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Bonfire of Bitcoin: Why Crypto Assets are Tumbling
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The lightning uptake of crypto assets like bitcoin had swelled a volatile sector to a valuation of roughly two trillion dollars recently.
A week-long rout...
Bitcoin falls to 9-month low, drags down other cryptocurrencies
The price of bitcoin plunged to its lowest level in more than nine months on Monday, weighed down by investor fears and dragging other...
Panama Regulates Cryptocurrency Operations and its use in Tax Payments
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Panama's Congress approved Thursday a law regulating the optional use of cryptocurrencies, even allowing the payment of taxes with these assets in the country,...
Crypto-curious Corporations Struggle to find Right Recipe
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Four years ago, fried-chicken chain KFC tweeted from its Canadian account that it would accept bitcoin as payment for its "buckets".
The company told AFP...
When art collectors chucked NFTs worth millions in the garbage
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When digital artist Robbie Barrat handed out free NFT coupons at Christie's four years ago, most guests dumped them in the bin, not realizing...
The North America Bitcoin Conference in Miami
Between the 6th and 9th of April 2022, Bitcoin Miami hits the Miami Convention Center on Miami Beach. Some of the biggest names in...
Costa Rica Seeks to Tax Cryptocurrency Purchases and Gross sales
On Monday March 21st, The Ministry of Finance submitted their proposal in La Gaceta, Costa Rica’s official newspaper for government affairs. Now, the public...
Amid NFT Boom, Artists Worry about Climate Costs
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Digital art is nothing new to vonMash, who describes his blend of painting, video and sound as "afro-delic" -- a psychedelic twist on Afrofuturism.
But...
Bitcoin use on rise to launder drug money, report says
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Drug cartels in Mexico and Colombia are increasingly using cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin to launder money, the UN-linked International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said...
What would be the impact of a US ‘digital dollar’?
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US President Joe Biden has ordered the federal government to look into creating a digital dollar, a move with the potential to reshape how...