Binance co-founder Yi He said the crypto exchange is offering $10,000 to $5 million for information that verifies corrupt employees.
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The Legal Daily calls cryptocurrency an easily hidden means of bribery.
16681During an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Sam Altman expressed his excitement for Bitcoin and said he was “super against” CBDCs.
21947Chris Maurice, founder and CEO of crypto exchange Yellow Card said in Africa, crypto isn’t the “casino” it can sometimes feel like in the West.
5496Human Rights Foundation chief strategy officer Alex Gladstein argues that Bitcoin represents free speech, property rights and open capital markets — stifling the power of tyrannical governments.
8285Russia’s crypto OTC platform Bankoff has reportedly not only helped officials avoid sanctions but also generated some gains.
5322Ripple defense lawyer John Deaton’s CryptoLaw website has a petition app, and readers are urging Congress to look into a suspicious meeting and other supposedly questionable links.
14273As a development bank for El Salvador, BANDESAL created a $150 million trust fund to guarantee the convertibility to dollars for citizens and merchants.
4513If corrupt government officials try to delete files on the blockchain, “any change will be noticed immediately by other participants.”
3273A mayor in Puerto Rico pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe of more than $100,000 in cash last week.
6354Retirees and veterans in El Salvador are worried that the government will start paying their pensions in Bitcoin instead of the U.S. dollar.
21516One electoral commission aspirant in Kenya said that the country should consider adopting blockchain-based voting.
2945Russia’s prosecutor general, Igor Krasnov, says new crypto regulations are needed to combat corruption as — in his view — digital assets are often used to facilitate crime.
7601An article appearing on the World Economic Forum website has made the case for blockchain adoption to fight corruption and wastage of resources in government activities.
3520Some Russian public officials have to disclose their crypto holdings, while other officials are obliged to hold zero crypto by April 1, according to a new law.
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