UK 16:02 GMT 24.03.2020Get short URL The latest annual conclusions from the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) assess compliance with the European Social Charter in respect of its provisions relating to children, families and migrants, finding almost every member-state demonstrating failings. The UK has been found in breach of at least six areas of the Council of Europe standards for social rights, according to its […]
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Authored by Andrew Fenton via Coin Telegraph.com, The US Securities and Exchange Commision has rejected New York based firm Wilshire Phoenix’s Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) application, citing ongoing concerns over market manipulation and a lack of surveillance-sharing agreements. image courtesy of CoinTelegraph Commissioner Hester ‘Crypto Mom’ Peirce has publicly disagreed with the rejection. NYSE Arca had submitted a proposed rule change to allow the listing […]
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange group, has chosen the Shyft Network to help address a looming regulatory requirement that firms must share users’ personal data when handling digital asset transactions. Barbados-based Shyft Network is one of an array of potential solutions to the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) “Travel Rule.” The name comes from the stipulation that personally identifiable information must travel with a transaction […]
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) wants the financial sector to form a consortium alongside regulators to reduce risks associated with blockchain. In a white paper published Wednesday, the New York-based post-trade financial services firm said participants in the financial sector should work to establish a set of “agreed-upon standards” that could address some of the security concerns surrounding the tech. “In light of the […]
Opinion 00:50 GMT 13.02.2020Get short URL Despite the Western media’s coverage of China as ineptly responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus, the country’s response has been quick and unprecedented in comparison to Western countries’ responses to other life threatening viruses, KJ Noh, a peace activist and scholar on the geopolitics of Asia, told Sputnik. “The Chinese were well prepared and well coordinated because of their experience with […]