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Youtube’s Christmas crypto purge

As the holidays went into full swing, many popular content creators who focus on cryptocurrency had their YouTube videos removed from the platform. Terms of Service violation “strikes” were also given out in large numbers.

Who exactly has been affected? Can anything be done about it, besides moving to more censorship-resistant platforms? And was this a move by Google to test the reaction of the crypto community, or was it maybe a coordinated attack from third parties? This article has more:

KYC: 2020’s hot topic?

New regulatory standards are coming into effect in 2020 that deal with “Know Your Customer” (KYC) and “Anti-money-laundering” (AML) laws. The end result is that more and more cryptocurrency service providers will be required to collect the personal information of their users. This article has more:

Many Muslim countries, one cryptocurrency

At a summit attended by Malaysia, Turkey, Iran, Qatar, and Indonesia (among others), Iranian President Hassan Rouhani proposed creating a cryptocurrency for Muslim countries, with the goal of reducing their dependence on the United States dollar.

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Russia recognizes crypto… sort of

While some governments hesitate to recognize cryptocurrency as legal tender, many can’t avoid clarifying its status indirectly by trying to reduce the use of crypto assets for illicit activities. Russia has recently given cryptocurrency that kind of indirect recognition.

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$100 million dirty ETH on the move

The PlusToken Ponzi scheme continues to make waves, as a large sum of Ether is moved, and then associated with the now-defunct scam. This article has more:

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