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US Court Hints IRS May Have Violated Coinbase User’s Privacy Rights in Tax Audit
9.12.2021
An American bitcoin (BTC) owner attempting to fight the Internal Revenue Service over the seizure of his data from the Coinbase trading platform could be given the chance to challenge the tax body over the controversial move....
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Gamesta Guild Token Launch Auction and Tesla’s…
9.12.2021
Gamesta recaps its values and talks about its upcoming Token Launch and Tesla’s… Enter Gamesta, the A.I.-powered Guild, enabling investors to connect to and empower thousands of play-to-earn gamers around the world. The gaming industry is forecast to be valued at over $268 billion in the next five...
Visa Launches Crypto Advisory Services — Says ‘Digital Currencies Are Taking Greater Hold in Popular Consciousness’
9.12.2021
Payments giant Visa has launched global crypto advisory services. The company’s executive says: “We’ve seen a material shift in our clients’ mindset in the last year, from a desire to explore and experiment with crypto, to actually building a strategy and product...
Big jump in investors who favor crypto over stocks: Survey
9.12.2021
The amount of respondents who said they would be more likely to invest their money in crypto than traditional stocks increased 140% in just five months
Crypto Exchange Bitstamp Lists Shiba Inu as SHIB Adoption Grows
9.12.2021
Another major cryptocurrency exchange, Bitstamp, has listed shiba inu cryptocurrency. Bitstamp users will be able to trade SHIB against the U.S. dollar and the euro. The announcement came as more trading platforms are listing shiba inu and more stores are accepting the meme crypto for payments....
Regional CCP Chief Arrested Over Crypto Links as China Hunts Crypto Users
8.12.2021
A high-flying regional Communist Party official who was expelled from the party last month for allegedly supporting crypto miners has been arrested. Meanwhile, individuals are being caught sending money abroad using crypto.
Per the Epoch Times and the Xinhua news agency, Xiao Yi, the former...
Australia to Regulate Crypto Sector as Part of Payments Reform
8.12.2021
The government of Australia is preparing to comprehensively regulate the activities of cryptocurrency exchanges and custodians. The push is part of a major overhaul, aimed at preserving the country’s sovereignty over its payments system, which will also affect providers like Apple...
Russian Senate, Gov’t Ministries & Central Bank to Create Crypto ‘Working Group’
8.12.2021
The Russian parliament’s upper house, the Federation Council (the equivalent to the American Senate), is stepping up its crypto regulatory efforts – and wants to get involved in the creation of new laws pertaining to the sector....
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Biden Administration Unveils Plan to Focus on ‘Prosecutions of Criminal Misuses of Cryptocurrency’
8.12.2021
The Biden-Harris administration has unveiled its strategy on “countering corruption.” It includes utilizing the government’s newly established task force, the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, to focus on “complex investigations and prosecutions of criminal...
Crypto CEOs request Congress provide regulatory clarity at hearing on digital assets
8.12.2021
"We don’t need knee-jerk reactions by lawmakers to regulate out of fear of the unknown rather than seeking to understand," said Representative Patrick McHenry
India to Impose Ban on Crypto Payments, Deadline for Declaring Crypto Assets, KYC Rules: Report
8.12.2021
The Indian government has reportedly proposed banning the use of cryptocurrency for payments and setting a deadline for investors to declare their crypto holdings. Violators may be arrested without a warrant and held without bail. In addition, the crypto bill may call for a uniform...
Central Banks Test CBDC as 'Multiple Assets and Currencies' Coming For Them
8.12.2021
Competing systems for settlement of “multiple assets and currencies” may emerge, and it is the job of central banks to ensure the maintenance of “equitable access” to central bank-issued money, a new report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has said....
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MoonPay Is Launching NEAR Fiat on a Global Scale
8.12.2021
MoonPay, a Swiss-based cryptocurrency payment infrastructural firm used by over five million people, recently announced that clients in 150 countries would indeed be eligible to purchase $NEAR instantly through its website. While MoonPay customers in Europe and abroad can currently purchase $NEAR...
Public Testnet AGIX ERC20 Converter Bridge Is Now Live
8.12.2021
SingularityNET recently released the AGIX ERC20 Converter Bridge’s public testnet. The testnet will help users find better cross-chain features via test tokens from the AGIX Testnet Faucet. The process does not charge any gas fees or real AGIX tokens while gathering user feedback to be incorporated...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Huobi Global to Leave China This Month
8.12.2021
Digital asset exchange Huobi Global has revealed its intention to exit the Chinese Market. The crypto trading platform with Chinese roots said it will stop processing transactions for existing users on the mainland by the end of the year. Huobi Global Halts Services in the People’s Republic...
Crypto is a ‘Fantastic Hedge’ Against Bubble in Bonds - Pantera’s CEO
8.12.2021
Investing in crypto is a “fantastic hedge” against a bond market that will get destroyed once the US Federal Reserve stops its asset purchases, Dan Morehead, CEO of the crypto investment firm Pantera Capital, wrote in a recently published note.
According to Morehead, the Fed’s actions since...
Binance Singapore arm acquires 18% stake in private stock exchange
8.12.2021
Binance's most recent acquisition is still subject to some regulatory requirements
House memo details Congress' priorities ahead of crypto CEO hearing
8.12.2021
The hearing on digital assets will involve discussions around four key aspects: crypto exchanges, stablecoin offerings, regulatory concerns in digital assets and federal regulatory responses
CIA Running a ‘Number of’ Active Crypto Projects, Director Claims
8.12.2021
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns has admitted that his agency has “a number of different projects focused on cryptocurrency” in progress – and claimed that his predecessor Gina Haspel had “started” the CIA ball rolling in the crypto sphere. What is more, the agency...
Visa Doubles Down on Its Crypto Bet, Launches Crypto Consulting Service
8.12.2021
Multinational financial services giant Visa is pushing deeper into the booming crypto market, launching crypto advisory services to help clients understand various segments of the crypto industry.
In an announcement, the payment network acknowledged that "digital currencies are taking greater...