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As stablecoins gain momentum all over the world, financial regulators and banks insist that a flawless regulatory structure be prepared before approving global stablecoins, alluding to risks and gaps in the existing guidelines. Stablecoins need to prepare for preemptive regulations.

Lebanon has in recent weeks experienced a high level of protests coming from citizens over “a failed” national currency, the Lebanese pounds that lost at least 50% of its value since last year.

Stablecoins climb up in market cap value, while cryptocurrencies still fail to recover from the post-pandemic knockout. This wasn’t left unnoticed by the world governments, and notably, G20, who already sought ways how to cope with a growing demand for stablecoins.

Bitcoin will more likely experience major swings from April 11th through 19th since many countries including the US have strengthened restrictive measures to halt the COVID-19 pandemic. But despite the market facing pressure, just like any other markets, the general interest in BTC increases.

Yesterday (March 9), the cryptocurrency market started with the price of most stocks plummeting. All of the top 10 stocks fell, and 96 of the top 100 received a red light, meaning a drop.

Let’s analyze the objective and most interesting legal issues in the field of blockchain technology, particularly smart contracts, based on a report dubbed "Smart contracts: A legal analysis", published by the Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Observatory of the Politecnico di Milano. Also, the responsible authorities in Italy will discuss this report on Friday 17, 2020.

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)  has declared Bitcoin should be regarded as a financial instrument. The authority issued a guideline that clarifies the status of cryptocurrencies and associated regulations that govern businesses within the cryptocurrency sector.

Blockchain technology is a solution to create unique digital assets (UDAs). To understand the opportunities of blockchain it is important to consider the uniqueness of digital products. But let's start with a common example.

Before entering the virtual currency market, it is essential to understand Bitcoin. Bitcoin will be halved again in May 2020, when it will continue to be scarce and its scarcity will increase its value. No matter how many years passed, the number one is still Bitcoin, which is recognized as the number one of the token stakes for the well-deserved virtual currency.