259 / 263 Relevant items tagged with #cryptocurrency
Posts: 7,877
Posts
Bank of Russia Moves to Safeguard Crypto Companies Against Sanctions
[Dec 15, 2022 8:30 PM] The Central Bank of Russia has introduced measures to protect entities working with digital assets from sanctions pressures. These businesses will be exempted from some reporting requirements as part of a regulatory relief intended to minimize the…
Time for Serious Global Crypto Regulation, Germany Says
[Dec 15, 2022 6:30 AM] Germany’s financial watchdog has issued a call for global regulation of the crypto industry in the aftermath of the FTX collapse. The hands-off approach was wrong, the head of the agency says, insisting it’s time to protect consumers as the sector…
Russian Social Media Giant Vkontakte Launches NFT Service
[Dec 15, 2022 1:30 AM] Russia’s largest social network, Vkontakte, has launched a feature allowing users to upload digital collectibles to the platform. Account holders will also be able to buy and sell them in the future as the company intends to establish a marketplace…
Amid Withdrawals, Binance CEO Warns of Bumpy Months Ahead
[Dec 14, 2022 5:00 PM] Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has reportedly told staff to expect some difficult months as the leading cryptocurrency exchange is seeing customer withdrawals. The warning comes while the crypto industry is facing challenges after high-profile…
Russia Cracking Down on Crypto Miners Minting in Residential Areas
[Dec 14, 2022 6:30 AM] Russian authorities are now prosecuting miners extracting cryptocurrency using subsidized electricity for the population, according to a top official from the energy ministry. Power utilities are detecting their increased consumption and trying to…
Listen up! Cointelegraph launches crypto podcasts, starting with 4 shows
[Dec 14, 2022 6:01 AM] Want more crypto content? Cointelegraph’s new podcast section features four separate shows exploring a variety of impactful topics.
Toncoin (TON) Leads Market Gains With Over 27% In A Week
[Dec 13, 2022 7:00 PM] Toincoin is trading at $2.30, gaining 10.61% in 24 hours. The price change in this period is 0.3172. The 24-hour low is $2.05, while the 24-hour high is $2.37. Despite the recent events in the crypto space, TON has enjoyed a positive price surge…
Cardano Sees A Spike In On-Chain Activity, Should You Buy ADA Now?
[Dec 12, 2022 5:00 PM] Charles Hoskinson, Cardano (ADA) founder, has explained how the cryptocurrency’s future privacy protocol (Midnight) would work within their ecosystem. In a recent YouTube interview, he claimed that the planned integration would help…
Crypto Exchange Bybit to Add New Restrictions for Unverified Users, Update Withdrawal Limits
[Dec 12, 2022 5:30 AM] Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has announced upcoming changes to its know-your-customer (KYC) policy that will limit certain operations for unverified customers. The stricter requirements concern coin purchases with fiat money, NFT transactions, and…
Research Shows Centralized Exchanges Saw the Most Visits This Year From Americans, Koreans, Russians
[Dec 11, 2022 10:30 PM] Residents of the United States, South Korea and the Russian Federation have been the most frequent users of centralized exchanges this year, according to a new study. The finding comes after the spectacular crash of FTX, one of the largest such…
Another Member of Russian Crypto Pyramid Finiko Arrested in UAE
[Dec 11, 2022 4:30 AM] Law enforcement authorities in the United Arab Emirates have detained a top Finiko representative, sought for his role in the crypto Ponzi scheme which defrauded thousands of investors around the world. This is the second arrest in the Gulf state…
Full Ban on Crypto in Russia Would Be Counterproductive, Rosfinmonitoring Says
[Dec 11, 2022 12:30 AM] Russian citizens and businesses already own cryptocurrencies, which is why a complete crypto ban would be counterproductive, according to a top executive of Rosfinmonitoring, Russia’s financial intelligence agency. At the same time, the regulator…
Bank of Russia Backs Crypto Mining Bill But Insists Minted Coins Should Be Exported
[Dec 10, 2022 5:30 AM] The monetary authority in Moscow has expressed support for the latest legislative attempt to legalize cryptocurrency mining. However, the regulator wants the extracted digital currency to be sold outside the country or only under special legal…
European Union to Put a 10,000-Euro Limit on Cash Payments; Transactions Over €1,000 in Crypto Will Be Scrutinized
[Dec 10, 2022 1:30 AM] The states of the European Union have convened to establish a new limit on cash purchases and to strengthen the controls on cryptocurrency transactions. On Nov. 6 the bloc agreed to put a limit of €10,000 ($10,557) on cash payments and to exert…
