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Venezuela Plans to Monitor Crypto Transactions in Real Time

To prevent a devaluation of the bolivar, the Venezuelan government plans to monitor P2P cryptocurrency transactions. On December 20th, Venezuela’s banking watchdog Sudeban said that, with the support of Sunacrip, the country’s cryptocurrency regulator, it is developing a system to monitor financial transactions in real-time. While specifics were lacking. The

January 1, 2023 1 min read

India Pushing For Global Crypto Regulations With G20 Presidency

This past Thursday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India’s central bank, published its monthly Financial Stability Report (FSR) for the month of December. The 172-page report touches on topics including blockchain-based assets, CBDCs issued by governments, and decentralized finance (DeFi). The RBI report acknowledges the difficulty of attempting to

January 1, 2023 2 mins read

Rich Dad Poor Dad Author Robert Kiyosaki Plans Buying More Bitcoin

Robert Kiyosaki, the author of the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad, has highlighted the fundamental motivation for his investment in bitcoin. The famous author has speculated that limits imposed by the SEC would “crush” most other crypto tokens. Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter wrote the book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” in

January 1, 2023 1 min read

Australia Surpasses El Salvador in Number of Crypto ATMs

Shortly after being the fourth-largest crypto ATM hub in the world, El Salvador was overtaken by Australia. To the dismay of Bitcoin (BTC) pioneers in El Salvador, Australia has installed 216 cryptocurrency ATMs as we enter the year 2023, pushing the Central American nation further down the list. President Nayib

January 1, 2023 1 min read

Crypto Mining Firm Bitfarms CEO Steps Down Amid Bear Market Woes

Bitfarms’ CEO, Emiliano Grodzki, has resigned in the wake of the bear market, following a long line of leaders in the cryptocurrency industry who have left their posts this year. Geoffrey Morphy is promoted from president and COO to CEO at the mining firm. Here is what Morphy had to

December 31, 2022 2 mins read

Italy Passes 26% Crypto Tax Bill on Earnings Above €2000

Giorgia Meloni, the prime minister of Italy, has pushed through a bill that would tax the sale of digital assets. Italy’s planned budget for 2023 includes a 26% tax on cryptocurrency earnings above €2000. Cryptocurrency dealers in the nation will feel the effects of the ruling. And taxpayers who report

December 31, 2022 1 min read

BlackRock Offers $17M Loan To Insolvent Mining Firm Core Scientific

According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing made on Thursday. Investment giant BlackRock (BLK) has pledged $17 million to insolvent bitcoin miner Core Scientific (CORZ). As part of a fresh $75 million loan from the miner’s secured convertible note holders. According to data from FactSet, BlackRock is

December 31, 2022 1 min read

$1.5M Awarded to Compass Mining in Lawsuit Against Dynamics Mining

Compass Mining, a hardware manufacturer for Bitcoin mining, reported that it had won a roughly $1.5 million verdict in court this week against hosting provider Dynamics Mining. In June, Dynamics of Kentucky said that Compass had terminated its hosting relationship because it had failed to pay electricity and hosting obligations

December 31, 2022 1 min read

Twitter Account of Kevin O’Leary Hacked to Promote Crypto Scam

On Thursday morning, the official Shark Tank Twitter account of Kevin O’Leary, nicknamed Mr. Wonderful, began advertising cryptocurrency giveaways in the form of bitcoin and ethereum. The account claimed that O’Leary has chosen to donate 5,000 bitcoin and 15,000 ether. Since he has gained so much money from cryptocurrencies in

December 30, 2022 1 min read

MicroStrategy To Provide Bitcoin Lightning Network Solutions

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy, has said that by 2023, the company would release software and solutions that use the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Saylor announced the company’s development into Lightning Network-based software and solutions on December 28 during a Twitter Spaces event. These include “support” solutions for enterprise marketing

December 30, 2022 1 min read
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