{"id":"tp-2710","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-Up – July 19th, 2019","author":"Shampa Mani","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/2710","datePublished":"2019-07-19T11:59:10.000Z","dateModified":"2019-07-19T11:59:10.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"U.S. lawmakers seek to prevent big tech companies from offering cryptocurrencies A draft law has reportedly been circulated by U.S. lawmakers to keep big tech companies from functioning as financial institutions, Reut…","section":"Technology","references":[{"title":"U.S. lawmakers seek to prevent big tech companies from offering cryptocurrencies","url":"https://tokenpost.com/US-lawmakers-seek-to-prevent-big-tech-companies-from-offering-cryptocurrencies-2632"},{"title":"FATF approves Japan’s plan to establish global network for crypto payments: 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