lastly, many government entities, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), can offer support. All these factors must be considered before investing in this exciting yet unpredictable avenue.

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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

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Last month, the SEC announced it was taking action regarding Netflix’ (NFLX) securities compliance based on a Facebook status update posted by CEO Reed Hastings. The move came as a shock to many in the tech business community, in which we’ve become accustomed to real-time disclosure by company executives through social media.

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On Expert Networks, Compliance, the Drunk and the Lamppost

David Teten

Expert networks have been in the news a lot for the past few weeks, due to the SEC’s attempt to look for insider trading amongst hedge funds, following on their Galleon investigation (Raj Rajaratnam of Galleon is in the photo shown). The best source of information on this topic is as usual the Integrity Research blog.

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The Necessity of Secure File Sharing for Boards of Community Banks

Board Effect

Board members of community banks regularly handle highly confidential information. The relationships that community banks have with their community are very important, and they can be a key to the bank’s success. Trust is a very important part of the relationship between community banks and the people they serve.

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Out of the Crisis #13: Alpha Lee on remembering the 2003 SARS epidemic and his opensource COVID-19 Moonshot

Startup Lessons Learned

The institutions that governed our lives before are under extreme stress, and the cracks and gaps in the system are becoming rifts and fault lines. First in Wuhan, China, and then the fact that it can spread so quickly in Italy and continental Europe really surprises me and I think a lot of others as well in the scientific community.

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“Bored” of Directors Can Become Clash of Titans

Gust

Perhaps no better example exists than the term “ Corporate Governance.” Framed that way, “corporate governance” starts seeming a lot less dry and academic. ” Typical governance structure (Sony Corporation). Rhetoric has the power to engage or alienate, to enchant or disaffect.