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Ross Ulbricht’s pardon is Silk Road history, not a market mechanism

On 21 January 2025 Ross Ulbricht, convicted for operating the Silk Road marketplace, received a presidential pardon. The ledger did not come up for a vote.EasyCryptoGuides · 21 Jan 2025, 18:00 UTC · 2 min read

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What “regulatory clarity” actually means when you read it in a headline

Policymakers, exchanges, and token issuers all love the word clarity. It rarely means the thing a retail reader hopes: that the hard questions have been retired.EasyCryptoGuides · 30 Dec 2024, 09:00 UTC · 2 min read

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A US election is a vote, not a protocol upgrade

On 5 November 2024 Donald Trump won the US presidential election after a campaign that talked about crypto. A vote is personnel and statutes later. It is not a patch.EasyCryptoGuides · 5 Nov 2024, 12:00 UTC · 1 min read

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Biden’s digital-assets order is a process memo, not a ban

The White House asked for reports on consumers, financial stability, illicit finance, competitiveness, inclusion, and a possible US CBDC. That is coordination. It is not a protocol change.EasyCryptoGuides · 9 Mar 2022, 16:00 UTC · 1 min read

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China’s 2021 crypto notice banned the business, not the maths

Exchanges, brokers, token sales and derivatives serving mainland residents are out. Holding a key is not the same as running a venue. May’s mining crackdown was a different instrument.EasyCryptoGuides · 24 Sept 2021, 10:00 UTC · 1 min read

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El Salvador made bitcoin legal tender. That is one country’s experiment.

Businesses are told to accept bitcoin alongside the US dollar. Chivo, ATMs, and a $30 signup bonus are the product. Volatility and the IMF are the weather around it.EasyCryptoGuides · 7 Sept 2021, 21:00 UTC · 1 min read