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A GENIUS Bill?

The United States has entered a new chapter in financial regulation with the introduction of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins aka GENIUS Act of 2025. With this, Congress isn’t just attempting to contain crypto, it’s designing…

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Interconnection and Rivalry in Global Monetary Networks : Strengthening the Dollar in a Shifting Global Economy

IGP is proud to release “Interconnection and Rivalry in Global Monetary Networks”, a comprehensive analysis of the evolving landscape of monetary competition. At a recent House Financial Services Committee hearing titled “A Golden Age of Digital Assets: Charting a Path…

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Here’s why 2023 wasn’t a Happy New Year

The year 2023 was a notable one in digital governance. A retrograde tendency by nation-states to pursue “digital sovereignty” peaked in Europe, China and the U.S., leading to numerous governmental barriers and restrictions on data, networks, computing devices and software…

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The Narrative: VLOPs and VLOSErs; .NET Renewal; Stablecoins

1 May, 2023 Who’s a VLOP and who’s a VLOSER? Alibaba, Amazon, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Wikipedia are among the entities that have been designated “Very Large Online Platforms” (VLOPs) by the European Commission. Google search and Bing have…