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PayPal Exec: Most Central Banks Don't Have Appetite to Own Technology

During a 1:1 session at Consensus 2021, PayPal’s VP & GM, Blockchain, Crypto and Digital Currencies, Jose Fernandez da Ponte, believes central banks know what they are doing o...

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May 27, 2021 at 1:12 a.m. UTC

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Digital Native Laws and Strategies in Wyoming

MIT Computational Law Report Executive Director Dazza Greenwood and Wyoming State Senator Chris Rothfuss discuss Wyoming’s newly passed laws formalizing how individuals and or...

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Apr 28, 2021 at 9:56 p.m. UTC

Apr 28, 2021

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The Best Blockchain University Programs Actually Pay Students to Learn

Leading student blockchain clubs do more than meet up to eat pizza: they work directly with crypto startups to solve problems.

By Leigh Cuen

Oct 7, 2020 at 6:12 p.m. UTC

Oct 7, 2020

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MIT Develops 'Spider' Tech to Enable More Efficient Off-Chain Crypto Transactions

The researchers say their new routing scheme can help avoid congestion on off-chain cryptocurrency networks.

By Daniel Palmer

Feb 3, 2020 at 2:01 p.m. UTC

Feb 3, 2020

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MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito Steps Down Over Epstein Financing

The chief of MIT Media Lab, which runs a digital currency initiative, reportedly concealed funding from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

By Daniel Palmer

Sep 9, 2019 at 8:50 a.m. UTC

Sep 9, 2019

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MIT Fellow Says Facebook 'Lifted' His Ideas for Libra Cryptocurrency

MIT fellow Alex Lipton claims Facebook borrowed the guts of its Libra project from a paper he co-authored last year.

By Ian Allison

Jul 26, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. UTC

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MIT's 'Fiat Cryptography' System Automates the Process of Securing Almost Anything

Gone are the days of manual encryption as MIT researchers create a way to automatically generate security algorithms.

By Daniel Kuhn

Jun 20, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. UTC

Jun 20, 2019

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MIT's Christian Catalini Said to Be Working on Facebook's Cryptocurrency

Prominent crypto researcher Christian Catalini is helping Facebook with its stablecoin efforts, two sources with knowledge of the situation tell CoinDesk.

By Brady Dale

May 3, 2019 at 8:35 p.m. UTC

May 3, 2019

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ING Bank Launches Zero-Knowledge Tech for Blockchain Privacy

ING Bank has continued further down the road of advanced blockchain privacy with the release of its Zero-Knowledge Set Membership (ZKSM) solution.

By Ian Allison

Oct 21, 2018 at 9:06 p.m. UTC

Oct 21, 2018

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Fear and HODLing at MIT: Blockchain Experts Weigh Impact of SEC Action

The SEC may cast an even wider net on the crypto space than thought just a week ago, but many remain optimistic about regulators’ growing involvement.

By Leigh Cuen

Apr 24, 2018 at 2:30 a.m. UTC

Apr 24, 2018

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