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Bitcoin Daily: IBM Eyes Blockchain For African Agriculture; CFTC Goes Back To School On Ethereum

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BitPay has announced that OneGold, a marketplace that combines the benefits of gold and silver with blockchain-based digital assets, is now accepting bitcoin and bitcoin cash. When they started OneGold, we were ready to help them accept Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash through BitPay.”.

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ICOs, SEC And Wait And See?

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Securities and Exchange Commission issued scores of subpoenas and Requests for Information (RFIs) focused on initial coin offerings (ICOs). In March, of course, at the G20 summit , France and Germany will bring bitcoin and cryptos to the debate, front and center. Thus the push this past week, when the SEC sent out its requests.

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CFPB Proposes to Regulate Large Digital Wallet and Payment App Providers

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Under the Proposal, however, they would be subject to heightened scrutiny via routine monitoring, requests for information, and on-site or off-site compliance examinations. P2P or consumer-merchant transactions involving digital assets such as bitcoin, therefore, would be within scope unless some other exclusion applies.

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