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MicroStrategy Spends Another USD 177M on Bitcoin

August 24, 2021

The first publicly-traded company to put bitcoin (BTC) on its balance sheet as a primary treasury reserve asset, US-based software intelligence firm MicroStrategy, announced yet another purchase of bitcoin. ...

Chat App Giant Line to Hand out its Link Crypto to E-pay Customers

August 21, 2021

The Japan-based chat app operator Line will offer customers handouts of its cryptoasset as a bonus when they make fiat payments using its e-pay platform. The new promotional drive comes six months after a Li...

Putin Tells Russian Gov’t to Create a Crypto Holdings Reporting System

August 19, 2021

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his government and the Central Bank to prepare a system that will force individuals to declare their crypto holdings. Per INC-News, Putin has told the bank ch...

Crypto.com to Reach 775 Million Soccer Fans Through New Partnership

August 19, 2021

Popular cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com is set to reach over 775 million soccer fans through a new partnership deal signed with Lega Serie A, a professional soccer league competition at the top of Italy’s ...

90% of Questions by Fidelity’s ‘Biggest Clients’ Have Been About Bitcoin

August 18, 2021

The thing that the “biggest clients” of US-based mutual fund giant Fidelity have been the most interested about has been bitcoin (BTC), and though interest in ether (ETH) has been rising, it's not even close ...

Japanese Crypto Sector Launches Consolidated Tax Reform Bid

August 12, 2021

Two of Japan’s biggest crypto business groups have launched a joint bid to persuade the government to revise its crypto tax laws. Japanese law currently stipulates that crypto traders must pay levies of up to...

Beijing Court to Create Property Right Framework for ‘Digital Currencies’

August 11, 2021

The Beijing Financial Court has outlined its intention to protect the property rights of “digital currency” holders – but only if such “currencies” are “legally” recognized by the Chinese state. Speaking at ...

SEC’s Pierce Returns to the Warpath to Criticize Poloniex Settlement

August 10, 2021

One of the commissioners of the America financial regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has launched another blistering attack on her own organization after the Poloniex crypto exchange agr...

Ukraine Might Allow Indirect Crypto Pay, Will Regulate Exchanges

August 9, 2021

Ukraine could be set to allow its citizens to “protect their wealth” in cryptoassets, a minister has claimed – but will move to block direct crypto-powered payments and will regulate exchange in line with “in...

Twitter’s Bluesky Finds New Lead, Square Building the Bitcoin Wallet Team

August 6, 2021

Twitter-backed decentralized social media project Bluesky announced that a new and Twitter-independent entity is in the works, while Square is expanding their hardware wallet team. "It’s been a long time com...