Government

A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary.

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UK Tempts Tourists With Tax-Free Shopping
UK Tempts Tourists With Tax-Free Shopping
September 23, 2022  |  Retail

Retailers in the U.K. can roll out the tax-free welcome mat to overseas visitors now that the region has re-instituted the tourist perk in hopes...

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SEC Ethereum Lawsuit Asserts Control Over Most Crypto Blockchains
SEC Ethereum Lawsuit Asserts Control Over Most Crypto Blockchains
September 23, 2022  |  Blockchain

Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) buried a very broad and very big jurisdiction claim 69 paragraphs down in a lawsuit about...

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House Bill Would Ban Algorithmic Stablecoins for 2 Years
House Bill Would Ban Algorithmic Stablecoins for 2 Years
September 21, 2022  |  Regulation

The latest version of an on-again, off-again House bill regulating stablecoins would place a two-year ban on dollar-pegged digital assets like TerraUSD, which collapsed in...

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FTC Chair Says Agency Needs More Resources for Antitrust Enforcement
FTC Chair Says Agency Needs More Resources for Antitrust Enforcement
September 21, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

In what is said to be a departure from the agency’s tradition, the written testimony presented by the chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...

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UK Government Seeks to Reduce Influence of Chinese Tech, Investments
UK Government Seeks to Reduce Influence of Chinese Tech, Investments
September 20, 2022  |  International

While the value of Chinese imports stood at over 63 billion pounds in 2021, the U.K. government has been at pains to limit Chinese influence...

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GOP AGs Ask Credit Card Companies to Drop Merchant Code That Tracks Gun Sales
GOP AGs Ask Credit Card Companies to Drop Merchant Code That Tracks Gun Sales
September 20, 2022  |  Regulation

Republican attorneys general in 24 states said America’s three largest card networks could be violating the law with a new system for processing firearms purchases....

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Justice Department Signals Intent to Crack Down on Crypto Crime
Justice Department Signals Intent to Crack Down on Crypto Crime
September 19, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The Justice Department has put a band of prosecutors in charge of its crypto investigations and prosecutions. The creation of the Digital Asset Coordinator (DAC)...

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Treasury Lends Tacit Support to Digital Dollar
Treasury Lends Tacit Support to Digital Dollar
September 16, 2022  |  CBDC

One striking aspect of the Treasury Department’s Friday (Sept. 16) report, “The Future of Money and Payments” is how little space it dedicated to address...

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Instant Payments, Stablecoins Sit Atop Treasury Dept’s Innovation Agenda
Instant Payments, Stablecoins Sit Atop Treasury Dept’s Innovation Agenda
September 16, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

After six months of work, the U.S. Treasury Department has released a trio of reports on cryptocurrency policy, and instant payments are high on the...

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