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Latam Insights: Colombian President Meets Blockchain Experts, Brazil Passes 15% Tax for Foreign Crypto Investments
4.12.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: the Colombian president met with a group of blockchain proponents, the Brazilian Senate passed a law taxing investments in foreign exchanges, and the Fintech...
KyberSwap Announces Grants from Protocol Treasury to Aid Victims of Recent Exploit
2.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Roman Samokhin The team behind KyberSwap announced that it would offer grants from the protocol’s treasury to victims of the recent exploit, aiming to provide monetary relief. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the team behind KyberSwap reiterates its unwavering...
Coinbase Transparency Report: Law Enforcement Requests Tripled in Three Years
1.12.2023
Image Source: Pixabay Coinbase has revealed a significant increase in law enforcement requests over the past years in its latest transparency report. According to the report, the number of requests received by Coinbase this year has tripled compared to 2020. Out of the 13,079 requests...
Brazilian Senate OKs ‘15% Crypto Tax Rate’
1.12.2023
Source: karlavidal/Adobe Brazilian senators have voted in favor of a bill that proposes taxing crypto tax profits earned on overseas crypto platforms at a fixed rate of 15%. Per the parliamentary website and a report from Brazil’s Livecoins, lawmakers “seriously amended” the bill to ensure...
US Deputy Treasury Secretary calls for additional tools to sanction crypto firms
29.11.2023
Wally Adeyemo cited a recent settlement with crypto exchange Binance and sanctions against crypto mixer Sinbad in calling for an expansion of the U.S. Treasury’s authority
Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Puts “Bad Actors” in Crypto on Notice, Delivers Remarks at D.C. Policy Summit
29.11.2023
U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary, Wally Adeyemo, had choice words for “bad actors” in the crypto space while delivering remarks at the Blockchain Association’s Policy Summit in D.C. Wednesday. “We will find you and hold you accountable” “I want to directly address those within the digital...
Jump Crypto filed docs confidentially in SEC v. Terraform Labs case
28.11.2023
The trading firm and its CEO, Kanav Kariya, allegedly manipulated the price of TerraUSD to gain roughly $1.3 billion in profits
Judge signs off on $1.65B settlement between Voyager Digital and FTC
28.11.2023
The settlement between the crypto lending firm and the FTC was first announced in October and does not resolve former CEO Stephen Ehrlich’s pending case with the CFTC
Oxford quantum computing spinout announces $100M funding round led by Japan’s SBI
28.11.2023
OQC is also launching what it calls “the world’s first enterprise ready quantum computing platform.”
Why Binance’s US plea deal could be positive for crypto adoption
28.11.2023
Is the settlement further indication that the crypto industry’s Wild West era is winding down, with a new epoch marked by regulation and taxation beginning?
The end of an era for Binance, troubles for Kraken: Law Decoded
27.11.2023
Binance and CZ’s ongoing legal drama with United States law enforcement ended with a plea deal
Changpeng Zhao may not leave the US pending court review, says judge
27.11.2023
Pending a review of a motion filed by the U.S. government, the former Binance CEO will not be allowed to return to his home in the United Arab Emirates as he awaits sentencing
Cosmos Hub greenlights ATOM inflation cut for security boost
26.11.2023
The proposal secured a narrow passage, garnering 41.1% approval votes compared to 38.5% disapproval, marking the highest turnout vote in the Cosmos ecosystem
Nigeria Law Enforcement Nab Politician Who Laundered Funds Stolen From Crypto Exchange
26.11.2023
Nigerian law enforcement recently arrested a politician who is accused of laundering digital funds that were stolen from Patricia Technologies in May. CEO Hanu Fejiro praised the politician’s arrest and said the recovered funds will “go a long way to soothe Patricia users.”...
Tether and Bitfinex Settle Dispute, Will Share Information Under FOIL Request – Here’s What You Need to Know
25.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock Tether and Bitfinex have agreed to settle their dispute regarding a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request filed by a group of journalists, including Zeke Faux from Bloomberg Businessweek. In a recent announcement, Tether hailed the move as a step towards greater transparency...
Tether, Bitfinex to Drop Opposition to New York Freedom of Information Law Request
24.11.2023
The firms said opposition doesn't mean a "wholesale release" of all documents
YouTuber Accuses Casetify Of Copyright Theft, Has Receipts
24.11.2023
There’s a brilliant trick map makers use to prevent plagiarism, called “trap streets.” They deliberately put an entirely fictional road, or even entire imaginary towns (“paper towns”), so that if someone lifts their work without permission it’s immediately identifiable to them. Something very...
Tether and Bitfinex Drop Opposition to FOIL Request
24.11.2023
Stablecoin issuer, Tether, and cryptocurrency exchange, Bitfinex, have decided to drop their opposition to a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request made earlier this year by various news outlets. “We have nothing to hide” “Our decision is rooted in our unwavering commitment to transparency...
Blockchain devs expect complications from EU smart contract kill switch
24.11.2023
The EU’s Data Act could introduce “kill switch” requirements for smart contracts, raising questions about how decentralized projects would handle such a scenario
Do Kwon extradition approved by Montenegro court
24.11.2023
Montenegro's Minister of Justice will make the final decision on Do Kwon’s extradition to either South Korea or the United States