Parliament members in the European country of Slovakia voted in approval of lowering crypto taxes, among additional measures affecting cryptocurrency holders. On June 28 the Slovakian parliament voted to approve an amendment that will reduce personal income tax for profits gained from the sale of cryptocurrencies that have been held by the user for at least a year. The taxes…
Bitcoin-friendly social media app Damus has scored a partial win in its two-week battle to remain on tech giant Apple’s App Store. Damus, a decentralized social media platform running on the Nostr protocol, was warned by Apple on June 13 that it faced expulsion from the App Store if it persisted in facilitating the acceptance of “zaps,” tips using Bitcoin’s…
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), the German financial regulator has reportedly rejected Binance’s crypto custody license application. The news was first reported by Forward Finance citing people familiar with the matter. Later Cointelegraph reached out to Binance to confirm the same and a spokesperson from the firm said that they are “unable to share details of conversations with regulators,”…
Binance is on the lookout for a new European banking partner after Paysafe Payment Solutions, a global payment service provider that offers a range of payment solutions for businesses and consumers, announced that it would withdraw support for the crypto exchange. “Following a strategic review, we have taken the decision to cease offering our embedded wallet solution to Binance across…
French clothing brand Lacoste announced Thursday the latest evolution of the company’s burgeoning Web3 program: a gamified, token-gated ecosystem that incentivizes users to participate in activities and community events by offering them NFT-related perks. Last June, Lacoste launched UNDW3 (pronounced “underwater”), a Web3 initiative centered around the release of 11,212 profile picture NFTs riffing on the brand’s crocodile-dominated motif. Where…
In brief An ETF, or exchange-traded fund, is a publicly-traded investment vehicle that tracks the value of its underlying asset—such as Bitcoin. Shares in a Bitcoin ETF would be tradable on a traditional stock exchange. The SEC has repeatedly rejected proposals for Bitcoin ETFs in the U.S., but there is new optimism in 2021 that approval is coming. With more…
OpenAI, the maker of the popular chatbot ChatGPT — a natural language processing artificial intelligence (AI) tool — is facing a class-action lawsuit in California over allegedly scraping private user information from the internet. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California by Clarkson Law Firm on June 28. The suit alleges that…
Officials in the United States are mulling over tighter controls on an export regulation that was created to minimize the availability of artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China. According to officials close to the source, the stricter regulations would include clamping down on the level of computing power chips can have that are able to be exported. The sources say…
The growing trend of cutting services to cryptocurrency companies in Australia could lead to undesired consequences like making the industry less transparent, according to the state. Australia’s Treasury on 28 June published an official statement addressing potential policy responses on debanking in Australia. Debanking occurs when a bank declines to provide services to a customer citing issues like Anti-Money Laundering (AML),…
Bitcoin (BTC) short-term holders are feeling the need to sell BTC at $30,000, data shows. In research released on June 28, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode flagged tens of thousands of coins being sent to exchanges. Bitcoin speculative exchange moves “intensifying” BTC price action stalling at $30,000 is prompting a rethink when it comes to buyers who have turned a profit…
