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Bitcoin Daily: Public Blockchain Cardano Developing Chip That Creates Cash-Like Crypto; Brazil Probes Banks Turning Away Crypto Firms; Albania Proposal To Regulate All Crypto

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Charles Hoskinson, founder of IOHK , which makes Cardano, said in a recent Cointelgraph interview that the crypto-native chip is being created at the IOHK lab at the University of Wyoming. Albania’s Parliament has signed a comprehensive law to regulate the conditions for licensing all activity of cryptocurrency in the country.

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Boosting Access To Financial Services In Brazil

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As fraudsters get more brazen and inventive in the digital information ecosystem, many companies are realizing they can’t thwart these bad actors on their own, and must instead turn to new partnerships in their fight against fraud. Speaking of DMVs, some states are piloting a program that implements biometrics into physical drivers’ licenses.

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Digital Driver’s Licenses Are Put To The (Pilot) Test

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States like Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Maryland and Wyoming, and even the District of Columbia, have already piloted the use of digital driver’s licenses in recent years. Digital licenses and other electronic ID cards promise to provide increased convenience for consumers and law enforcement officials when confirming ages or identities.

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DOE: Cyberattack Interrupted US Electrical Services

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The affected power company provides electricity to Los Angeles, Salt Lake County in Utah and Converse County in Wyoming. “DOE continues to work with our industry partners through the ISACs to ensure the dissemination of the appropriate mitigation information to manage their associated risks.”.

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Data Dive, Supersize Edition: Warby Parker, Whole Foods And WhatsApp

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One person familiar with the plans told The Wall Street Journal that in the Rocky Mountain region Whole Foods employees have visited retail spaces in Idaho, the southern part of Utah and Wyoming — areas where Whole Foods doesn’t have a presence currently.

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End-Of-Summer Edition: Retro Malware, Bitcoin’s Surge ‘N’ Split And Apple Watch Sees Other People

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EST in South Carolina, there will be a total solar eclipse — with Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia all enjoying prime viewing slots between start and finish. That same thing will, of course, be looking up. Today, between 12:05 p.m. EST/9:05 a.m. PST in Oregon and 2:48 p.m.

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CFPB September 2016 complaint report highlights money transfer complaints, complaints from Pennsylvania consumers

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Wyoming, Alaska, and Colorado experienced the greatest complaint volume increases from the same time last year (June to August 2015 compared with June to August 2016) with increases of, respectively, 29, 26, and 21 percent. Complaints during those periods decreased from 461 complaints in 2015 to 379 complaints in 2016.