Monthly Archives: September 2023

Meet Liquidity Mining, which is an innocuous sounding phrase for luring crypto investors into fake mining schemes. An investor is lured into putting their crypto with a decentralized exchange with high returns, and then poof! their crypto disappears. More than 500 fake liquidity websites have been identified this year.  Politico | CRYPTO FRAUD EVOLVING

Republican controlled states are introducing voter data systems. Questions are being raised. Is the data reliable?  Is the data secure on the systems?  Route Fifty | GOP states announce new voter roll systems. Are they as secure as ERIC?

This fall we should be seeing an Executive Order from President Biden on Artificial Intelligence with a goal of balancing innovation with the protection of Americans. This is not the President’s first A.I. rodeo. In October 2022, his Administration released “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights”, and in a February 2023 this Executive Order  instructions were given […]

60% of Americans in a survey by American Economic Liberties Project think big tech companies have too much market power. The 60% reflects 65% of democrats, 63% of independents & 53% of republicans. 30% of respondents say that “companies “showcase the best of American innovation and capitalism, and are deserving of the profits and market power they have […]

 What do Americans think about a.i. regulations? According to a Pew Research survey,  67%  don’t think government regulation of a.i. will be strong enough. 39% of republicans think a.i. regulations will go too far. 25% of democrats feel the same way. Pew Research Center | Most Americans haven’t used ChatGPT; few think it will have a […]

Data brokers in California are currently regulated by the state Attorney General,  but that’s coming to an end. SB 362 (2023 | CA) will officially move regulatory authority California Privacy Protection Agency, approved by voters in 2020. The agency will have full regulatory oversight over data privacy. Governing | A California County Returns to Power, Thanks to Its Microgrid

This week, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-12-23 to make California a global hub for  generative artificial intelligence. The order includes partnership opportunities, ethical standard promulgation, and the need for beneficial uses of a.i.

Apparently online you can find ways to work around security defects in certain vehicles. This led to a 55% increase in thefts of these vehicles in Chicago. Chicago is suing manufacturers over the security defects because of the car theft crisis that was based on the manufacturers “unlawful and reckless actions.” Governing | Chicago Sues […]

Let’s add another governmental entity that accepts crypto payments. Welcome, Colorado DMV. Its sole crypto payment processor is PayPal.

Meet the  Klaytn Foundation which has unveiled its ” blueprint to use blockchain to bring about social evolution.” Their focal point is RWA tokenization and “rolling out an RWA-specific token norm.” What is RWA? real world assets. In short- tokenizing good works, social impact. Finance Feeds | BLOCKCHAIN FOR SOCIAL IMPACT: THE KLAYTN FOUNDATION BLUEPRINT