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Kazakhstan Mandates Licenses For Crypto Miners

The measure was presented in the lower house of Kazakhstan’s parliament. With the new license system comes a new taxation mechanism for crypto miners. One of the most popular places for cryptocurrency miners to set up shop is Kazakhstan, which is why the government there is considering making mining licenses

October 13, 2022 2 mins read

Sovryn Raises $5.4 Million to Accelerate Building a Global Financial Ecosystem

Sovryn, a company aiming to provide individuals all across the world financial independence and self-determination, has just announced that it has raised $5.42 million in a round of investment headed by General Catalyst. Collider Ventures, Bering Waters, Bollinger Investment Group, and Balaji Srinivasan also participated in the round as investors.

October 12, 2022 4 mins read

UK GDP Shrinks by 0.3% Raising Economic Downturn Concerns

Concerns over a potential economic downturn are sure to rise in light of these figures. According to the World Bank, a severe recession in the global economy is possible. The GDP in the UK has contracted by 0.3%, which is a surprising result. The Office of National Statistics’ monthly estimates

October 12, 2022 2 mins read

BNY Mellon Launches Crypto Custody Services to Clients

The bank announced its ambitions to provide cryptocurrency services in February 2021. The bank will also make use of Chainalysis’s services to track the route of crypto assets. Currently, BNY Mellon is willing to provide its customers cryptocurrency custody services. Companies and organizations seek to acquire digital assets as the

October 11, 2022 2 mins read

Portugal Government Proposes Crypto Tax For 2023 Budget

Individuals in Portugal have been excluded from paying capital gains tax on cryptocurrency profits for some time, but Finance Minister Fernando Medina has recently said that this exemption must end. According to a proposed budget for 2023 that was presented to Portugal’s parliament on Monday, Medina is proposing a 28%

October 11, 2022 2 mins read

Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood Criticizes Fed Over Interest Rate Hike

One of his key goals of Fed is to reduce inflation to below two percent.  She points out that the Fed has approved four straight rate rises of 75 basis points. Ark Invest CEO and Chief Investment Officer Cathie Wood blame the Federal Reserve for deflation. To reduce inflation, the

October 11, 2022 2 mins read

European Parliament Clears Crypto Assets Regulation Bill

The European Parliament voted in favor of the law by a margin of 28 to 1. It also requires stablecoin businesses to have sufficient capital. Europe has taken a significant step toward regulating the cryptocurrency market. European Union legislators approved the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) today. A historic

October 11, 2022 2 mins read

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Reaches a Record All-time High

Production levels have dropped as people sell their Bitcoin holdings to increase liquidity. Because of the asset’s stagnant price, miner profits are already precarious. The hashrate of Bitcoin mining hit a new record high last week, surpassing 300 EH/s. It was also announced at the time that mining difficulty was

October 10, 2022 2 mins read

MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor Claims Bitcoin Superior to CBDC

Michael Saylor thinks Bitcoin is also superior than gold and real estate. MicroStrategy and its subsidiaries now have almost 130,000 BTC in their possession. Michael Saylor, the founder of MicroStrategy and Bitcoin maximalist, stated that CBDCs are unstable and doomed to fail. Bitcoin is superior, he says, because of its

October 10, 2022 2 mins read

$22M Worth BTC Seized by U.S DOJ From Ransomware Attacker

The inquiry led to the US Department of Justice seizing 719 Bitcoins. The convict was sentenced to 20 years of prison. For his involvement in the NetWalker ransomware assaults, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) seized 719 bitcoins. This was from 35-year-old Canadian Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins. Almost $22 million worth of

October 10, 2022 1 min read