Japan’s finance regulator calls for lower crypto taxes in 2025

Arkham data shows that a wallet belonging to failed hedge fund 3AC spent $59,000 on the Neon Village NFT from artist Seerlight.

Ripple faces a $125 million civil penalty after a federal judge rules in favor of the SEC, rejecting the agency’s $2 billion claim.

South Korea's central bank, the Bank of Korea (BOK), plans to organize a task force dedicated to central bank digital currency (CBDC) research in the new year.In its “Monetary Policy for 2020” brief, published on Dec. 27, BOK said it would continue to build on its existing research into distributed ledger technology, crypto assets, and…

Fed Chair Jerome Powell says there is no pressure to rush any central bank digital currency development plans. 466 Total views 6 Total shares The United States Federal Reserve is still evaluating the prospects of introducing a digital currency for the country but says it has not yet decided on the matter.Speaking at a news…

Travala is the first crypto-native travel platform to receive a Skyscanner integration, which allows it to access the platform’s 110 million monthly users.

The commissioner said the potential of blockchain and cryptocurrency to change existing markets necessitates a new retail investor protection office similar to that of the SEC. 159 Total views 5 Total shares Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner (CFTC) Caroline Pham has proposed the creation of an “Office of the Retail Advocate” aimed at expanding the CFTC's…

Tiger Global and B Capital are the primary investors in the latest round. They join Coinbase Ventures, Accel, FMR LLC and others in backing FalconX. 948 Total views 8 Total shares FalconX, a cryptocurrency exchange focused on institutional investors, has raised $50 million from Tiger Global and B Capital Group — highlighting once again that…

Crypto markets faced another day of struggle on July 15 as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to its "final support zone" near $31,000, which prompted traders to issue dire predictions about the future should bulls fail to hold this level. Despite the struggles facing the crypto market at large, relatively obscure altcoins like Aavegotchi (GHST),…

Pump-and-dump operations, which fraudulently manipulate prices by disseminating false information, have existed in economic contexts since at least the 1700s. For instance, con artists with shares in the South Sea Company started making false statements about the business and its revenues in the beginning of the eighteenth century. The plan was to inflate the stock price…