Yearn Finance: What The Final Quarter Of 2022 Has In Store For YFI Price
[Dec 9, 2022 7:40 AM] Yearn Finance (YFI) has performed relatively well over the last 30 days, painting its charts in green despite the lingering uncertainty in the crypto market. According to information from Coingecko, at press time, the ERC20 governance token built…
Brussels Wants All Crypto Service Providers to Report Transactions of Europeans
[Dec 9, 2022 6:30 AM] The European Commission has set out to oblige platforms processing crypto transactions for EU residents to share information with tax authorities in the Union. According to the proposal, all crypto service providers, regardless of where they are…
How Litecoin (LTC) Outperforms Other Top Cryptocurrencies In This Department
[Dec 9, 2022 3:30 AM] Litecoin (LTC) seemingly hit a speed bump that caused its bullish run to slow down a bit after it rallied all the way up to the $83 zone on December 5. The following day, the cryptocurrency closed the trading session with a trading price below the…
Paraguayan Cryptocurrency Law Shelved After Presidential Veto
[Dec 9, 2022 1:30 AM] The cryptocurrency and mining law that the Paraguayan Congress passed in June was finally shelved on Dec. 5. The document, which sought to bring order to crypto mining and exchange activities in Paraguay, was ultimately dropped after failing to…
Binance CEO, Coinbase exec feature in Masterclass crypto crash-course
[Dec 8, 2022 8:00 AM] Industry experts and one skeptical economist tackle the world of crypto, blockchain and Web3 in a new series from online learning platform Masterclass.
Crypto Miners in Kazakhstan to Buy Only Surplus Power, Under Digital Assets Bill
[Dec 8, 2022 1:00 AM] Companies extracting cryptocurrencies in Kazakhstan will be allowed to purchase only excess electricity on a government-controlled market. The decision comes with new legislation approved by lawmakers which regulates the activities of the industry…
Russia Expects Sizable Increase in Crypto Miners’ Share of Power Usage
[Dec 7, 2022 11:00 PM] The crypto mining industry may see a two-fold increase in its share of Russia’s power consumption in 2022, according to a high-ranking official from the Ministry of Energy. The department supports a bill designed to regulate the sector which is…
Data From October Shows Gold Reserves Held by Central Banks Tapped the Highest Level in 47 Years
[Dec 7, 2022 11:00 AM] Following the World Gold Council’s (WGC) third-quarter report that shows central banks purchased a record amount of gold, data released by the WGC shows that central banks are buying more gold during 2022’s fourth quarter. Statistics show that the…
Hedera (HBAR) Continues To Consolidate Near Its Lowest Level This 2022
[Dec 7, 2022 1:00 AM] Hedera (HBAR), the native and energy-efficient cryptocurrency of an open source public distributed ledger bearing the same name, started the year on a high note, peaking at $0.3282 on January 5. But the crypto asset failed to keep up its momentum…
LINK Price Keeps Steady With 7% Surge In Last 7 Days, But Things Might Change
[Dec 6, 2022 11:19 PM] LINK, within the last 30 days, has already visited the $5 region twice, changing hands at $5.96 at one point in November 10 and going to as low as $5.69 on November 21. Since then, the Chainlink network crypto asset has managed to recapture the $6…
Court in China Recognizes NFTs as Virtual Property Protected by Law
[Dec 6, 2022 4:30 PM] A court in the Chinese city of Hangzhou has determined that non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, represent virtual property protected by the laws in the People’s Republic. The ruling comes from a case over a dispute between a customer and a platform hired…
Cryptocurrency has become a playground for fraudsters
[Dec 6, 2022 3:43 PM] Currency speculation was once the preserve of banking institutions, governments, and investment funds. But with cryptocurrency, it's being sold to the public as casino entertainment.
Report: South African Digital-Only Bank Launches Crypto Payments Gateway
AVAX Rumbles 15% In Last 7 Days – But A Trend Reversal Might Occur Anytime
[Dec 6, 2022 4:00 AM] Avalanche, earlier today, was boasting a seven-day increase of 15% in AVAX price, being among those few crypto assets that tallied double-digit gains in that particular department. The cryptocurrency, however, seemed to have entered a price…
Axie Infinity Price On A Tear With 22% Spike In Last 24 Hours – How Long Can This Last?
[Dec 6, 2022 2:00 AM] Axie Infinity (AXS), a cryptocurrency with an overall valuation of $964.02 million, is in the midst of a bullish run that enabled it to tally an impressive 22% jump in the last 24 hours. At the time of writing, according to tracking from Coingecko…