South Korean Lawmaker Says He Will Start Accepting Crypto Donations in the New Year
Lee Kwang-jae, a South Korean lawmaker, recently stated that he will be accepting cryptocurrency donations starting mid-January 2022. According to...
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Malaysia Seizes 1,720 Bitcoin Mining Machines in Electricity Theft Crackdown
Police in Malaysia have shut down a bitcoin mining operation and seized 1,720 bitcoin mining machines in a major electricity...
Canadian Regulator Insists Binance Is Unauthorized, Calls the Crypto Exchange’s Letter to Users ‘Unacceptable’
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) claims that Binance has rescinded its commitment to comply with previously agreed requirements. The crypto...
Twitch Co-Founder Justin Kan Launches Gaming-Centric NFT Marketplace Fractal
The co-founder of Twitch, Justin Kan launched a gaming-centric non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace called Fractal on December 30. Fractal’s focus...
Metaverse NYE Parties: Decentraland New Year’s Eve Bash to Recreate One Times Square, Paris Hilton to DJ in Roblox
There’s a New Year’s Eve fiesta in the metaverse called the Metafest 2022 Global Party hosted by the real estate...
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler Adds Crypto Adviser to Executive Staff
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has added a number of advisers to Chairman Gary Gensler’s executive staff. Among...
$2.2M Worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs Stolen — Victim Says Incident Was ‘Arguably the Worst Night’ of His Life
According to reports, roughly $2.2 million worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) non-fungible...
100 NFT Collections Surpass $20 Billion in Volume — Cryptopunks, Bored Apes Capture Top Volumes
Non-fungible token (NFT) assets were extremely popular this year and to date, there’s been more than $20 billion in volume...
Donated or Inherited Virtual Assets to Be Taxed by South Korea’s NTS
Starting in the year 2022, donated or inherited virtual assets will be assessed and taxed accordingly, South Korea’s National Tax...
Kazakhstan Mulls Nuclear Power to Deal With Electricity Shortages Blamed on Crypto Miners
The government in Kazakhstan is considering building a nuclear power plant to overcome an electricity deficit allegedly caused by the...
Bitcoin Treasuries List Claims 59 Companies and a Handful of Countries Hold 1.49 Million BTC
304 days or roughly nine months ago, 42 companies held bitcoin on their balance sheet with an aggregate total of...
Indian Regulator SEBI Wants Mutual Funds to Stay Away From Crypto Investments Until Legislation Is Finalized
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has reportedly asked mutual fund companies not to get involved or invest...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Praises Dogecoin, Criticizes Bitcoin, Guesses Identity of Satoshi Nakamoto
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk says dogecoin is “fundamentally better than anything else” he has seen while he criticizes...
Microstrategy Buys More Bitcoin, Now Holding 124,391 BTC
Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy has bought more bitcoin for its corporate treasury. The latest purchase for 1,914 coins has raised the company’s...
Tether’s Market Cap Nears $80B, USDT Represents 46% of the Stablecoin Economy
This week the stablecoin giant tether reached a market capitalization of roughly $78.2 billion according to data. Over the last...
