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Residents of Two Canadian Municipalities can Now Pay Property Taxes Through Cryptocurrency
19.9.2019
Cryptocurrency has made a foray into public life in Canada, with its use and adoption to provide certain services to the residents of two municipalities there. The residents of Richmond Hill, Ontario will be provided with an alternate mode to pay property tax. Individuals and businesses will now...
Taxation Isn’t Just Theft – It’s Bad for Crypto Adoption
18.9.2019
Crypto awareness is reaching levels almost unimaginable just years ago, with telecommunications giants, big banks, mainstream media, and even professional sports teams now discussing and flouting digital assets. AT&T now allows customers to pay their phone bills in bitcoin, Japanese SMS giant...
Snowden: US Seizing My Book Revenue is ‘Good for Bitcoin’
18.9.2019
Former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) subcontractor Edward Snowden is being sued by the Department of Justice (DoJ) for his latest memoir. The agency won’t stop Metropolitan Books from publishing Snowden’s new book but the government will take the revenue he earns from the memoir...
Germany Passes National Policy to Explore Blockchain But Limit Stablecoins
18.9.2019
Germany's cabinet has passed a national strategy for exploring blockchain tech, while limiting the threat of stablecoins like Facebook's Libra
Former Hockey Winger Gets nabbed for Crypto Fraud
18.9.2019
Moscow court ordered on September 16th that Igor Musatov is to be detained for one month in accusations of $800,000 fraud in cryptocurrencies. The CEO of a firm was unable to amend relations with Musatov, who now has taken the matter to legal authorities and lead to his nabbing. TASS,...
10 Tax Tools to Help Crypto Owners
18.9.2019
While tax laws on cryptocurrency vary by jurisdiction, there are many useful tools to help you calculate crypto taxes, lower your tax liabilities, and simplify your filing — no matter where you are. Many of them work globally, supporting tax forms of multiple countries, and can import data...
CoinDesk to Move Into Same Building as Owner Digital Currency Group
17.9.2019
Employees at crypto news publication CoinDesk were told Tuesday that the firm is moving into the same building as its parent, Digital Currency Group
JPMorgan, UBS and Now Wells Fargo Builds Own Digital Cash
17.9.2019
U.S.-headquartered banking giant with USD 1.9 trillion in assets, Wells Fargo, plans to pilot its internal settlement service, Wells Fargo Digital Cash, in 2020.
The service will run on Wells Fargo’s first distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform and "will not be connected to any other digital...
Ex-CFTC Chair ‘Crypto Dad’ Giancarlo Joins Digital Chamber Trade Group
17.9.2019
Former CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo has joined the advisory board of the Chamber of Digital Commerce
Indian Parliament Member Helping Crypto Community Influence Regulation
17.9.2019
The Indian crypto community has made progress towards influencing the government’s crypto policies. Some industry leaders have met with an influential lawmaker who has agreed to help bring about positive crypto regulation in the country. Also read: India’s Popular ‘Who Wants to...
The Event of Digital Transformation is Going to be Held on November 13-14, 2019
17.9.2019
Technology. A journey, not a destination. Blockchain Technology World Frankfurt looks forward to welcoming the thousands of C-level executives from DAX100 & SME companies, alongside 250 exhibitors, to drive digital transformation forward and to explore and unlock opportunities in emerging...
US Sanctions Three North Korea-based Crypto Hacking Groups
16.9.2019
The United States of America has given its nod for the sanction of three North Korean state-sponsored hacker entities responsible for “North Korea’s malicious cyber activity on critical infrastructure,” announced the U.S Department of Treasury on September 13, 2019. According to the announcement...
US President Donald Trump Bans Petro Cryptocurrency
16.9.2019
The United States President, Donald Trump has announced the ban of Venezuelan cryptocurrency, Petro, in the country. The U.S Senate Bill 1025, which will essentially enforce an executive order, signed by Donald Trump in 2018, came into law. The executive order banned the U.S citizens, permanent...
European Countries Step Up Response to Facebook’s Libra
16.9.2019
The European Central Bank (ECB) and a number of countries in the region have stepped up their efforts in response to Facebook’s Libra, which has revived a competing ECB project for instant payments. As Facebook engages Switzerland’s financial regulator, the ECB clarifies how Libra...
HTC Adds Native Bitcoin Cash Support to Its Flagship Smartphone
16.9.2019
The bitcoin cash community now has a new way to secure and transact its digital money, as HTC adds native BCH support to its Exodus 1 smartphone. A key reason the technology manufacturer has chosen to do so is that many consumers are using BCH as a payment method and HTC wants to see...
AI Gain, A Digital Assets Management Platform that Provides Sustainable Profit has Launched
16.9.2019
AI Gain is pleased to announce that its product and website will be globally launched at 2 pm, September 09, 2019 (Monday). AI Gain is a combination of “Artificial Intelligence” and “Gain.” As a fast-growing professional digital assets management platform, AI Gain has a core R&D technical team...
Distrust of the Bolivar Prompts Venezuelans to Seek Sound Money
14.9.2019
There’s a small team of committed researchers and activists called the Ryver Bitcoin Cash group surveying Venezuelans, and giving them educational resources about the benefits of bitcoin cash. The Venezuelan country has been suffering from rapid inflation and many people distrust...
Local.Bitcoin.com Gathers 56K Accounts and $200M Worth of Trades Initiated
14.9.2019
Three months ago, Bitcoin.com launched its over-the-counter BCH marketplace on June 4. Since then, Local.Bitcoin.com has aggregated more than 56,000 accounts, hundreds of bustling users every day and thousands of BCH trade offers. Also Read: Plans to Build $50M Bitcoin Cash Tech Park Revealed...
Big Banks Won’t Touch Crypto Clients – But These Smaller Banks Will
13.9.2019
Cryptocurrencies undoubtedly bring new business opportunities. The expanding industry around digital assets and its customers need more and more services that traditional sectors can provide. Banking is often a bottleneck in the crypto space as most traditional institutions are still reluctant...
CryptoCortex is now Connected to San Juan Mercantile Exchange Dark Pool
13.9.2019
Recently, Deltix Inc. reported that its CryptoCortex digital asset trading platform is currently associated with the San Juan Mercantile Exchange (SJMX) Dark Pool. This association, as indicated by Deltix, will give cryptocurrency dealers/brokers, market makers, OTC desks, and intermediaries with...