Weekly Crypto Recap: AT&T accepts Crypto, The end of Free Speech, & more!

The weekly crypto recap: Where we go over all the latest news in crypto from the week. With @Zaphoid, aka Chris Karabats from SmartCash

This week in the news:

Julian Assange has been indicted on 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act. Freedom of the Press is in dire straits, a disastrous precedent for the First amendment.
Charges: https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/1037-julian-assange-espionage-act-indictment/426b4e534ab60553ba6c/optimized/full.pdf#page=1

Japan seeks global response to Crypto, scrutinizes exchanges and hands out "crypto guidance" prior to G20

Russian central bank considers gold-backed crypto

Montana passes bill to exempt utility tokens from securities laws

IRS says it will soon issue new crypto guidance re taxes

LocalBitcoins bans buying in Iran

EU cracks down of coin mixers, while the EU central bank says "Crypto poses no threat to financial stability"

Israel rules crypto is not money, but an asset subject to capital gains

Australian employee faces jail for mining crypto at work

Venezuela avoids sanctions by using Ruble and Crypto

CSW files copyright for Bitcoin Whitepaper, while US Copyright Office Says It Does Not ‘Recognize’ Craig Wright as Satoshi

Vitalik proposes mixer smart contract on Ethereum to anonymize Transactions

Decentralized domain registry gets funding, claims to offer websites that can’t be taken down by government authorities or traditional domain providers.

AT&T partners with BitPay: customers can now pay bills in crypto

The creator of “Fortnite” teams up with a gaming platform built on crypto

Firefox browser now includes an option to block cryptocurrency mining scripts on websites

PewDiePie's switch to dLive leads to 67 percent growth on the platform

Using Blockchain to track Vegan products & verify they are vegan: Game of Thrones star "Bronn" is onboard as an advisor

Founder of liquidated exchange, Cryptopia, launches new exchange: “New Zealand's most advanced crypto trading platform”

SEC goes after crypto ponzi scheme

Bitfinex has no customers in NYC, and questions why NYAG has the jurisdiction to go after them

Binance's CZ sues Sequoia Capital

Galaxy Digital rebalances portfolio, sells its shares in Block.one

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