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South African Court Submissions Expose Lies and Deceptive Tactics Used to Perpetuate MTI Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme
10.6.2021
New submissions by a South African regulator, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) and liquidators have exposed the web of lies and deceptive tactics that were used by Mirror Trading International (MTI) CEO Johann Steynberg and others to perpetuate the Ponzi scheme. Undeclared Losses...
Report: Document Shows Specific Bitcoin Miners in Xinjiang Instructed to Shut Down
9.6.2021
An official notice stemming from the Changji prefecture government in Xinjiang details that officials from the Zhundong Economic-Technological Development Park must instruct bitcoin miners to shut down. China’s province of Xinjiang is a highly concentrated region of bitcoin miners and bitcoin...
MicroStrategy Sees USD 1.6B Interest in Their Bitcoin Offer - Report
9.6.2021
US-based software developer MicroStrategy has received approximately USD 1.6bn in orders for the recently announced private offering of secured notes, Bloomberg reported, citing undisclosed people with knowledge of the marketing process.
Per the report, this interest includes that from "a...
Deutsche Bank Warns: Ignoring Rising US Inflation Akin to ‘Sitting on a Time Bomb’
8.6.2021
Deutsche Bank published a report Monday noting that the United States is facing “the very real specter of consumer-driven inflation.” The bank’s chief economist David Folkerts-Landau and others notably highlight the Federal Reserve’s monetary easing policy and recent...
Kenyan Banks Warn Clients Against Crypto Trading
8.6.2021
A few Kenyan banks have started sending out warning alerts to clients engaged in cryptocurrency trading to be wary of the associated risks. These warnings have reportedly been sent to clients who have “used their credit and debit cards to buy cryptocurrencies on crypto exchanges.”...
Scammers Pick Bank Transfers Over Cryptocurrency, Australian Report Reveals
8.6.2021
Investment scams have been by far the most common type in Australia recently, a new report by the country’s consumer watchdog has revealed. And while a growing number of Australians fall victim to fraudulent schemes involving cryptocurrency, bank transfers remain the scammers’ favorite...
Record $141M outflow from Bitcoin products signals institutions are bearish on BTC: CoinShares
8.6.2021
Institutional investors withdrew a record $141 million from Bitcoin investment products this past week
Two-Fifths of Australian Millennials Prefer Crypto Investments Over Real Estate
7.6.2021
A report published by the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken shows that two-fifths of Australian millennials prefer to invest in cryptocurrency assets over real estate. The survey shows that a number of Australians are losing faith in traditional assets like gold, stocks, and real estate....
South Korea’s Financial Regulator Holds Closed-Door Meeting With 20 Crypto Exchanges
5.6.2021
Regional reports disclose South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) had a closed-door meeting with roughly 20 different cryptocurrency exchanges on June 3. The report highlights that virtual asset business operators (VASPs) that attended the meeting all had ISMS (Information Security...
Report: Quantic Dream Executives Cry, Ask If They Can Lie During Recent Court Appearance
4.6.2021
Quantic Dream executives recently appeared in a Paris court as part of its ongoing defamation lawsuit against French publications Le Monde and Mediapart. But according to a May 31 report, things didn’t go smoothly for the studio behind games like Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human.Read more
Report: Balan Wonderworld Creator Yuji Naka Is No Longer With Square Enix
4.6.2021
Yuji Naka, former Sonic Team head and recent creator of the platformer Balan Wonderworld, is no longer with Square Enix, according to reports in Sonic Stadium and IGN. He apparently departed the company in the twilight of April.Read more
Bloomberg report calls Bitcoin 'refreshed and discounted' as BTC price bounces at $36K
4.6.2021
BTC price action is already in recovery after a modest drop, and traders are favoring upside
Study Shows NFT Sales Plummeted 90% Over the Last 30 Days, NFT Wallets Dip 70%
4.6.2021
According to a recent study, non-fungible token (NFT) sales have dive-bombed 90% since the market’s record sales on May 3. Market data shows over 130,000 NFT sales that day and 30 days later sales are down to a touch over 84,000, dropping more than 35% last month. Protos.com Study Claims...
ECB: Digital Euro to Boost Global Appeal of European Money, Fight ‘Artificial Currencies’
4.6.2021
The digitization of traditional currencies like the euro has the potential to increase their international appeal, the European Central Bank says in a new report. A failure to offer a digital currency would endanger financial stability, ECB warns. The regulator is concerned about the prospect...
Major Indian Bank HDFC Says ‘It’s a Matter of Time Before Indian Investors Have Legal Access to Crypto Plays’
1.6.2021
One of India’s leading private banks with 5,608 branches and 16,087 ATMs, HDFC Bank, has published a report stating that “it is just a matter of time before Indian investors have legal access to crypto plays.” This statement came as the bank scrutinizes crypto transactions...
Andreessen Horowitz Discusses Raising Third Crypto Fund to $2 Billion, Sources Say
31.5.2021
In May 2020, back when the crypto economy was still tumultuous from the coronavirus outbreak fears and gloomy global financial outlook, in general, the private venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) revealed the 500 million-dollar “Crypto Fund II.” A report published on May...
Report: Amid pullback, Argentinian Bitcoin miners thriving
31.5.2021
Institutional miners and hobbyists alike are taking advantage of energy subsidies to cash in
Brazilians Who Held $1,000 in Crypto Last Year Must Report It on Tax Returns by End of May
30.5.2021
Taxpayers in Brazil have only a couple of days left to file their annual tax returns. Investors who had more than 5,000 reals worth of cryptocurrency in 2020, a little less than $1,000, are obliged to report the funds on their income tax declarations this year. Brazilians who fail to do that...
VORTECS Report: How volatility drove one crypto trading strategy to 280x Bitcoin's gains
29.5.2021
While Bitcoin hodlers are seeing 2021's gains slowly diminish, one consistent crypto trading strategy has delivered over 3,000% since Jan 3 — and BTC isn't in the portfolio
Australian Tax Office to Prompt 400,000 Crypto Holders to Report Their Gains
29.5.2021
Australia’s revenue service has reminded a growing number of crypto investors about their tax obligations. Rejecting the common misconception that crypto gains are only taxable when coins are cashed back into dollars, the tax office is going to prompt hundreds of thousands of taxpayers...