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John Kiff

How Ambiguous Regulations Complicate Crypto Taxation - 0 views

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    Crypto-asset taxation in major bitcoin strongholds is complicated. Contradictory or non-existent laws, excessive red tape, and maddeningly vague guidelines have conspired to make the tax-paying process more arduous than it need be.
John Kiff

How Tokenization Opens A New World Of Asset Management And Investment - 0 views

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    The blockchain offers a way to remove intermediaries from the equation and make the tokenization and transfer of assets peer-to-peer and far more liquid and tradable and also help reach different assets not amenable to securitisation.
John Kiff

You Can Now Shop With Bitcoin on Amazon Using Lightning - 0 views

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    Bitcoin spenders can now use the lightning network to shop at e-commerce sites like Amazon. Crypto payment processing startup Moon has announced that any lightning-enabled wallet can now also be used through Moon's browser extension.
John Kiff

Why Goldman Sachs raised $22M for no code tech firm Unqork - 0 views

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    Unqork is a platform that allows users to drag and drop prebuilt modules into a useful workflow to quickly create financial services applications without the need for developers to create any code, to radically accelerate client acquisition and onboarding.
John Kiff

E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Opens Its New Crypto Exchange to Customers - 0 views

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    Japan's equivalent to Amazon, e-commerce giant Rakuten, has started accepting account registrations for its new cryptocurrency exchange, Rakuten Wallet.
John Kiff

Anchor Cryptocurrency Stablecoin Holdings: How Does it Work? - 0 views

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    Anchor Tokens mirror global economic growth by tracking a proprietary monetary measurement unit based on the value of fiat currencies, national GDP and bond yields from more than 190 countries.
John Kiff

You Can Now Own Tokenized Shares of SpaceX Stock - 0 views

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    Ambisafe is launching a project which will purchase SpaceX shares and then tokenize them to be traded on a secondary market. (SpaceX shares are restricted securities and cannot be traded on public exchanges.)
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Chilean Government Introduces New Cryptocurrency and Fintech Regulation Bill to Congress - 0 views

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    The Chilean government introduced a new crypto-asset and fintech regulation bill to Congress.
John Kiff

Digital forex settlement volume tipped to rise tenfold - 0 views

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    Nex Group and Baton Systems have built a real-time settlement system for foreign exchange trades, using distributed ledger technology (DLT) to cut the traditional two-day post-trade cycle down to as little as three minutes.
John Kiff

Blockchain's Billion Dollar Babies - 0 views

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    Forbes features 50 big US companies leading the way in adapting blockchains to their operating needs through industry consortiums and other proprietary projects.
John Kiff

JPMorgan to widen use of blockchain system - 0 views

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    Over 220 banks are signed up to JP Morgan's blockchain-based Interbank Information Network that will go live in Q3. The IIN speeds up inter-bank payment compliance resolution processes that can delay payments by weeks.
John Kiff

Stable Coins and the Mass Adoption of Cryptocurrency - 0 views

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    The TRON - Tether partnership will add another stable coin to the cryptocurrency sector. This latest example in the proliferation of stable coins will add use cases for digital currency and help increase mainstream adoption.
John Kiff

There are no shortcuts for stablecoins - 0 views

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    All the stablecoin attempts that exist today (i) have enormous risks of breaking, (ii) are centralized or (iii) are extremely complex in relation to their monetary policy. That is, they are the exact opposite of the reason for Bitcoin to exist.
John Kiff

The Hidden Effects of Crypto Money Laundering Rules - 0 views

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    A growth in the liquidity of crypto-assets will boost interest in and feasibility of using the underlying technology for tracking purposes. An effective use of blockchain technology would make it much harder to launder money using crypto than digital fiat currency.
John Kiff

Central Bank of Russia Says CBDCs Can Minimize Costs, but Privacy Is a Concern - 0 views

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    The Central Bank of Russia is analyzing the impact of issuing a central bank digital currency in a paper published on April 18. The intention is to better understand possible use cases for CBDCs.
John Kiff

Stablecoin USDT Launched on Tron Blockchain - 0 views

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    Tether has started issuing its stablecoin USDT on the Tron (TRX) blockchain, an upgrade from the OMNI protocol-based USDT.
John Kiff

Meet the Universal Euro - 0 views

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    The Universal Euro (UPEUR) stablecoin is the latest digital asset product issued by the Universal Protocol alliance joining UPUSD and UPBTC launched earlier this year.
John Kiff

Chinese P2P companies ordered to prepare data disclosures - 0 views

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    The new Chinese P2P monitoring system consists of two databases: an information disclosure and real-time transaction monitoring database.
John Kiff

MakerDAO Voters Divided on How Much to Hike Fee for DAI Stablecoin - CoinDesk - 0 views

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    "In an effort to restrict supply and raise the value of DAI, MKR token holders have steadily been increasing what is known as the Stability Fee in larger and larger increments. However, this week, MKR token holders have signaled their support for a smaller, more measured increase to the Stability Fee of 3 percent."
John Kiff

Crypto Startups Barred from Indian Central Bank Fintech Sandbox - CoinDesk - 0 views

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    The Reserve Bank of India published its draft framework for its regulatory sandbox that may include blockchain startups and tools, but explicitly excludes crypto-related projects.
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