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IMF Working Paper Urges Tax System Overhaul to Tackle Crypto’s Tax Collection Challenges
7.7.2023
A research paper published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns that tax collection is significantly more challenging with cryptocurrency assets, and current tax systems are not designed to handle them. The IMF’s working paper emphasizes that certain crypto assets may not persist...
Bitcoin Leaves Major Assets in the Dust: Surges 80% in the First Half of 2023, Soars to 12th Largest Global Asset
5.7.2023
In the first half of 2023, eye-opening statistics reveal that bitcoin (BTC), the leading cryptocurrency, demonstrated remarkable performance by surpassing various significant assets such as the Nasdaq Index, Nikkei 225 Index, Dow Jones, S&P 500, Russell 2000, spot gold, the U.S. Dollar Index...
Indonesia Labels 501 Cryptocurrencies as Commodities, Paving the Way for Regional Adoption
26.6.2023
In contrast to the regulatory stance taken by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Supervisory Agency (CFTSA) of the Republic of Indonesia has officially labeled 501 cryptocurrencies as commodities. The list of these digital assets includes popular tokens...
Token Sale Ahead: Celsius to Convert Customer ‘Altcoins’ to BTC and ETH
16.6.2023
Amid the regulatory crackdown in the United States, the bankrupt crypto lender Celsius has announced that all of its customers’ “altcoins” will be converted to bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH). Over $215 million worth of coins such as CEL, ADA, LINK, LTC, and others will...
ALGO, FLOW rebound from all-time lows, others rebuff SEC securities label
12.6.2023
The SEC’s tagging of cryptocurrencies as securities has greatly affected the crypto market causing Algorand and Flow to hit historic lows on June 10
Altcoins Feel the Heat: Crypto Market Theories Run Wild, While Proponents Seek Guidance
11.6.2023
Amid the recent crackdown on two of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, cryptocurrency enthusiasts have been buzzing with discussions on various theories and investment strategies. While some have opted to sell their holdings in the face of uncertainty, others have taken a different...
AI Chatbots Weigh In: Is Bitcoin Poised to Become a Global Reserve Currency?
10.6.2023
While some people believe that bitcoin (BTC) could become a global reserve asset, others are skeptical. Rather than relying on human subjective valuations and biases, we conducted an experiment to let artificial intelligence (AI) determine whether bitcoin could become a global reserve currency....
Republican crypto bill a ‘10x improvement’ on all others: Messari CEO
8.6.2023
Speaking in a Twitter Space hosted by Coinbase on June 7, Ryan Selkis praised the new crypto bill for providing new firms with a clear path to compliance
US CFTC Chair Behnam, Coinbase Chief Legal Among Others To Testify at House Hearing
6.6.2023
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam, Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal and a slew of former regulators are set to testify Tuesday morning in front of a US congressional committee.
The House Agriculture Committee will meet to discuss legislation to regulate...
Binance Buying Bank Not Solution for Banking Problems, Says CEO Changpeng Zhao
1.6.2023
Acquiring a bank wouldn’t solve the issues with banking for Binance or others, the CEO of the largest crypto exchange is convinced. Speaking in the aftermath of the collapse of crypto-friendly banks in the U.S. and amid Binance’s issues with payment providers in Australia, Changpeng Zhao said...
Visa, Microsoft and others join Brazilian CBDC pilot
26.5.2023
Both national and global companies will take part in the upcoming pilot project of the Brazilian central bank digital currency
TMS Network dominates DEX markets, as GMX ups the DeFi ante with Arbitrum & Chainlink
18.5.2023
It’s been an interesting few weeks for the popular decentralized exchange GMX, as the perpetual exchange recently incorporated low-latency oracles from Chainlink (LINK) while ranking as the project with the total value locked on Arbitrum (ARB). However, savvy investors are still focusing...
Asymmetry, ‘ETF’ for Liquid Staking Tokens, Raises $3M Round From Ecco Capital, Ankr and Others
16.5.2023
The crypto project’s safETH token represents a basket of liquid staking tokens from Lido, Rocketpool and Frax
Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, and Others Back Canton Network, a New Financial Blockchain – Here's What You Need to Know
15.5.2023
A number of prominent technology and digital asset firms have expressed support for Canton Network, a new blockchain seeking to streamline financial markets through the use of Web3 technology.
In a recent press release, the platform called Microsoft, Capgemini, Deloitte, IntellectEU, and Umbrage...
Why Web2 companies fail in Web3 while others made it
10.5.2023
Web3 is now becoming the norm of this new era and therefore, a flurry of Web2 companies and venture capital firms are investing heavily in Web3 to avoid falling behind.
Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, others partner in new blockchain network
9.5.2023
The Canton blockchain network for financial institutions is being launched by Digital Asset and a group of firms, including Microsoft, Goldman and Deloitte
Digital Asset Will Start Global Blockchain Network With Deloitte, Goldman Sachs and Others
9.5.2023
Financial technology company Digital Asset has announced it will be launching a privacy-enabled interoperable blockchain network designed for institutional assets to provide a decentralized infrastructure, it announced Tuesday
Web3 Firm Artifact Labs Raises $3.25M From Blue Pool Capital, Animoca, Others
8.5.2023
Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post spun off its NFT business into a new firm called Artifact Labs in March 2022
KuCoin crackdown leaves ADA & LTC critical; TMS Network rides the storm to scalable profit
8.5.2023
Due to the unfortunate events plaguing the cryptocurrency ecosystem in 2022, the industry has faced increased regulatory scrutiny and pressure in 2023. KuCoin and other prominent centralized exchanges are currently at the center of this issue. This crackdown on the crypto community has left major...
White House Pushes DAME Tax Proposal to Address Alleged Environmental Costs of Crypto Mining
3.5.2023
On May 2, 2023, the Biden administration unveiled a blog post outlining the Digital Asset Mining Energy (DAME) tax, featured in the president’s comprehensive 182-page budget proposal for the fiscal year 2024. The DAME tax targets “making crypto miners pay for the costs they impose...