Fri, October 2

Why Is Elon Musk Implementing a ‘Rate Limit’ On Twitter?

Twitter, the popular social media platform, has imposed temporary limits on the number of posts users can view per day due to what Elon Musk, Twitter executive chairman, called “extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation.” Users had been experiencing issues such as missing timelines and receiving “rate limit

July 3, 2023 1 min read

Vitalik Buterin Reveals Staking Only Tiny Portion of ETH

Vitalik Buterin, one of Ethereum’s founders, has said that he does not stake all of his Ether since multisignature wallets are “complicated in a bunch of ways.” Buterin explained the “biggest reason” he is only staking a tiny portion of his ETH on the June 29 edition of the Bankless

July 2, 2023 1 min read

Coinbase Named as Surveillance-Sharing Partner in Cboe’s ETF Refiling

Four companies resubmitted their spot bitcoin ETF applications on Friday after it was reported that SEC was dissatisfied with the previous round of filings by several major financial institutions. These institutions included Blackrock, Wisdomtree, Valkyrie, Fidelity, Ark Investment, and Invesco. Information that the ETF registrations were “inadequate” was out on

July 2, 2023 1 min read

U.S Court Orders Kraken To Disclose User’s Info With IRS

According to a court filing, Kraken is required to disclose user identities to the IRS if they transact $20,000 or more in cryptocurrencies in a calendar year. Users who were active between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2020, are included. Kraken users’ names, ages, tax numbers, residences, phone numbers,

July 1, 2023 1 min read

Fidelity Names Coinbase as SSA Counterpart in Updated Spot Bitcoin ETF Filing

Fidelity, the global asset manager, has officially filed for its Spot Bitcoin ETF recently. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission stated that the filings made for the Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) by Blackrock and Fidelity were not sufficiently clear and comprehensive. After the SEC’s comments, Fidelity updated the application. The

July 1, 2023 2 mins read

Court Allows Celsius Network To Convert Altcoins to BTC or ETH

The bankruptcy court has approved Celsius Network’s plan to convert all assets held in cryptocurrencies into Bitcoin and Ethereum. Judge Martin Glenn of the Southern District of New York has rendered a fresh judgment in the platform’s bankruptcy proceedings. And the liquidations will soon allow for the release of payment

June 30, 2023 1 min read

South Korea Approves Crypto Regulatory Bill Amid Global Crackdown

In a time when the cryptocurrency sector is facing regulatory hurdles elsewhere, notably in the United States, South Korea enacted its first independent virtual asset law on Friday. The purpose of the bill is to strengthen crypto regulation and shield investors against mishaps like Terra-LUNA, which was precipitated by Terra

June 30, 2023 1 min read

Binance Reportedly Denied Crypto Custody License by Germany’s BaFin

According to reports, Binance has been notified that BaFin, the German financial regulatory organization responsible for monitoring banks, financial services institutions, insurance companies, and stock exchanges, would not be issuing a crypto custody license to the exchange. On Thursday, the local media outlet Finance Forward published the news, citing persons

June 30, 2023 1 min read

Slovakia Cuts Down Crypto Tax Rate Dramatically to 7%

Lower crypto taxes and other measures impacting the crypto sector were approved by the National Council of the Slovak Republic, Slovakia’s parliament. An amendment that would lower individual income tax on gains from the sale of cryptocurrency held by the holder for a minimum of twelve months was approved by

June 30, 2023 2 mins read

Fidelity Spearheads Crypto Shift with BTC-ETF Application

In a significant development, Fidelity has formally requested approval for a spot Bitcoin ETF. Consequently, optimism is rebounding within the beleaguered crypto industry. As per a Coingraph tweet, the proposal, sent to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), seeks to list and trade shares of the Wise Origin Bitcoin

June 30, 2023 2 mins read