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Billionaire Chamath Predicts This Crypto Sector Will Transform All Financial Assets
10.10.2022
Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya believes that decentralized finance (DeFi) will eventually allow people across the world to monetize and financialize all of their assets, allowing to place them on the blockchain.
Palihapitiya, who is a former vice president at Facebook, is currently best...
OECD Releases New Global Tax Reporting Framework for Crypto Assets
10.10.2022
The framework's scope will include stablecoins, crypto derivatives and certain NFTs
Russian Companies Are Using Crypto in Trade Despite Lack of Regulation, Officials Admit
10.10.2022
With limited access to global finances, Russian businesses have begun settling in cryptocurrency with their partners abroad. Although these are still small-scale payments, government officials have noted their increase, which comes even before authorities have decided how to regulate these...
2008 ‘Lehman Moment About to Hit’ — Major Banks Suffer; How to Access Your ETHW, ‘No Digital Dollar Act,’ Sega Blockchain Game — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
9.10.2022
In this week’s edition of the Bitcoin.com News Week in Review, two of the world’s largest banks — Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank — are suffering from distressed valuations, with credit default insurance levels looking like those last seen in the 2008 financial crisis....
Latest EU Sanctions Expected to Stimulate Russia’s Own Crypto Market, Exchanges Maintain Services
9.10.2022
The new crypto sanctions imposed by the European Union are likely to spur the development of the country’s digital asset market, according to a Russian lawmaker. Anatoly Aksakov, who chairs the parliamentary Financial Market Committee, believes Russians will manage to bypass...
Binance Licensed in Kazakhstan as Provider of Crypto Exchange and Custody Services
8.10.2022
Authorities in Kazakhstan have granted Binance a license to operate as a digital asset platform and provide an array of relevant services. While working out of the nation’s financial hub in the capital Nur-Sultan, the crypto exchange will offer registration to customers from other countries...
Distribution of assets is 'not possible at this time', says Luna Foundation Guard
8.10.2022
The fund cited “ongoing and threatened litigation” in its reasons for being unable to distribute its remaining assets to UST users starting with the smallest HODLers
Market Wrap: Bitcoin, Other Risk Assets Fall Again Following Disappointing Jobs Data
7.10.2022
Investors are nervous about rampant inflation prompting yet another massive rate hike by the Fed, and the economic damage that might cause. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today's crypto markets
Crypto cards to connect digital assets to the real world, says exec
7.10.2022
Simone Binotto Torre explained that some parameters like geography can make it difficult for crypto cards to have broader adoption
Fidelity Launches Ethereum Index Fund — Sees Client ‘Demand for Exposure to Digital Assets Beyond BTC’
7.10.2022
A filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has shown that Fidelity looks to launch an investment product known as the Fidelity Ethereum Index Fund on October 4, 2022. While the new fund is not an exchange-traded fund it is said to be structured as a “traditional limited...
European Lawmakers Urge for Crypto Taxation, Use of Blockchain to Fight Evasion
7.10.2022
Members of the European Parliament have called for “effective taxation” of crypto assets and “better use of blockchain” to counteract tax evasion. A resolution aiming to achieve both objectives has been approved by a large majority which also wants small crypto traders...
Bitcoin․com Announces Public Sale of VERSE Ecosystem Token
6.10.2022
Bitcoin.com, a digital ecosystem and secure self-custody platform where users can safely and easily interact with cryptocurrencies and digital assets, has announced that Sale B, or the public sale of the VERSE utility and rewards token, will begin on November 1, 2022. Verse will support people...
Mike McGlone Says Gold Price Is ‘Firming’ — Commodity Strategist Insists BTC, ETH Will ‘Outperform Most Major Assets’
6.10.2022
Over the last two days, Bloomberg Intelligence commodity analyst Mike McGlone published the firm’s commodity and crypto outlook reports, and McGlone’s latest analysis details that the price of gold could resume its rally after a foundation similar to 1999 is constructed. Moreover,...
Citigroup Director of Blockchain and Digital Assets to Leave for Six Digital Exchange
6.10.2022
Citigroup's director of blockchain and digital assets is leaving the U.S. bank to take a role at SIX Digital Exchange, Bloomberg reported Thursday
EU Council Endorses Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) Legislation
6.10.2022
Council of the EU, one of the European Union’s legislative bodies, has approved the proposed regulatory framework for the European crypto space. It’s now up to European lawmakers to approve the Markets in Crypto Assets package before its final adoption. Comprehensive Crypto Regulation...
From first downs to crypto: A former NFL player gets into digital assets
6.10.2022
Lewis Neal went from playing professional football to trading various asset classes before he found out about Bitcoin
Terra Founder Do Kwon Denies Assets Frozen by South Korean Authorities - Here's How Much
6.10.2022
“No funds have been frozen,” claims Terra founder Do Kwon in response to reports that some $67m of his crypto has been put in a metaphorical freezer by South Korean authorities.
After reappearing on social media just days ago, and following a massive, now infamous collapse of the Terra / LUNA...
BTC to outperform 'most major assets' in H2 2022 — Bloomberg analyst
6.10.2022
Global rate hikes are putting downwards pressure on asset prices, but Bitcoin is starting to outperform commodities and tech stocks
Namibian Central Bank: Virtual Assets ‘Remain Without Legal Tender Status’ but Merchants Can Still Accept Them as Payment
6.10.2022
The Bank of Namibia recently said it has brought virtual assets and virtual asset service providers under its fintech innovations regulatory framework, and that it plans to amend applicable laws and regulations. According to the central bank’s governor, there is an ongoing “battle...
South Korea Reportedly Freezes Do Kwon’s Crypto Worth $40M — Luna Founder Says the Funds Are Not His
6.10.2022
South Korean authorities have reportedly frozen $40 million in crypto assets, including bitcoin, allegedly belonging to Luna founder Do Kwon. However, Kwon denied that any funds of his have been frozen. “I don’t even use Kucoin and Okex, have no time to trade, no funds have been...