Has altseason finished? XRP ETF applications flood in, and more: Hodler’s Digest, Feb. 2 – 8

Brazil's Federal Reserve (RFB) has declared that Brazilian investors in the crypto-asset market must pay income tax on transactions that involve the like-kind exchange of cryptocurrencies; for example, Bitcoin (BTC) for Ethereum (ETH).The RFB's declaration was published in the Diário Oficial da União and was the result of a consultation made by a citizen of…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) price continued to hold above $8,000 on Monday, July 30, as the rest of market saw slight losses across the board. Market visualization from Coin360 Data from Cointelegraph’s price tracker and Coin360 reveals a modest comedown for Bitcoin through the day, falling almost 1 percent over a 24 hour period to trade at…

On Sept. 26, Australia’s National Science Agency (CSIRO), an independent Australian federal government agency responsible for scientific research, developed a blockchain network called Red Belly with the University of Sydney. They successfully conducted a pilot test on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) global cloud infrastructure, processing more than 40,000 transactions per second.At 40,000 tx/second, Red…

Cryptocurrency institutional investors overwhelmingly keep their wealth on exchanges despite the inherent security risks, new data claims. Compiled by cryptocurrency exchange Binance on Nov. 22, a survey asked 76 institutional investors who used its platform about their trading habits. Exchange storage “most popular choice”The survey was part of Binance’s Institutional Market Insights research, which is now in…

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance is establishing a United States-based division with a  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) approved partner, according to a press release shared with Cointelegrpah on June 13.Binance is reportedly forming a new trading platform targeting U.S.-based clients dubbed Binance US, with a company called BAM Trading Services. BAM will be the operator…

Lawyers for the commission cited several examples of Do Kwon touting UST to U.S. investors and Terraform’s former communications head making false claims about the stablecoin.

During the 2021 bull market, many large mining companies took on massive loans to buy equipment and the proper infrastructure required to mine cryptocurrency. Yet the collapse of crypto exchange FTX and Celsius left many of these companies filing for bankruptcy. The current bear market, coupled with high Bitcoin network hash rates and low profits, has

Burning the stolen NXRA tokens is a significant step to ensure the long-term stability and integrity of the Nexera protocol.

Crypto exchange JPEX has pointed the finger at its third-party market makers for “maliciously” freezing funds which led to the exchange being forced to hike withdrawal fees to battle a liquidity crisis. Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange JPEX has slammed regulators and “third-party market makers” for a liquidity crisis that has seen the platform hike withdrawal fees