Indian Authorities Raid Cryptocurrency Exchanges for Tax Evasion
India’s Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) reportedly raided major cryptocurrency exchanges Saturday. Their offices were searched and “massive goods...
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Ex-Head of Crypto Exchange Wex Released in Poland
Former chief executive of the Russian cryptocurrency exchange Wex, Dmitry Vasiliev, has been released from arrest in Warsaw earlier this...
Gold Bug Peter Schiff Claims Bitcoin’s Yearly Gain of 60% Was Achieved in First 5 Weeks of the Year
Gold bug Peter Schiff has claimed that though bitcoin went up by 60% during the past twelve months, most of...
Mexico Announces It Will Issue Its Own Digital Coin by 2024
The government of Mexico announced that the country’s central bank will issue its own digital currency. The statement of the...
Gibraltar Stock Exchange Receives Purchase Proposal by Blockchain Firm
The stock exchange of Gibraltar, a British territory, has received a purchase offer by a blockchain firm called Valereum. The...
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...
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The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) claims that Binance has rescinded its commitment to comply with previously agreed requirements.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...
