The Bank of Japan insists it has no immediate plans to issue a digital yen, but research into the potential of CBDCs continues apace. The Bank of Japan has appointed its top economist to lead a team tasked with accelerating its research into central bank digital currencies (CBDC). According to a July 31 Reuters report, […]
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Paxful has released data showing growing usage of its peer-to-peer trading platform in Russia. Data from Bitcoin (BTC) marketplace Paxful shows a huge surge of interest in cryptocurrency peer-to-peer trading in Russia, with 350% growth on a year-over-year (YoY) basis. According to the study, from the period of May 2019 to May 2020, Paxful is […]
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Recent second quarter financial reports show big growth for Overstock — the same quarter the company gave its security token to investors as a dividend. Recent Q2 financial details from blockchain-involved company Overstock show triple digit percentage growth compared to the same time in 2019. “Total net revenue was $783 million, an increase of 109% […]
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Somewhat behind schedule, Cambodia’s banks are readying themselves for a forthcoming national blockchain-based currency. At the start of the year, Cambodia made headlines when the central bank announced it would be launching a national blockchain-based digital currency in the first quarter of 2020. Called “Bakong,” a month into the third quarter the currency hasn’t yet […]
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Popular Australian crypto exchanges Coinjar, Cointree and Swyftx have partnered with Koinly to track their clients’ tax obligations. Crypto taxation software provider Koinly has announced a partnership with three Australian digital asset exchanges to simplify their clients’ tax reporting. Coinjar, Cointree and Swyftx announced support for Koinly on July 29, allowing the exchanges’ customers to […]
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As Bitcoin rallied through $10K, derivatives markets started to show signs of excessive leverage but the market remains tilted toward bulls. Bitcoin (BTC) price finally woke up and surged to a new 2020 high but as the markets surged past $10,000, some traders seem to have opened excessively leveraged long positions. This effect became more […]
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Bloomberg is optimistic about Bitcoin price advancing beyond $12,000 in the near future on the strength of on-chain and off-chain indicators. Bloomberg’s mid-year report indicates that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) could soon rise above $12,000. Active addresses on the rise The report contends that both on-chain and off-chain indicators for Bitcoin point to the […]
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Here are some important things to know before giving donations in cryptocurrency for charitable purposes. Last month, the United States Congress increased the tax benefits of charitable giving in the CARES Act in hopes that people will give more. Some give money; others give property; and a growing number have been giving crypto assets. Once […]
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New York’s State attorney general has wide latitude to investigate a foreign entity like iFinex, said a NY appeals court. A New York State appeals court affirmed on July 9 that the state attorney general’s fraud investigation into iFinex et al. — i.e., iFinex, Bitfinex and Tether Holdings — could continue. Whether that probe will […]
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Despite a number of choke points, development continues for both security tokens themselves and the market infrastructure to support them. The general hype circa 2018 proclaimed security tokens as crypto’s killer app. After Bitcoin fell from its $20,000 peak in December 2017, some of the more revolutionary promises of cryptocurrencies had lost their luster — […]
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