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Italy’s Proposed 2023 Budget Includes 26% Tax on Crypto Gains

Adding to the recent measures taken by Portugal, another European nation plans to increase crypto trading taxes. Italy’s proposed budget for 2023 includes a measure that would impose a whopping 26% tax on crypto-related capital gains. This tax bracket, however, kicks in whenever crypto revenues are above €2,000 (approx $2,062).

December 1, 2022 1 min read

Indonesia Central Bank All-Set to Launch Digital Rupiah

Indonesia’s Central Bank on Wednesday revealed a planned white paper for a digital rupiah currency that will utilize blockchain technology as the country experiences a spike in digital transactions since 2020. Its been a year since Bank Indonesia (BI) tried to expose the potential of introducing its own digital currency

December 1, 2022 1 min read

Elon Musk Tags Apple CEO Over Stopping Advertising on Twitter

An alleged message from Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, claims that Apple has pulled its ads from the platform. Elon Musk, in light of Apple suspending its advertising plans on Twitter, tagged Apple’s CEO Tim Cook in a tweet asking if the tech giant was opposed to free

November 29, 2022 1 min read

Bill Ackman: Crypto Regulation & Need for Self-Policing in the Industry

Billionaire Bill Ackman discussed his opinions on several issues relating to cryptocurrencies, such as crypto legislation in a series of tweets Saturday. He claimed that additional regulations for cryptocurrencies are not necessary. A large portion of the fraud that is occurring involves traditional pump-and-dump scams and custodians failing to protect

November 28, 2022 1 min read

El Salvador Announces Launch of National Bitcoin Office (ONBTC)

The government of El Salvador has upped the ante on its crypto endeavors by establishing a National Bitcoin Office (ONBTC) to monitor and direct all national Bitcoin-related activities. The new organization will be able to collaborate with counterparts in other nations on BTC-related topics. While the cryptocurrency market has been

November 28, 2022 1 min read

Belgian Regulators Classify Bitcoin and Ethereum as Non-Securities

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) are not considered securities, according to the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) in Belgium. Regulatory organizations all over the globe are attempting to define the emergent asset class. But thus yet, only a few of them have been successful. It’s worth noting that the

November 28, 2022 2 mins read

Bitcoin (BTC) Wallet Addresses Witnessing Downfall

The largest cryptocurrency by market cap, Bitcoin (BTC), is still highly rejected as long as there is still market volatility globally. Over the last weekend, Bitcoin’s price dropped to $15,000 rage, leading to bearish momentum in the global crypto market. Also, Bitcoin wallet addresses fell by over 80%. In the

November 28, 2022 2 mins read

Bitcoin (BTC) Mining Income Falls Terribly To Two-year Low

Due to weak market performance and a larger computational demand amid increased network difficulty, Bitcoin miners’ income has dropped to two-year lows. However, miners have been able to recover losses thanks to a continuing decline in the Bitcoin hash rate over the last month. Bitcoin mining profits (from both block

November 27, 2022 2 mins read

Crypto Asset Manager Bitwise Resubmits Bitcoin Futures ETF Proposal

Bitwise, a leading cryptocurrency asset management firm, has resubmitted its ETF proposal to include Bitcoin futures (ETF). The proposed fund would use a Cayman Islands-based wholly-owned subsidiary to invest only in Bitcoin futures contracts. Due to the high price tag and high complexity of the planned solution, Bitwise withdrew its

November 27, 2022 1 min read

MetaMask All Set to Collect Users’ IP Addresses On-Chain Transaction

The wallet’s developer ConsenSys published a revised privacy policy agreement On Nov 23, which prompted criticism on social media. That stated, ConsenSys’ well-known Infrura product has been intended to collect users’ additional data. According to the statement, MetaMask would start collecting users’ IP addresses and Ethereum wallet addresses while on-chain

November 25, 2022 1 min read