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Coinbase Contracts With DHS for Blockchain Analytics

Data Breach Today

Department of Homeland Security to provide its blockchain monitoring software, according to government tracking sites. Crypto Exchange Also Scraps Plans for Lending Program Amid SEC Pushback U.S.-based based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has contracted with the U.S.

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On the Dangers of Cryptocurrencies and the Uselessness of Blockchain

Schneier on Security

Nothing in that letter is out of the ordinary, and is in line with what I wrote about blockchain in 2019. In response, Matthew Green has written —not really a rebuttal—but a “a general response to some of the more common spurious objections …people make to public blockchain systems.”

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Illegal Content and the Blockchain

Schneier on Security

Security researchers have recently discovered a botnet with a novel defense against takedowns. Now the content-delivery network Akamai has reported on a new method: a botnet that uses the Bitcoin blockchain ledger. Now the content-delivery network Akamai has reported on a new method: a botnet that uses the Bitcoin blockchain ledger.

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Records Disrupted: Blockchain as a Transformative Force

Weissman's World

Authors: Alan Pelz-Sharpe (Deep Analysis) & Steve Weissman (Holly Group) If records and content management issues such as security, privacy, and compliance seem everlasting, that’s because they are! What aren’t everlasting though, are the so-called information governance “technologies” we use to bring these matters to heel.

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Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and blockchain enable the future of payments

IBM Big Data Hub

The financial world has been revolutionized by blockchain technology, which has enabled peer-to-peer transactions without the need for intermediaries. The introduction of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) has added a new dimension to blockchain technology that transforms the future of payments for businesses and individuals.

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Blockchain Tracing: The U.S. Government’s Newest Tool to Combat Foreign Crime

Data Matters

Magistrate Judge Faruqui’s opinion is notable for three reasons: Magistrate Judge Faruqui is sending a clear signal that parties cannot expect to hide on the blockchain. Criminal enforcement of sanctions violations via blockchain transactions will follow the foundation laid by OFAC at the civil level. 2d 150, 156 (D.D.C.

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Off the Record: Blockchain

The Texas Record

The following articles appraise the use of blockchain and the potential impact the technology has on both private and government level entities. The articles provide information on the potential of better practices, and the use of blockchain technology to improve records management.