South Korea’s crypto tax plans appear to have hit a snag as the country’s National Assembly has passed a bill pushing the implementation of the tax bill into 2023. South Korea’s crypto tax bill get 2023 date In one of CryptoSlate’s previous reports, it was stated that the country had proposed to impose a 20% …
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Leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is all set to acquire a cryptographic security company called Unbound security, an Israel-based firm that offers a protected multi-party computational technology. The exchange is also looking forward to establishing its independent research facility in the region. Coinbase’ new acquisition offers secure crypto transactions As per the official blog post, Coinbase …
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The Nervos Network is an open Blockchain platform for innovators to build applications that are decentralized, autonomous and universally accessible. They want to create an all-encompassing architecture that allows dApp developers to build once and reach all of these users, everywhere using layer 1 + Layer 2 solutions. Ben Morris is the Director of Business …
Investments in alternative assets such as cryptocurrencies account for over half of the portfolio of non-qualified Russian investors, a recently held survey has indicated. Almost half of them consider digital currencies like bitcoin as a potential hedge. Cryptocurrencies Outperform Traditional Currencies and Stocks in Russia Alternative investments like crypto, real estate, and antiques constitute more …
On November 30, the crypto firm Blockchain.com announced it acquired the Argentina-based investment platform Sesocio. According to the firm, the acquisition will give the company’s global workforce an aggregate headcount of 400 Blockchain.com employees worldwide. Blockchain.com’s Global Headcount Grows to 400 After Acquiring the Crypto Investment Platform Sesocio At the end of March, Blockchain.com raised …
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Earlier in the year when China renewed its hostilities towards the crypto industry, one metric that saw a negative effect of the crackdown was the Bitcoin mining hashrate that plummeted by more than 50% during this period largely because crypto miners were being pushed out of the Asian country. Bitcoin mining hashrate recovers from China …
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2021 has been a crazy year around the NFT ecosystem, especially in the art world. One of the main catalysts was the auction of the NFT “Everydays: the First 5000 Days” by Beeple, sold for $69 million by Christie’s last March. On the other hand, in July, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami), …
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CertiK today announced the completion of an $80 million Series B2 financing round. This investment is led by Sequoia, with participation from existing investors including Tiger Global, Coatue Management, and GL Ventures (Hillhouse Capital’s VC arm). This not only sets the bar for the largest single round of fundraising in the blockchain security space but …
Cardano just hit a major milestone by processing its twenty millionth transaction. What’s more impressive is that this was accomplished without a single outage in its four-year history. Despite this achievement, recent weeks have seen confidence in Cardano sink as the price of ADA struggles to gain a foothold. Since Alonzo smart contracts were rolled …
sponsored Everscale (ex FreeTON) network developers Broxus have announced the opening of their Everscale Grants program. The grants program will provide crucial financial and professional support to promising IT startups that qualify. November has been a busy month for the Everscale network. Early on the project, which previously was called FreeTON, announced it would be …
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The founder and manager of several cryptocurrency funds has pleaded guilty to luring investors to his crypto investment scam. His funds consistently lost money and his scam left investors with a $5 million loss, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Investors Scammed Into Investing in Coin Signals’ Funds The U.S. Department of Justice …
Bank of America’s strategist says that the metaverse is a massive opportunity where cryptocurrencies will be widely used as currencies. “I definitely believe this is a massive, massive opportunity,” he said. Bank of America’s Metaverse Prediction Bank of America’s strategist, Haim Israel, told the Insider Tuesday that the metaverse is a massive opportunity for blockchain …
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The world’s largest digital currency asset manager, Grayscale Investments, recently announced the launch of its sixteenth investment product that will be tracking the performance of Solana. Often referred to as one of the “Ethereum killer” networks, the Proof of History (PoH) blockchain built by Solana Labs gained traction by leveraging fast transactions at low cost …
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On Monday, Grayscale Investments attorneys issued a letter to the secretary of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), claiming that the agency is violating the Administrative Protections Act (APA) by discriminating against Bitcoin spot ETFs. In the letter, the crypto asset manager argued that the agency’s approval of Bitcoin futures-based ETFs, but not Bitcoin …
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In this week’s interview with Alex Fazel of crypto edutainment channel Cryptonites, Tarun Chitra discusses the difference between Proof of Stake (PoS) vs Proof of Work (PoW), layer-one protocols, and the risks involved with blockchain tools. Chitra is CEO at Gauntlet Network, the financial modeling and simulation platform for blockchains, which he co-founded with Rei …
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