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Italy approves 26% capital gains tax on cryptocurrencies

The Italian Senate approved the new tax rate for crypto trading as part of the budget legislation for 2023. On Dec. 29, 2022, days before the year’s end, Italy’s Senate approved its budget for 2023, which included an increase in taxation for crypto investors — a 26% tax on capital gains on crypto-asset trading over 2,000…
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National Bank of Ukraine is Looking at CBDCs for Retail Payments, Cross-Border Transactions, and Crypto Trading

Ukraine is continuing the work on its digital hryvnia, or e-hryvnia, despite the ongoing aggression by Russia. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) introduced a draft concept for its central bank digital currency (CBDC) on Monday this week. The statement said that the key purpose of e-hryvnia is to perform all the functions of money…
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Today in Crypto: FTX Resumes Employee Salaries, Huobi Partners with Tron & DMC on Dominica Coin, Ukrainian & Indian CBDCs

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House on a hill: Top countries to buy real estate with crypto

More countries are beginning to allow real estate purchases using crypto, here are some of the top destinations. The mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies has brought immense potential to the fintech industry, and some of the capabilities have spilled over into the real estate market. Subsequently, the real estate sector is evolving to accommodate a new…
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News Summary: Liquid Suspends Withdrawals, Coinbase Submits Amicus Brief to Support Ripple, Ark Invest Buys 315,259 Shares of GBTC

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Russian IT Firms Lobby for Crypto Payments in Software Exports

Companies developing software solutions for foreign customers are urging Russian authorities to allow them to accept crypto payments. The proposal is part of a package of measures aimed at supporting IT exports suggested by an industry organization to the executive power in Moscow. IT Businesses Call on Russian Government to Permit Cross-Border Crypto Settlements Russian…
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Crypto News Summary: FTX to Conduct Fundraiser Next Week, Justin Sun Working on ‘Solution’ for FTX Users, Tron DAO to Buy $1BN Worth of USDT

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Mastercard CEO: ‘Long Way to Go Before Crypto Becomes Mainstream’

The CEO of the payments giant Mastercard Michael Miebach argued that several elements need to come together before bitcoin (BTC) and crypto in general can go mainstream. In an interview with Yahoo Finance, the CEO was asked if the day will come when everybody will be paying in bitcoin, and Miebach agreed that that could…
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Why banking uses at least 56 times more energy than Bitcoin

“Bitcoin uses 0.05% of world energy consumption. Banking uses 56 times more energy than Bitcoin,” Michel Khazzaka, a cybersecurity engineer and cryptographer, told Cointelegraph. The next time Bitcoin (BTC) comes under fire for energy consumption, remember this statistic. The banking industry uses at least 56 times more energy. That’s according to cryptographer and founder of…
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Leading Global Payments Network MoneyGram to Offer Cryptocurrency Services

Global payments company MoneyGram has announced that US users can now use its platform to buy, sell, and hold some major cryptocurrencies.  In a November one press release, the payments giant said that it will offer crypto purchase services via its app to customers in nearly all U.S. states and the District of Columbia. … Read More:…
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