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After several delays, the South Korean government is going ahead with a plan to tax cryptocurrency holders. 5397 Total views 12 Total shares The South Korean government issued an amendment on Wednesday to introduce a tax on profits from cryptocurrency trading.Following a legislative notice lasting until Jan. 21, the amendment is likely to be enacted…

Ugandan police have seized Samson Lwanga, one of the directors of the alleged cryptocurrency pyramid scheme Dunamiscoins Resources Limited.As domestic news publication Daily Monitor reported on Dec. 9, the police arrested Samson Lwanga, one of the four directors of Dunamiscoins. The company in question is allegedly a cryptocurrency scam, which involved over 10,000 people and…

Users receive rewards for contributing data on the Human Protocol, which can be used an initial-point of learning for algorithms. 120 Total views 4 Total shares On Thursday, decentralized infrastructure project Human Protocol said it was launching a new blockchain coordination layer to handle routing functionality among third-party vendors to power data contribution on the…

Bitcoin (BTC) stayed glued to $27,500 at the Oct. 4 Wall Street open as attention continued to focus on rampant United States yields.BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingViewAnalysis: $27,000 now "key" for BTC priceData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed a calm day for BTC price action while U.S. dollar volatility ruled.After its own spate

The International Olympics Committee wants to connect with the Winter Games via blockchain, by trading NFT pins and playing a P2E mobile game. 120 Total views 12 Total shares Olympic Games Jam: Beijing 2022 is the Winter Olympic's official play-to-earn multiplayer mobile game, created in collaboration between Animoca Brands-owned nWayPlay game studio and the International…

Despite the massive downturn in the NFT market, CryptoPunk 4464’s $2.6 million price tag signals that top NFT projects are still managing to attract some serious attention. 209 Total views 6 Total shares Despite a major decline in trading volume across the broader non-fungible token (NFT) market, a single CryptoPunk has sold for a whopping…

Web3 domains differ from standard domain name system (DNS) addresses such as Cointelegraph.com or thenewslack.io. A DNS is similar to a telephone directory, only it indexes public websites and their accompanying internet protocol (IP) addresses to enable the directory. Thenewslack.crypto is the result of a 42-character hex string. However, in the case of Web3 blockchain…

William Burgamy and Hyrum Wilson pleaded guilty to conspiring to firebomb a pharmacy in Nebraska. 1294 Total views 18 Total shares A dark web drug lord and a Nebraskan pharmacist pled guilty to federal charges on July 13 after both were accused of conspiring to bomb a competing business.According to the indictment by the U.S.…

CipherBlade is conducting an investigation into the hack and has identified a Binance account associated with the attacker. 977 Total views 72 Total shares Hackers have stolen funds out of more than 5,000 user accounts with crowdfunding platform DAO Maker, a site aimed at raising money for crypto projects.According to a report from DAO Maker…