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The European Union is planning to dote its planned anti-money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog with powers related to oversight over cryptoasset businesses, according to “people familiar with the matter.” The designed authority is to be launched in 2024 and become fully operational two years later…. Read More: Germany-Led Group Wants a New EU…
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The popular Belvedere Museum in Vienna, Austria, in collaboration with the artèQ auction house, has turned Austrian painter Gustav Klimt’s famous masterpiece ‘The Kiss’ into 10,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The collection dropped on Valentine’s Day and “each one is a unique part of the high-resolution image of The Kiss,” according to the official website….…
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The museum with world’s largest collection of Gustav Klimt paintings celebrates Valentine’s Day with its own “digital declaration of love.” The Belvedere museum in Vienna collaborated with the artèQ investment fund to launch a nonfungible token (NFT) drop inspired by one of Austrian painter Gustav Klimt’s most famous works “The Kiss.” Released on Valentine’s Day, a digital copy of…
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As a growing number of governments are looking to tap into crypto profits, authorities in Austria have indicated their intention to tax gains from digital asset investments just like those from stocks and bonds. The move is expected to increase trust and access to cryptocurrencies. Austria to Apply Capital Gains Tax to Bitcoin, Make Crypto…
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The funding round was led by Valar Ventures and partners from DST Global. Austria-based cryptocurrency firm Bitpanda has closed a $170 million funding round to further the firm’s international growth. The latest Series B funding round was led by Valar Ventures, a venture capital firm backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, Bitpanda announced on Tuesday,…
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Crypto scams appear to be dominating investment fraud cases in Austria. Austrian regulators are calling for stricter crypto laws amid a spate of elaborate investment scams involving cryptocurrency and digital assets. According to a Bloomberg report of Friday, Austria’s Financial Market Authority has revealed that more than 60% of all reported financial fraud in the…
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The Iota Foundation is teaming up with one of Austria’s most prestigious universities to foster research in distributed ledger technologies. The Iota Foundation, the non-profit organization behind Iota, Iota Tangle and Miota, announced they will be joining Austria’s newest Christian Doppler Laboratory, or CDL, as an industrial partner. The first of its kind, the laboratory is…
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A-Trust’s QualiSig project has received 60,000 euros of Austrian government funding to provide secure crisis communications between authorities and citizens. The Austrian government has backed a new blockchain-based research project, aiming to provide secure communication channels between authorities, institutions and citizens in times of crisis. As announced June 18, the QualiSig project, launched by Austrian…
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An ongoing ransomware attack targets the public services infrastructure of Weiz. Malware team, NetWalker, launched a ransomware attack against the Austrian village of Weiz. This attack affected the public service system and leaked some of the stolen data from building applications and inspections. According to the cybersecurity firm, Panda Security, hackers managed to penetrate the…
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