Coinbase has started hiring in India despite rumors of an impending ban on crypto in the country. Coinbase, a major cryptocurrency exchange that went public on Nasdaq earlier this month, continues to actively expand in India with a new hire. The cryptocurrency exchange has hired Pankaj Gupta, a former Google Pay engineering lead in India…
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“If the U.S. stopped all the U.S. miners, Kazakstan stopped all the miners there — that kind of shuts down 80% to 90% of the hash rate pretty quickly,” said Curtis Spencer. Electric Capital co-founder and partner Curtis Spencer implied that the Bitcoin network may owe its continued existence to the grace of world governments. …
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One of the contributors to the Bank of England’s preliminary CBDC research tells us why a digital pound is neccessary in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the launch of a CBDC task force this week, bringing together the Bank of England and Her Majesty’s Treasury to coordinate the exploration of…
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Senator Rob Portman said lawmakers were “still pulling in information” on crypto to formulate the bill, implying he announced it to the public prematurely. A Republican lawmaker from Ohio is preparing legislation that would reportedly be aimed at preventing U.S. citizens from evading taxes on their crypto earnings. In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box…
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The UAE government’s adoption of blockchain technology for its legal notary services builds on its ambitions to go completely digital. The government of the United Arab Emirates will employ blockchain technology for use in its judicial notarization and authentication services, it announced on April 19, according to the Emirates News Agency. The adoption of blockchain…
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South Korea’s top financial regulator established dedicated crypto investigation teams across the country last week. Several South Korean financial authorities are planning to join forces to combat illegal operations involving cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). The interagency crackdown comes in response to growing concerns over speculative investments and potentially illegal activities amid the ongoing boom in…
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Zia Ullah Bangash’s potential departure from an important role in facilitating Pakistan’s regulatory environment for crypto had many threatening to withhold votes and demanding answers. Many users on social media have started an online campaign for Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to bring back pro-crypto adviser Zia Ullah Bangash. On Saturday, Bangash, the science, technology,…
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The recent John Doe summons developments indicate that the IRS is seriously interested in crypto — better to report than to be audited. The United States Internal Revenue Service has been hunting crypto vigorously for more than five years now, and the pace is getting faster. A couple of decades ago, the IRS was after…
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Economies are currently experiencing the development of brand new ideas around CBDCs, stablecoins or private digital currencies. Ever since the publication of Satoshi Nakamoto’s white paper back in November 2008, “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” the term “blockchain” has been synonymous with digital currencies in the sense of the underlying technology that allows for…
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A new resolution would establish a task force to study crypto in Miami-Dade county’s public administration. A Miami-Dade County commissioner is backing a new resolution to allow residents to use cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) to pay local taxes. According to a Thursday document acquired by The Miami New Times, county commissioner Cohen Higgins has brought…
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