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Dog Days of Summer

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As the United States celebrated its Independence Day on July 4th, several jurisdictions around the world, including South Korea, Bermuda and Malta, passed legislation to support crypto assets and virtual currencies. Of these, South Korea’s appears the most detailed by providing a classification scheme as a framework for regulation.

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Crypto Chess Continues

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“Welcome to #Malta @binance,” Joseph Muscat, the country’s prime minister, tweeted on Friday. “We We aim to be the global trailblazers in the regulation of blockchain-based businesses.”. Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptoasset exchanges by volume, announced this past week that it moved its headquarters from Hong Kong to Malta.

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