Tue, September 1

GLEEC Bags Crypto Licenses in Estonia, Its Ninth Regulatory Approval

GLEEC, a cryptocurrency ecosystem that prioritizes trade, the metaverse, and the Gleec Racing game, has been operational for a year and has already secured nine regulatory licenses in eight different countries spanning the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe. The ecosystem will be able to establish the blockchain, cryptocurrency, and

October 11, 2022 2 mins read

Russia Tags Meta (Facebook) as Terrorist and Extremist Group

The article also made accusations of “Russophobia” on behalf of the Meta.  Meta appealed the decision in a Moscow court. Their appeal, however, was denied. Russia’s conflict with the West has reached a new level of intensity. Federal Financial Monitoring Service Rosfinmonitoring has classified the social networking business Meta as

October 11, 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

Brazil Police Uncover $766M Crypto Ponzi Scheme Fraud

Brazilian law enforcement officers searched the home of da Silva and his accomplices. Celebrities like model Sasha Meneghel lost almost $230,000. The activities of a criminal organization headed by businessman Francisco Valdevino da Silva, aka “Bitcoin Sheikh,” were apparently put to a stop by the Brazilian Federal Police. To the

October 10, 2022 2 mins read