Yoshihide Suga is set to replace retiring PM Shinzo Abe. Yoshihide Suga has made few public statements on digital currency, but his stance on taxing crypto assets may prove to be the most insightful. The 71-year-old is set to become the country’s new prime minister after being voted in as the leader of Japan’s Liberal […]
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Web 3.0 will certainly be a step toward a more decentralized, immutable and censorship-resistant version of the web. Lately, the controversial topic of censorship on Big Tech platforms reached a turning point when U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign account was banned on both Twitter and Facebook for “spreading coronavirus misinformation.” The conversation over who has […]
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‘Virtual crypto assets are securities, unless proven otherwise,’ the Nigerian SEC said. The Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria has officially defined digital assets under its regulatory umbrella. In a Sept. 14 statement, the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, defined tokens and coins in the country’s financial markets. The commission stated that these […]
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Virtual asset service providers (VASPs) are looking for effective cryptocurrency compliance solutions as new regulations are introduced globally to combat illicit activity on the blockchain. What solutions are available to them? With the exposure of traditional banks and financial institutions to crypto-assets and all the risks involved, as well as the continued advice from governmental […]
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Is cryptojacking still an underrated threat? According to a study published by cybersecurity firm, Aqua Security, cloud servers remain a major target for cryptojacking — a type of attack whose main motivation is to mine cryptocurrencies. The “2020 Cloud Native Threat Report” states that between the second half of 2019 and the first half of […]
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The company’s $117 million SEC-approved IPO is the first of its kind. INX, a Gibraltar-based cryptocurrency exchange, is now accepting major cryptocurrencies as part of its initial public offering, or IPO. The company hopes to raise $117 million from both retail and institutional investors. According to the announcement, more than 3,000 retail and accredited investors […]
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The next step of DeFi’s evolution in decentralization is enabling true scalability, interoperability and access to networks beyond Ethereum. As in most technical domains, evolution in the crypto industry moves in waves. The first wave was the building of layer-one blockchain solutions and infrastructures like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). The second wave was the […]
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PwC, Swiss blockchain investment firm CV VC and Cointelegraph have released a report discussing the current blockchain ecosystem. From enterprise blockchain adoption to the rise of decentralized finance, it seems like the blockchain landscape is constantly evolving in different ways. While impressive, it’s important to understand how blockchain is being applied within various industries. In […]
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The institutional adoption of digital assets and DLT is a clear signal that a new model for trading, ready to break down liquidity silos, is emerging. Economists, pundits, institutions and investors often talk about the global financial system. When stocks go up and trade thrives, they applaud its contributions to prosperity; when the markets crash […]
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Some bought the dip, others decided to wait it out. As the COVID-19 pandemic began, retail and institutional Bitcoin investors took very different approaches, new research from OKEx Insights and Catallact showed. The research, which looked at on-chain BTC transaction data from January to the beginning of August 2020, found retail investors largely pulled back […]
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