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Japan Pushes Cashless Agenda by Rewarding Non-Cash Payments After Tax Hike
15.11.2019
Japan’s recent October sales tax increase took the rate from 8% to 10%, the previous such hike occurring in April of 2014, when the rate was raised from 5%. The increase is accompanied this time around by new government policy which rewards cashless payments by allowing merchants to provide...
Investor Lawsuit Argues Ripple Still Has to Answer Over Ongoing XRP Sales
5.11.2019
Ripple's argument that an XRP holder waited too long to file suit has no precedent, a new legal filing claims
Belarusian Bank Gets the Go-Ahead to Service Crypto Investors
23.10.2019
A bank in Belarus has effectively gotten the green light to process transfers related to digital assets. DFS, an affiliated company of Belveb Banking Holding’s member VEB Technologies, was recently registered as a resident of the High Technologies Park. The country’s special economic...
Ripple’s XRP Sales Down 73% in Q3 Compared to Previous Quarter
19.10.2019
Ripple’s XRP sales are down 73.66% in Q3 2019
Luxury Car Manufacturer Begins Accepting Bitcoin for Vehicle Sales
16.10.2019
Luxury electric car manufacturer Karma Automotive has begun accepting Bitcoin as a means of payment
2019’s Token Sales Have Produced a Handful of Winners
8.10.2019
2019 has proven a challenging year in which to launch a crypto startup, with the most successful tokens recording only modest returns. Investors chasing the sort of double-digit returns that were one commonplace have been mostly frustrated by a markedly more conservative market in which picking...
Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Lines Up Buyers for ‘Initial Digital Offering’
30.9.2019
Swiss stock exchange SIX's SDX blockchain platform has organized a consortium of institutions to back its "initial digital offering" set for mid-2020
MicroBT Expects $400 Million Q3 Revenue From Bitcoin Miner Sales Despite Chip Holdup
23.9.2019
The maker of WhatsMiner bitcoin miners says it expects to have delivered 200,000 devices by the end of the quarter
The Changing Shape of Crypto Funding in 2019
19.9.2019
2019 was meant to be the year of the IEO. Or was it the STO? Whatever the case, it’s had its share of both, with mixed results. While the number of successfully completed token sales and the number of IEO launchpads has increased significantly, secondary market demand has been underwhelming....
France Won’t Tax Crypto-Only Trades, Will Tax Crypto-to-Fiat Sales
12.9.2019
French economy minister Bruno Le Maire says that local authorities won’t tax crypto-only trades, but will tax when cryptos are sold for fiat
Blockstack’s Regulated Token Offerings Raise $23 Million
11.9.2019
Blockstack has raised a total of $23 million through two SEC-regulated token offerings, the company announced Tuesday
Stablecoins and Exchange Coins – What’s the Difference From the Ol’ Corporate Bond?
9.9.2019
A new weekly record was set last week in global corporate bond sales, with investors grabbing hold of around $140 billion in new bonds according to data from Dealogic. This occurs against a backdrop of negative yielding debt, and the meteoric rise in popularity of stablecoins and exchange-native...
Citigroup and Credit Suisse Focus on State Asset Sales in Africa
9.9.2019
Over the course of the past decade or so, African countries have grown their economies at a remarkable rate, and consequently, the biggest banks in the world have set up shop in a range of the countries. One of the most common ways in which governments in developing economies raise money is...
Recent Report states that South Korea Achieved only 22.2 Percent Sales in Blockchain Business
5.9.2019
A recent report by the Software Policy and Research Institute, which is associated with the South Korean government-supported National IT Industry Promotion Agency, found that only 22.2 percent of blockchain organizations have recorded sales. The report findings, entitled the 2018 Software Industry...
Fewer Than a Quarter of Blockchain Businesses in Korea Generate Sales
4.9.2019
Despite the apparent boom in blockchain, and the extensive support for the technology, few companies are making blockchain sales
Indian Government’s New Report Views Crypto Positively
4.9.2019
A new Indian government report has put cryptocurrency in a positive light, viewing the mechanisms surrounding it, including initial coin offerings, as “revolutionizing the global fintech landscape.” The report also discusses the regulation of coins and tokens. Also read: Indian...
Why Portugal’s Tax-Free Crypto Trading Matters for Bitcoin
3.9.2019
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts and businesses in the industry have had to put up with regulatory uncertainty for quite some time. The strong desire to tap into their incomes and profits goes hand in hand with failure on behalf of authorities and regulators to fully understand the nature...
Liquid Exchange Reveals Escrow Account for Sale of Telegram Tokens
2.9.2019
Crypto exchange Liquid has disclosed a wallet address where the proceeds from its July sale of Telegram's GRAM tokens are being held in escrow
What’s Being Built – and What’s Not – on 2019’s Smart Contract Blockchains
30.8.2019
Has anyone checked in with EOS lately, to see how it’s doing? How about Tezos – any signs of life there? In mid 2017, two of the largest token sales in history birthed two smart contracting platforms that promised to topple Ethereum and usher in an era of fast and low-cost value...
BitGo Hires Sales Chief From Crypto Custody Rival Xapo
19.8.2019
Pete Najarian previously worked for bitcoin service provider Xapo as senior vice president of institutions