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TradAir: Your One-stop Solution for Foreign Exchange and Crypto Trading Services
29.2.2020
There are a number of companies that provide access to foreign exchange (FX) services, but only a few names are there when it comes to providing the FX facility with the facility of crypto trading underpinned by the ecosystem of blockchain. More importantly, it is quite a hard task to find...
Tax and KYC Issues Plague Upbit's Foreign Withdrawals, Exchange Says
20.2.2020
South Korean crypto exchange Upbit still bans foreign clients from withdrawing funds
Italy’s Securities Regulator Shuts Down 8 Crypto Trading and Foreign Exchange Sites
11.2.2020
8 websites relating to FX and cryptocurrency are being shut down in Italy by Consob, the country’s securities regulator
Germany’s BaFin Clarifies Licensing Process for Foreign Crypto Custodians
6.2.2020
In its latest guidance released in January, the regulator said firms already custodying digital assets for Germans would not be penalized for not having a license. Instead, they’d be grandfathered into the same protection that crypto custody firms based in Germany already have under the new law
New Guidelines Subject Canadian Crypto Exchanges to Securities Laws
18.1.2020
Canadian regulators have issued new guidance determining when current securities legislation applies to operations conducted by cryptocurrency exchanges. According to the clarifications in the document, many domestic and foreign entities serving Canadian users, for example those that provide...
China Takes Another Step Away From USD Hegemony
1.1.2020
The China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) announced that effective January 1, 2020, the system “will adjust weights for CFETS RMB Index,” decreasing the weighting of the USD for the second time in the currency basket’s history from 22.40% to 21.59%, and increasing the Euro...
South Korea Imposes $69M Tax Obligation on Crypto Exchange Bithumb
30.12.2019
The National Tax Service of South Korea (NTS) has decided to withhold income tax from Bithumb’s foreign customers. The total tax to be imposed on their transactions amounts to more than 80 billion won (over $69 million), the leading Korean cryptocurrency exchange announced. Also read: Poles...
Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Raises $700,000 in Crypto Donations
19.12.2019
Alexei Navalny, Russia’s leading critic of the current Kremlin administration, has attracted a serious amount of cryptocurrency in the form of anonymous donations for his corruption-combatting NGO. The digital coins collected since the beginning of this year have amounted to well over...
Bailouts From Asia to the EU Signal Recession and Potential Crypto Opportunity
19.12.2019
China’s Hengfeng Bank is set to get a $14.2 billion bailout from both Chinese government and foreign investors. An emergency decree has been approved to bail out southern Italy’s biggest lender, Banca Popular di Bari. Germany continues to struggle with bailout pains, as regional bank...
Bitkub Capital Group Holdings Plead SEC to Restrict Entry of Foreign Firms
26.11.2019
The honorable co-founder and chief executive of Bitkub Capital Group Holdings, Jirayut Srupsrisopa, has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to put a barrier on the entry of influential foreign business operators into the industry in order to safeguard the flourishment of local...
Governments Viewing Crypto as a Threat Will Be Left Behind
18.11.2019
In recent commentary at a New York blockchain conference, IRS Criminal Investigation Chief John Fort said the agency is now turning its focus to crypto ATMs and kiosks, as well as American users of foreign exchanges. While the continued push to regulate crypto is no surprise, the general narrative...
CME Group Publishes Bitcoin Options Specifications
2.11.2019
In mid-September, the foreign exchange company CME Group announced the launch of options on its bitcoin futures contracts in Q1 2020, pending regulatory review. CME Group executive Tim McCourt said there was “increasing client demand” for the firm’s bitcoin derivatives and now...
Why a VPN Is the First Layer You Should Pull On When Browsing the Web
29.10.2019
Virtual private networks (VPNs) can be useful for all kinds of things, from streaming foreign sports to protecting your identity from heightened online surveillance. For cryptocurrency users, VPNs are particularly precious, providing access to exchanges that are geo-restricted, and enabling crypto...
Foreign Exchange Giant CLS Admits: No, We Don’t Need a Blockchain for That
8.10.2019
Forex giant CLS is now using a blockchain to handle certain currency trades, but the technology is “not essential” for the task, an executive admits
Netherlands May Block Foreign Crypto Firms Under Anti-Money Laundering Laws
11.9.2019
The current crypto legislation before the Dutch Parliament not only mandates domestic companies register with the central bank but that foreign entities will not be allowed to conduct services within the country
Ziktalk, Foreign Language Learning Platform, Announces to List Its Cryptocurrency ZIK on ProBit Exchange
9.9.2019
Recently, Ziktalk, a Foreign language learning platform declared that its cryptocurrency token ZIK would be listed on ProBit Exchange on Monday, September 9, 2019. Precisely, it will be accessible for exchanging from Monday, September 9, 2019, at 15:00 Korea Standard Time. Also, it is the second...
Let Mavo Shine in Building Interactive Web Applications
6.8.2019
As you could guess from the title, this tutorial is dedicated to Mavo: a new, approachable way to create complex, reactive, persistent web applications just by writing HTML and CSS, without a single line of JavaScript and no server backend.
🐇 Follow the white rabbit!
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Bitfinex Claims ‘New York’ Customers Cited by NYAG Are Foreign Entities
23.7.2019
Supposed New York residents and companies that used Bitfinex's trading platform were actually "foreign entities," according to a new filing by the exchange's attorneys
Bitcoin and Black Market Fiat: Hyperinflation Crushes Venezuela as Global Devaluation Ramps Up
2.7.2019
Venezuela is being crushed by staggering hyperinflation as a sharply divisive political crisis has the economy in ruins. Some are seeking refuge in alternatives to the national currency, like foreign fiat and crypto. The situation also calls into question the long-term trajectories of other, less...
Former Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles Announces New Blockchain Startup
5.6.2019
Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles is dipping his feet back into the crypto industry as he wants to help Japan become a powerhouse within the blockchain economy. The former CEO of the now-defunct exchange told the media on June 5 about his new venture called Tristan Technologies. Also read: Mt...