On Sunday, CNN hosted town halls for 3 Democratic presidential candidates in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of an effort to allow 3 relatively unknown contenders a chance to pitch themselves to the American people and attract a broader voter base. Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts answered questions at the first town hall moder...
The second week of June has been exciting for the blockchain and cryptocurrency world. Perhaps the biggest news is that Circle announced it will soon discontinue its mobile app Circle Pay. On Thursday the fintech firm said it will start winding down the payment app and finish the closure on September 30. The news came on the same day that CENTRE, the blockchain consortium created by Circle and Coinbase, began seeking new members. The Circle Pay app was created in 2014 as a Bitcoin (BTC) and US dollar digital wallet with peer-to-peer payments. Users could fund and accept transactions for free with US debit cards and bank accounts. Circle is shuttering Circle Pay in order to focus more on its USDC stablecoin project with Coinbase and other partners.
Here is the rest of the week in review:
Nevada passed regulatory sandbox legislation aimed at continuing blockchain investments and entrepreneurial efforts in the state. The 4 new bills augment bills passed in February designed to promote blockchain adoption, in order to support the continued growth of financial technology and blockchain. The new bills create a definition for public blockchain and requires government agencies to accept electronically certified documents, including on a blockchain. They also authorize firms to store and maintain corporate records on a blockchain. Finally, they classify virtual currencies...
