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How Signal is playing with fire

The Verge

Signal announced a test of the integration in the United Kingdom in the spring , and it quietly rolled out to the rest of the world in mid-November. But I also support anti-money-laundering and Know Your Customer (KYC) laws, which are useful in combating terrorists, murder-for-hire plotters, and other harms.

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Will the Law Commission’s digital assets final report make the UK a DeFi jurisdiction of choice?

TechCrunch

Adam Sanitt is a knowledge director specializing in financial disputes, technology and innovation at global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. More posts by this contributor Law Commission proposes revolutionary rules for ownership of crypto tokens and NFTs Laws and regulations for digital assets tend to arrive either too early or too late.

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Corporate services platform Sleek lands $4 million in new funding

TechCrunch

The new funding was led by SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of government agency Enterprise Singapore. “Our platform being common law friendly, we’re looking at such jurisdictions with attention, such as Australia, the United Kingdom and North America,’ said Barthel.

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Vietnam triples its clean energy goals, aims to get 16% of its power from solar

Fast Company Tech

. “This reflects both an overall increase in potential power demand by 2030 and the fact that LNG (or liquefied natural gas) projects are not on track to be completed by 2030,” said Giles Cooper, a partner at the international law firm Allens based in Hanoi who specializes in energy policy.

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Australia-based Employment Hero raises $45M AUD for its global expansion

TechCrunch

The capital will be used for expansion and growth in markets including New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom. Localized versions of Employment Hero include pre-built employment contracts and policies that comply with local laws. million) Series D, bringing its valuation to more than $250 million AUD ($193.4

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New Zealand-based customer due diligence platform First AML gets $21M Series B

TechCrunch

Founded in 2017, First AML entered Australia this year and will use part of its Series B to expand into international markets, starting with the United Kingdom. It is also looking at Singapore and the United States. Its clients include other types of financial service providers, accountants, law firms and real estate agencies.

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Binance is facing an unconventional new legal claim over May 19th outage

The Verge

Most notorious for their role in US employment law , arbitration hearings differ from traditional trials in important ways. Without a national body of law, arbitrators rely on international standards for business practice. The investors’ action is not technically a lawsuit, and the concept of a “class action” is not applicable.