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Why is Crypto Business Rushing to Turkey?

“More and more investors are showing interest in crypto sector each year in Turkey.” The government of Turkey has included a central bank-issued digital currency in its 2019–2023 economic roadmap.Turkey is the world's 20th biggest economy. It may be most well-known...

, by Simon Chandler

Argentina Introduces Cryptocurrency Tax Rules + 11 More Crypto News

Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up-to-date with under the radar crypto news from around the world.Regulation newsArgentina’s financial regulator, the Federal Administration of Public Revenue, has introduced...

, by Tim Alper

How Governments Will Kill Libra

Barely six months after Facebook announced its own digital currency, a plan heralded as the beginning of the end for central banks and government controls over the money supply, the whole thing is looking like a house of cards. The project, named Libra, was taken seriously in part because it had...

, by Elvira Sojli

Russia’s Sberbank Takes on Crypto with Cross-border Money Transfer App

Russian major bank Sberbank has introduced a new low-cost, cross-border remittance solution that it believes will be able to compete with cryptocurrency for cross-border transactions.The bank, once the Russian financial sector’s fiercest advocate of cryptocurrencies, announced earlier this...

, by Tim Alper

Top 8 Crypto Tax Platforms

Making money, spending money, holding money, or just generally being around money, comes with a significant side effect, namely – taxes. The term itself evokes a desire to procrastinate, imagining hours and days of manual calculations and headache. Especially for newbies, it may seem like a...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Even Pentagon Agrees With Facebook’s Libra Over China Threat

The head of an American government security agency’s tech unit says China has surpassed the United States in cryptocurrency technology – and warns that his country could face security risks if it continues to shirk away from public spending on innovation.In an interview with the Wall...

, by Tim Alper

Ukraine Rushes to Utilize ‘Huge Potential’ of Crypto Industry

Ukraine’s parliament is looking to push through cryptocurrency regulation in the final months of 2019. The country looks set to introduce crypto tax laws “before New Year,” with MPs speaking of the cryptocurrency industry providing “huge potential for economic...

, by Tim Alper

Bitcoin Investing in the 2020s

Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings. ______________As we cross the threshold into the next decade, what truly is...

, by Juan M. Villaverde

G7 Going to War Over Control of Money, Says ‘Bitcoin Failed’

It seems that the major economies are about to intensify the war for control over money. The Group of Seven (G7) largest advanced economies has instructed its members to compete with cryptocurrencies and stablecoins by improving the existing financial system – and consider issuing digital...

, by Tim Alper

Russian Legislators in Crypto ‘Compromise’ as Law Is Delayed Again

In a move that will surprise nobody, Russia’s parliament will again postpone its long-awaited cryptocurrency regulations. As previously reported, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev had set the Duma a deadline of November 1 for the finalization of the “On Digital Assets” bill, which...

, by Tim Alper

Picking out Positives from the (Perplexing) New Crypto Tax Guidelines

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), America’s top tax authority, has issued a new set of guidelines on cryptocurrency taxation.And although many are bemoaning the new rules for a lack of clarity among other matters, there are a few silver linings to be found in the IRS’ press release, a...

, by Tim Alper

10 Main Trends in Digital Assets this Year, Picked by 5 Crypto Experts

The Cryptoverse has certainly seen its fair share of trends over the years, both short and long-lasting. However, we wanted to find out from the industry’s experts what trends in digital assets they think are rocking the Cryptoworld this year.Cryptonews.com had a chance to talk with the...

, by Eimantas Žemaitis

Japanese Regulator Set to Sideline Crypto Trusts

Japan could shun cryptocurrency investment trust offerings – while some of the country’s top financial companies have established a securities token association.The regulatory Financial Services Agency – the body that polices the country’s exchanges and cryptocurrency...

, by Tim Alper

Venezuela Considers Moving its Bitcoin and Ethereum Stash

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro says his country is working on an international and domestic payments system that will make use of cryptocurrencies.The troubled Latin American state has seen trade screech to a halt as United States sanctions continue to bite. International borrowing is...

, by Tim Alper

‘Legalization’ Coming for Cryptocurrency in Ukraine – And So Is the Taxman

A Ukrainian minister has stated that the government wants to grant legal status to cryptocurrencies – moving them out of their current “grey area.” But the government’s motive appears to be primarily financial, as the minister suggested taxing both miners and cryptocurrency...

, by Tim Alper

Russian Banks: We’ve Found Ways to Tax Crypto Without Changing the Law

Russian bankers and their lawyers appear to have uncovered creative legal loopholes that could let tax authorities in the country tax crypto holders – without even having to change the country’s taxation code.Per a report from Izvestia, the Association of Russian Banks has drawn up a...

, by Tim Alper

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