My good friend Rachel Wolfson reported in CoIntelegraph.com that “Specifically speaking, the million-dollar luxury fashion sector has started taking note of NFTs. High-end fashion brands, such as Dolce & Gabbana and Jimmy Choo, have recently launched their own NFT collections, while designer Rebecca Minkoff became the first American female designer

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CoIntelgraph.com reported that “The Bank of Spain has issued instructions on VASP registration for Anti-Money Laundering, or AML, purposes, requiring institutions to submit their registration requests through an electronic registry…”  The October 26, 2021 reported entitled “Bank of Spain issues registration guidelines for crypto services” and included these

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DarkReading.com reported that “BOPIS transactions increased by 208% in April 2020 compared with April 2019, according to a May 2020 Adobe report. Adobe predicted in a March 2021 report that e-commerce spending will reach between $850 billion and $930 billion this year.” The October 18, 2021 report entitled “Loss

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The CoinTelegraph.com reported that “The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, may soon approve an application from crypto-asset manager Valkyrie for a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund, or ETF, with the shares to be listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market.”  The October 15, 2021 report entitled “BREAKING:

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The New York Times reported that the El Salvador head of the commerce chamber Jorge Hasbún said that “We all understand that cryptocurrency is the future, but you can’t foster it by forcing everyone to use it,…” The October 7, 2021 article entitled “Bitcoin Preaches Financial Liberty. A Strongman

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McKinsey Global Institute posted a podcast of “Jeffrey Ding, researcher and founder of the ChinAI Newsletter, about information asymmetry in artificial intelligence between China and the West.”  The June 23, 2021 podcast entitled “Forward Thinking on China and artificial intelligence with Jeffrey Ding” included these comments from

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CNET.COM reported that “On Sept. 24, China’s Central Bank declared all crypto-related transitions illegal, citing concerns about gambling fraud and money laundering.” The September 28, 2021 report entitled “China’s cryptocurrency ban: What it means for Bitcoin, Coinbase and the US” included these comments:

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The Federal Trade Commission issued a press release “that the defendants and their agents threatened consumers with arrest and imprisonment and tried to collect debts that consumers did not actually owe.”  The September 27, 2021 press release entitled “Bogus Debt Collectors Permanently Banned from Collections in FTC Settlement&rdquo

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BankInfosSecurity.com reported that “Anonymous “press release” announcing the Epik data breach…More than 15 million email addresses and accompanying personal details have been leaked online under the banner of Anonymous.”  The September 20, 2021 report entitled “Web Hoster Epik’s Breach Exposes 15 Million Email Addresses” included these comments:

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CNBC reported that “In OpenSea’s written statement, it called the incident “incredibly disappointing” and said that it is “conducting an immediate and thorough review.”  The September 15, 2021 report entitled “There was insider trading on NFT platform OpenSea, the $1.5 billion start-up admits” included the OpenSea wrote

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