Salary payments in USDT stablecoin ruled as illegal in the Chinese court
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Salary payments in USDT stablecoin ruled as illegal in the Chinese court

Despite the Chinese government banning all kinds of cryptocurrency transactions last year, some firms apparently still use stablecoins like Tether (USDT) to pay their employees. Beijing’s Chaoyang District People’s Court has ruled that stablecoins like USDT cannot be used for salary payments, the local news agency Beijing Daily reported on July 6. The Chinese court stated that virtual currencies like…

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El Salvador's Bitcoin wallet Chivo scores $52M in remittances in 2022
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El Salvador’s Bitcoin wallet Chivo scores $52M in remittances in 2022

Salvadorans living abroad have sent over $50 million in remittances from January to May this year, according to the El Salvador Central Reserve Bank. Douglas Rodríguez, president of the El Salvador central bank, unpacked the general economic outlook for the country on the local television news program Frente a Frente on Wednesday. A major takeaway was the $52 million of…

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BTC Hovers Slightly Above $20,000, as Crypto Volatility Continues – Market Updates Bitcoin News
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BTC Hovers Slightly Above $20,000, as Crypto Volatility Continues – Market Updates Bitcoin News

BTC was trading higher on hump day, as bullish momentum picked up as the week progressed. Prices once again tested a key resistance level above $20,000, with ETH also hovering around a ceiling of its own during Wednesday’s session. Bitcoin Bitcoin was trading in the green for most of Wednesday’s session, as bullish pressure continued to intensify. Following a low…

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85% of merchants see crypto payments as a way to reach new customers: Survey
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85% of merchants see crypto payments as a way to reach new customers: Survey

While the market goes steady, the crypto ecosystem continues to grow as merchants innovate and adopt cryptocurrency payments in their quest to gain new customers.  Data platform PYMNTS collaborated with Bitpay to survey merchants, in an attempt to understand the trends on what the participants expect from digital currencies and their effect on payments and businesses.  In the report titled…

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Crypto tax deters 83% Indian investors from crypto trading: WaxirX report
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Crypto tax deters 83% Indian investors from crypto trading: WaxirX report

The implications of what anti-crypto regulations can do to a thriving economy can be seen first-hand unfolding in India. Supporting the massive decline in trading volumes across all Indian crypto exchanges, a report from WazirX reveals a change in investor sentiment as the Indian government imposed its second crypto law — a 1% tax deduction at source (TDS) on every…

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Central African Republic Reportedly Launches Crypto Coin, Bitcoiners Slam Move – Bitcoin News
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Central African Republic Reportedly Launches Crypto Coin, Bitcoiners Slam Move – Bitcoin News

Central African Republic (CAR) president Faustin-Archange Touadera announced recently that cryptocurrencies are an alternative to cash. Bitcoiners, however, insist the top cryptocurrency is the only solution to the CAR’s money problems. Formal Economy Not an Option Central African Republic president Faustin-Archange Touadera has said cryptocurrencies are an alternative to fiat cash. Touadera also claimed that “the formal economy is no…

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Korea and US agree to share investigation data on Tera-Luna
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Korea and US agree to share investigation data on Tera-Luna

South Korean justice minister Han Dong-hoon was in New York recently to discuss various ways in which the two nations can corporate on investigations associated with financial crimes, especially crypto-related crimes. Hoon met with Securities and Commodities Task Force co-chief Andrea M. Griswold, at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York along with Scott Hartman, chief…

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