At the end of January, Google launched a "new dedicated Digital Assets Team". Today, Politico reported that "a group of progressive advocates are pushing Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the head of the House Financial Services Committee, to hold a hearing on Google’s" new blockchain plans. As reported by Politico, differently from Facebook's grand plan with Libra/Diem, Google "is...looking to create a broader blockchain infrastructure that could be used by a wide variety of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, and stressed that Google doesn’t “want to take sides in backing any specific currency.” Should we worry? Will the DMA protect us? Antitrust and financial minds in particular will likely need to come together to discuss this. If St. Isidore of Seville (painting: as imagined by Murillo) is the unofficial patron saint of the Internet, we could use a patron of digital competition too. Any candidate?
Friday, March 18, 2022
A patron of digital competition
At the end of January, Google launched a "new dedicated Digital Assets Team". Today, Politico reported that "a group of progressive advocates are pushing Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the head of the House Financial Services Committee, to hold a hearing on Google’s" new blockchain plans. As reported by Politico, differently from Facebook's grand plan with Libra/Diem, Google "is...looking to create a broader blockchain infrastructure that could be used by a wide variety of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, and stressed that Google doesn’t “want to take sides in backing any specific currency.” Should we worry? Will the DMA protect us? Antitrust and financial minds in particular will likely need to come together to discuss this. If St. Isidore of Seville (painting: as imagined by Murillo) is the unofficial patron saint of the Internet, we could use a patron of digital competition too. Any candidate?
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Introduction (without footnotes) Whenever the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) is discussed, innovation is invariably at the forefront, ...
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Livestream here. Program here . For memory, Bluesky Thread: I PANEL Media Concentration, Ownership, and Regulation Heard that @thierryb...
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Bundeskartellamt, here . B7-25/22 Google Maps Platform here . B7-25/22 Google Automotive Services here . "The commitments impose on...
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Centre for a Digital Society , Video here . These are my very rough talking points on pay or okay in full length (more than I actually had...
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F. Castillo de la Torre, here .
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Yesterday, I had the pleasure to teach a 90-minute class on the DMA for Chinese competition officials. Despite a) being just after lunch b) ...
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Y Combinator, video here. How is the Ferguson FTC going to tackle Big Tech? Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.bsky.social · 4h Little Tec...
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US Senate, Here .
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WSJ, here . "Trump hasn’t yet decided whether the administration will settle with the company over accusations that it bought Instagra...