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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

However, it also carries some risks due to its decentralized nature and potential for fraud or scams. Furthermore, there is still debate about the lack of legal protection for digital assets due to their decentralized nature, further complicating the process of recovering lost funds from fraudulent or hacker activity.

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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). another technology company employee pleaded guilty and is cooperating with investigators.&#160.

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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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Is Your Credit Union Board of Directors ?Cyber-Ready??

Board Effect

However, if you feel your board may not be fully cyber-ready, then you may want to read on to learn more about: Board cyber risk oversight Key cyber risk questions to ask Top threats facing board members Cyber-readiness for boards of credit unions and community banks. Ransomware attacks are rising and becoming increasingly costly.

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Is Your Credit Union Board of Directors ?Cyber-Ready??

Board Effect

However, if you feel your board may not be fully cyber-ready, then you may want to read on to learn more about: Board cyber risk oversight Key cyber risk questions to ask Top threats facing board members Cyber-readiness for boards of credit unions and community banks. Ransomware attacks are rising and becoming increasingly costly.