A new resolution would establish a task force to study crypto in Miami-Dade county’s public administration. A Miami-Dade County commissioner is backing a new resolution to allow residents to use…
Continue ReadingEconomic gatekeepers are rounding on cryptocurrency as media attention intensifies amid the Bitcoin boom and Coinbase listing. Finance officials from both sides of the globe are taking the opportunity to…
Continue ReadingRecent events in the crypto space have the smell of victory, but only represent small battles in an ongoing war. “Dramatic” changes are on the way. Those who oversee the…
Continue ReadingGensler’s confirmation comes almost three months after President Joe Biden first announced he was his pick for the SEC. Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination…
Continue ReadingMike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital is the latest Bitcoin exchange-traded fund applicant in the United States. Galaxy Digital has submitted a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fu filing with the United States Securities…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency is taking off in India despite regulatory fears, which many are now dismissing as nothing but FUD. India has been the subject of intense speculation regarding the future legal…
Continue ReadingConsulting firms, such as PwC Russia, said that Russians have been increasingly reporting their income from cryptocurrency operations. The number of cryptocurrency holding disclosures in Russia has been on the…
Continue ReadingA Ukranian government data report indicates that public officials there have declared owning 46,351 BTC, with several whales among them. According to Ukranian government data transparency provider Opendatabot, civil servants…
Continue ReadingAccording to Russian crypto advocates, the existing laws “do not meet the needs” of the cryptocurrency market. A group of Russian lobbyists led by the law firm Digital Rights Center…
Continue ReadingTech Mahindra wants to provide U.S. banks with a stablecoin solution after the OCC authorized federally chartered banks to use stablecoins for settlement in January. Indian multinational technology firm Tech…
Continue ReadingThe Monetary Authority of Singapore has issued a warning to crypto investors after the state’s prime minister was unwittingly caught up in a fake token scam. Officials in Singapore have…
Continue ReadingThe first phase of Japan‘s CBDC pilots will be completed by March 2022, the central bank states. The Japanese central bank has launched a proof of concept for its central…
Continue ReadingBitcoin has likely become too interwoven into the world for a ban to be plausible, says the Gemini CEO. The United States government has increasingly stepped up its overwatch on…
Continue ReadingMichael Mosier will replace Kenneth Blanco as the U.S. government agency’s acting director. The current acting director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, will bid farewell to the…
Continue ReadingThe key to properly filing taxes on cryptocurrency comes down to excellent record-keeping, the correct IRS tax forms, and knowledge about what qualifies as income versus capital gains. Handle Tax…
Continue ReadingThe digital ruble will become an integral part of national settlements by 2023 or 2024, Anatoly Aksakov of the Russian State Duma predicted. Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Russian State…
Continue ReadingWhen Bitcoin surged to an all-time high of $17,000 in late 2017, the cryptocurrency headlined media outlets and financial journals — but not for the right reasons. Analysts and major…
Continue ReadingBitcoin is not liked by everyone from the Island Council of Tenerife, Spain. At least that’s what was suggested by its president, Pedro Martín, who ordered the sale of the…
Continue ReadingFollowing cybersecurity assessments, commercial institutions are being cleared to issue the world’s first CBDC — the Bahamas’ Sand Dollar. The Central Bank of the Bahamas has announced that its central…
Continue ReadingFormer OCC acting comptroller Brian Brooks claimed that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin “actually are backed by something.” Brian Brooks, former acting comptroller of the currency of the United States Office of…
Continue ReadingThe NFT exhibition will be part of the “Hermitage 20/21” project. Russia’s State Hermitage Museum, the second-largest art museum in the world, is preparing to host a digital art exhibition…
Continue ReadingWill Texas follow in Wyoming’s footsteps to become the next crypto-friendly U.S. state? Everything is bigger in Texas, but when it comes to crypto-friendly legislation, this doesn’t seem to be…
Continue ReadingA future digital euro wouldn’t be a threat to savers, say officials from the European Central Bank. The European Central Bank, or ECB, has been investigating the possibility of launching…
Continue ReadingRejecting crypto as a reserve currency will lead to an Indian currency devaluation of the worst kind, warns blockchain entrepreneur Raj Chowdry. An Indian cryptocurrency ban would have grave implications…
Continue ReadingBlockchain industry members claim that smaller-scale startups have struggled to forge partnerships with local banks in South Korea and are therefore unable to register under regulators’ new requirements. South Korea…
Continue ReadingCo-founder of major Indian tech company Infosys Nandan Nilekani has urged the government to help MSMEs access capital using Bitcoin. Prominent Indian entrepreneur and government advisor Nandan Nilekani has spoken…
Continue ReadingSearches for Bitcoin emanating from Turkey exploded after news broke regarding the 14% plunge in the value of the Turkish lira. Google searches for Bitcoin (BTC) emanating from Turkey exploded…
Continue ReadingThe founder and chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund firm, has warned that the government could “impose prohibitions against capital movements” into assets such as…
Continue ReadingKraken’s head of growth, Dan Held, thinks Bitcoin could reach $1 million within the current market cycle. According to Dan Held, growth lead at Kraken, Bitcoin is currently experiencing a…
Continue ReadingNearly ten years into failed fiscal and monetary policy experiments, when trust in institutions is ebbing near an all-time low, the rationale for holding bitcoin has never been stronger. Yet,…
Continue ReadingThe Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will build two pilot cryptocurrency mining firms as part of a new state policy. The Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, or KP, has formed…
Continue ReadingRussia is apparently preparing to scrutinize cross-border cryptocurrency transactions for potential illegal activity. Russian President Vladimir Putin has stressed the importance of developing additional measures to fight against illegal cross-border…
Continue ReadingThe ESMA analyzed the impact of COVID-19 on financial markets, highlighting the supposed risks linked with crypto investment. The European Securities and Markets Authority — the European Union’s independent financial…
Continue ReadingThe Eurasian Economic Union’s member states did not support an initiative to synchronize crypto regulations. Member states of the Eurasian Economic Union, or EAEU, have been struggling to come up…
Continue ReadingLawyers for the former CEO of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX are proposing Hayes’ voluntary appearance on April 6, with his potential release on bail subject to a $10 million personal…
Continue ReadingThe administration of Belarus Hi-Tech Park is the best authority to regulate the crypto market in the country, First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov said. The Belarusian government has proposed…
Continue ReadingThe Ministry of Finance of India continues to form a careful position on private cryptocurrencies. The Minister of Finance of India, Nirmala Sitharaman, has given a ray of hope for…
Continue ReadingThe highly popular right-wing commentator devoted a 15-minute Youtube video to inform his followers of the merits and potential that bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies, in general, as an anti-government monetary system.…
Continue ReadingEarlier this month, antivirus pioneer John McAfee was officially charged by the United States Department of Justice on seven counts of fraud and money laundering. These charges have been filed…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean crypto exchanges that don’t take extensive data collection and identity verification measures could soon be subject to heavy fines. According to an official announcement Wednesday, South Korea’s Financial…
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