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Bank of Russia Suggests Tax Cuts for Long-Term Digital Asset Holders
9.11.2022
The Central Bank of Russia is proposing to introduce tax incentives for long-term holders of digital financial assets. The idea has been circulated with a consultation paper published for public discussions on the development of the digital asset market in the Russian Federation. Bank of Russia...
New Report: Russian Central Bank Looks to Integrate ‘Digital Assets’ Into its Financial System
8.11.2022
The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has released a report that focuses on digital assets and how the new technology could be integrated into its traditional financial system.
On Monday, Russia’s central bank shared a 32-pages-long public consultation report titled 'Digital Assets in Russian...
Bitcoin․com Doubles Down on Self-Custody With Launch of Verse DEX
8.11.2022
Bitcoin.com, a digital ecosystem and secure self-custody platform where users can safely and easily interact with cryptocurrencies and digital assets, has launched support for Ethereum in its decentralized exchange, Verse DEX, with ~$2 million in liquidity initially distributed across six trading...
IRS Building ‘Hundreds’ of Crypto Cases — Official Says $7 Billion in Crypto Seized in 2022
8.11.2022
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is building “hundreds” of crypto cases to crack down on tax evasion, an official reportedly said. In the fiscal year 2022, the IRS Criminal Investigation Division seized about $7 billion in cryptocurrency, which was double the previous year’s...
Bitcoin․com Wallet Integrates Polygon (MATIC) Unlocking Secure Low-Cost Access to Thousands of Decentralized Applications
8.11.2022
Bitcoin.com continues to improve access to high-throughput, low-fee decentralized networks for millions of people by integrating the Polygon network. Bitcoin.com, a digital ecosystem and secure self-custody platform where users can safely and easily interact with cryptocurrencies and digital...
How Digital Assets Get Into Investable Indices
7.11.2022
To help investors understand and navigate the complexity of digital assets, CoinDesk Indices launched the Digital Asset Classification Standard (DACS)
Goldman Sachs Launches Data Service to Help Investors Analyze Crypto Markets
6.11.2022
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has launched a new data service in collaboration with MSCI and Coin Metrics to help investors analyze crypto markets. The new system is “designed to provide a consistent, standardized way to help market participants view and analyze the digital assets...
7 Startups Join Mastercard Program to Make Cryptocurrency More Accessible
5.11.2022
Payments giant Mastercard has added seven startups to its Start Path program to make cryptocurrencies more accessible. “We’re welcoming a new cohort of startups to ease access to digital assets, build communities for creators and empower people to innovate for the future through Web3...
Fidelity Investments Launching Commission-Free Retail Crypto Trading for Bitcoin and Ether
5.11.2022
Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s largest brokerage firms with $9.9 trillion in assets under administration, is launching Fidelity Crypto, a service that allows retail investors to trade bitcoin and ether commission-free. “A meaningful portion of Fidelity customers are already...
Bakkt Acquires Turnkey Platform Apex Crypto to Bolster Digital Asset Footprint
4.11.2022
Digital asset manager Bakkt Holdings, Inc., announced on Thursday that the company has acquired the firm Apex Crypto from Apex Fintech Solutions. Bakkt detailed that the acquisition of the turnkey crypto platform aims to “bolster Bakkt’s cryptocurrency product offering and expand...
Crypto Exchanges Must Comply With Russia Sanctions, Singapore Central Bank Says
3.11.2022
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has reiterated that cryptocurrency exchanges need to conform to restrictions on Russian users imposed over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The reminder comes after researchers established that pro-Russia activists have raised millions of dollars in digital...
CoinDesk Market Index Adds Convex, Serum, 12 Other Digital Assets
2.11.2022
The digital-asset index deleted Polymath and Tribe as constituents, in a series of changes that take effect Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. ET
TradFi Firm Marex Makes Crypto Hires to Lead Digital Assets Push
2.11.2022
London-based financial services platform Marex has made two crypto hires to lead its efforts offering digital assets to institutional investors
Bitcoin․com Expands Access to DeFi With Public Sale of Ecosystem Utility Token VERSE
1.11.2022
Whitelisted Individuals for the Sale Will Be Able to Purchase VERSE Tokens Using BTC, BCH, ETH and USDT/USDC. November 1, 2022 – Bitcoin.com, a digital ecosystem and secure self-custody platform where users can safely and easily interact with cryptocurrencies and digital assets,...
Fidelity: 74% of Institutional Investors Surveyed Plan to Invest in Digital Assets
30.10.2022
A new study by Fidelity Digital Assets, a subsidiary of financial giant Fidelity Investments, shows that 58% of institutional investors surveyed invested in digital assets in the first half of this year and 74% plan to invest in the future. Fidelity’s Institutional Investor Digital Assets...
Hong Kong to Start Allowing Retail Crypto Trading in March Next Year: Report
30.10.2022
Hong Kong is relaxing its crypto regulation to allow retail investors to trade digital assets directly. A licensing regime for crypto platforms that allows retail crypto trading is reportedly set to be enforced in March next year. Hong Kong Nears Allowing Retail Crypto Trading Hong Kong...
‘Crypto CAT Bonds’ – A Killer App for Digital Assets?
28.10.2022
In this issue of Money Reimagined, Michael Casey delves into the potential that innovative crypto insurance providers have to, on the one hand, address real-world risk management challenges and, on the other, foster practices that bring some stability, security and adoption to decentralized finance
Majority of Voters Want More Crypto Regulation — See Digital Assets as Long-Term Part of Economy, Survey Shows
28.10.2022
A new survey shows that a majority of likely voters want more crypto regulation. “Our national survey shows voters believe in the promise of digital assets and see it as a long-term part of the economy and their financial future,” said the Crypto Council for Innovation. Voters Want More...
Singapore Police Received 631 Cryptocurrency Scam Reports in 2021, Government Says
28.10.2022
The government of Singapore has revealed the number of crypto scams reported to the police in the past three years. “The vast majority of cryptocurrency scams are perpetrated by scammers based outside Singapore. As such, there is a limit to how much law enforcement agencies in Singapore...
Study Finds Nearly 60% of Hong Kong and Singapore’s Super Rich Have Invested in Digital Assets
28.10.2022
According to a study jointly published by KPMG China and Aspen Digital, about 58% of Singapore and Hong Kong’s family offices and high-net-worth individuals have invested in digital assets. Reports suggest the info shows the crypto market downturn has not diminished the super-rich’s...