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South Korean law enforcement officers have reportedly confiscated around 260 billion won ($183 million) worth of cryptocurrencies from local individuals and businesses in two years as they were not abiding by local taxation laws. Not long ago, the authorities targeted the notorious leader of Terraform Labs – Do Kwon. He was accused of gifting tokens to family members as a way of tax avoidance. The Latest Crypto Seizure in South Korea According to a report by the domestic...

After the recent volatility and the latest multi-month low, bitcoin has calmed slightly around the $19,000 mark. Most alts have painted insignificant losses today, while Dogecoin has emerged as the top performer from the large-cap ones. Bitcoin Battles for $19K The past several days were quite volatile for BTC, starting with the dip to $18,300 on September 19. At the time, that marked a three-month low for the asset. Bitcoin went on the offensive in the following hours and...

Ethereum’s Merge has done a lot to shift the issuance dynamics of ETH, fulfilling most of what was estimated by analysts and the Ethereum Foundation prior to the transition. However, there are still some nuances that need clarification as to if and when ETH can become deflationary, and its supply would cease to expand. Let’s dive in. Ethereum: Not Quite Deflationary According to ultrasound.money, the amount of ETH in circulation has risen by over 5,990 ETH since the Merge on...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed an enforcement action lawsuit against Ooki DAO, a crypto margin trading and lending platform for engaging in digital asset margin trading that only CFTC-registered Futures Commission Merchants (FCM) can perform.  Ooki DAO also failed to adhere to customer identification requirements prescribed under the Bank Secrecy Act, the commission further alleged in its lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern...

Coinbase – the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States – has been slapped with another multi-million dollar lawsuit.  The company has been accused of patent infringement through several of its services, over which the plaintiff is seeking $350 million in damages.  Another Coinbase Lawsuit Veritaseum Capital LLC filed the lawsuit on Thursday in a Delaware court. The firm claims that Coinbase has infringed a patent awarded to the company’s founder Reggie Middleton...

Some of the tech-savvy youngsters in Lebanon have reportedly shifted their focus toward cryptocurrencies amid the current monetary crash Earlier this week, the government closed all local banks due to ongoing risks for employees and customers. It remains unknown when the financial institutions will re-open, which might be one reason why locals started looking for alternative financial instruments, including digital assets. Crypto to the Rescue The economic situation in...

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) assigned popular crypto tumbler Tornado Cash as an entity on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) sanction list last month which triggered an outcry from privacy and free speech advocates. Subsequently, Microsoft-owned GitHub removed its source code as well as terminated the user accounts of three individuals who contributed code to the project. In a recent turn of events, the platform unbanned the coin mixer and contributors...

Singapore says it’s considering introducing new laws that will make it much harder for crypto retail investors to trade digital assets during this time. The nation’s regulators say they are truly concerned about the ongoing risks involved with virtual money. Singapore Is Worried About Crypto Trading Singapore has stated that many people getting involved in crypto are simply doing so because they are experiencing fear of missing out or “FOMO.” Regulators say people are...

The past seven days were quite painful in the cryptocurrency market as the majority of it is trading well in the red. This resulted in $40 billion being lost from the total capitalization, which is inching closer to $900 billion. The most obvious outlier in this is Ripple’s XRP which soared by 50%. Let’s unpack. Bitcoin’s price is currently sitting slightly below $19,000, down 5.7% in the past week. Seven days ago, it was trading at around $19,500 and even managed to poke...

Ethereum – the world’s second largest digital currency by market cap and the number one competitor to bitcoin – allegedly experienced its turn from proof of work (PoW) to proof of stake (PoS) just over a week ago. Ethereum Has Completed the “Merge” Many are wondering how much energy is slated to be saved now that Ethereum has made the move it’s been talking about for the past God knows how many years, and according to one analyst, Ethereum is slated to bring its energy...