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Weekly round-up for digital currency and blockchain – 30 November 2018
Paxos, Symbiont and others come together to establish the code of conduct for digital goods markets
Ten leading companies in cryptographic space and blockchain have collaborated on a new initiative to establish a code of conduct for digital goods markets. The Association for Digital Asset Markets (ADAM) is a private organization and will maintain offices in New York and Washington, DC. It will be the first organization of its kind in the United States to proactively seek full standards for digital goods market participants.
US DARPA to host workshops on blockchain without authorization in February 2019
The United States Advanced Defense Research Agency (DARPA) will hold a two-day workshop on blockchain technology on 14 and 15 February 2019, reported CoinTelegraph. In its official request for information (RFI), published on November 19, DARPA said it was interested in better understanding the implications of technologies for distributed consent protocols for the Department of Defense (DoD).
The US Treasury adds for the first time the cryptocurrency guidelines to the list of sanctions
The US Treasury Department announced that it had added digital currency addresses for the first time to the list of sanctions, managed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The move comes as the OFAC has added two Iranian individuals – Ali Khorashadizadeh and Mohammad Ghorbaniyan – to its list of Special Designated Nationals (SDN).
The United Arab Emirates launch two initiatives focused on IA and on blockchain technologies
Two national initiatives focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology were launched at the second annual meeting of the UAE government in Abu Dhabi. The two initiatives are the AI initiative and Blockchain Guide and the National Program for the IA and Blockchain Capacity Building.
The South Korean government tested the blockchain online voting system
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Election Commission (NEC) announced their plans to develop an online voting system based on blockchain. This was reported for the first time by ZDNet. According to the official version, the new system uses blockchain technology to archive and verify voting results. It will go on trial in the private sector in December.
Malaysia to implement the new crypto and ICO regulations by the first quarter of 2019
The cryptocurrency trade and early coin offerings (ICO) will enter into force in Malaysia by the first quarter of 2019, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng was recently quoted by The Star. Guan Eng has officiated the SCxSC Fintech Conference 2018 organized by the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC). He said that, in an update, the Supervisory Committee told him that the regulations are part of his efforts to encourage alternative fund-raising avenues and new asset classes.
Securities Commission Malaysia explores the blockchain application in unlisted and OTC markets
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has revealed details of its efforts to test the application of blockchain technology in capital markets. In an official version dated 28 November, the regulator presented "Project Castor", a pilot project for the research and verification of the feasibility of the use of distributed ledger technology (DLP) as an underlying market infrastructure for unlisted markets. and OTC. Neuroware.io was the technological partner for the project.
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