USA Archives - Page 7 of 13

USPS Files Patent For Blockchain Mail-In Voting Scheme Amid US Postal Service Catastrophe

August 18, 2020

USPS files patent for blockchain main-in voting scheme amid US postal service catastrophe. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is falling apart on the seams and the Trump administration is blamed by many ...

IGT Expands FanDuel Platform Deal Across The US

August 3, 2020

International Game Technology (IGT) has expanded its sports betting and online gambling agreement with Flutter Entertainment-owned FanDuel Group to cover the entire US market. Under the wide-reaching partner...

Federal Court Rules Bitcoin Is A Form of Money In DC

July 25, 2020

Federal Court rules Bitcoin is a form of money in DC. In the case of United States v. Harmon, Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell wrote that money is "commonly means a medium of exchange, method of payment, or store ...

Banks In US Now Allowed To Offer Crypto Custody Services

July 23, 2020

Banks in US now allowed to offer crypto custody services. Senior Deputy Comptroller and Senior Counsel Jonathan Gould wrote in a public letter dated 22 July that any national bank will hold on to the specific...

Binance.US Partners with Sovos on Tax Crypto Compliance

July 13, 2020

Binance.US, the US arm of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, has partnered with Sovos, a startup that focuses on cryptocurrency accounting and auditing, in order to modernize its tax infor...

Kentucky Man Sentenced To Prison For Illegal Gambling Operation

July 12, 2020

Kentucky man sentenced to prison for illegal gambling operation. A Kentucky man was sentenced to one year and three months in prison for carrying out an illicit internet gaming operation. The Daily News repo...

Blockchain Founder Brock Pierce Runs For US Presidency

July 6, 2020

Blockchain founder Brock Pierce runs for US presidency. On July 5th, Pierce took to Twitter to announce his run for President of the United States of America. He will run as an Independent in the November 3,...

Ram Vittal Takes Charge of Marex Spectron’s North America Operation

July 6, 2020

Global commodities brokerage Marex Spectron has announced on Monday the appointment of Ram Vittal as its new chief executive officer for its North American subsidiary. Joined this month, he will be responsib...

US Congressional Watchdog To Research Role Of Trafficking In Cryptos

July 2, 2020

US congressional watchdog to research role of trafficking in cryptos. Senate Banking Committee top Republicans and Democrats plan to introduce legislation this week. The legislation would guide the Government...

Ernst & Young Launches EY CryptoPrep to Help US Traders with Tax

June 19, 2020

Ernst & Young LLP, otherwise known as EY US, announced this week that it has launched cryptocurrency application EY CryptoPrep, to assist traders with tax filings in the United States. CryptoPrep is a So...