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Binance – the world’s largest crypto exchange – recently completed its 18th quarterly burn, marking its first quarterly auto-burn. The burn removed greater dollar-denominated value from the network than ever before. According to a blog post from Binance, the burn removed 1,684,387.11 BNB. At the time of writing, that’s $798,887,962 worth of tokens. 6296 of those tokens were ‘effectively’ burned through the Binance Pioneer Burn program, which counts BNB mistakenly sent to dead...

Tipsuda Thavaramara – former Deputy Secretary-General of Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – disagreed with the government’s intentions to impose a 15% capital gains tax on cryptocurrency profits. She believes such legislation is unpractical, unfair, and not beneficial for the trade sector. The Bill Lacks Clarity Earlier this month, the Thai authorities presented plans to slam local cryptocurrency investors and miners with a 15% capital gains tax. According...

Pakistan could be the next country to ban cryptocurrency. The nation’s central bank is calling for an outright ban on all digital currency activity per documents submitted to the Sindh High Court, the country’s biggest legal establishment. Pakistan Seeks to End Crypto’s Run The fight has allegedly been going on since the year 2019. A petition was filed during that time which sought to remove present bank guidance that told banks and standard financial institutions to...

The digital asset platform CryptoCom inked a five-year collaboration with the AFL to become a financial backer of the Toyota AFL Premiership Season and the NAB AFL Women’s championship. The trading venue will also feature as the exclusive naming rights partner of the tournaments and the Final Series matches. CryptoCom Expands in Australia According to a document seen by CryptoPotato, the AFL became the first Australian sports league to partner with CryptoCom. At the same...

As per ex-parliament member Lord Fusitu’a, the island nation is on course to adopt bitcoin as legal tender by November 2022. For now, though, the cryptocurrency is being used to transfer funds to Tonga, which was hit by a Tsunami recently. Bitcoin Donations for Tonga A tsunami measuring 1.5 meters triggered by the shockwave hit Tonga during the weekend, inundating homes and roads and damaging communication lines. However, no death has been reported so far. The shockwave was...

According to investment firm Fidelity, 2022 will be a year in which more countries purchase bitcoin and add the digital currency to their balance sheets as a means of remaining competitive. Fidelity Believes More Nations Will Add BTC to Their Balance Sheets This is a craze that was likely started by the Central American nation of El Salvador, which in the summer of 2021, stated that it would be the first country in the world to declare BTC legal tender. This meant that...

The popular NFT auction marketplace, OpenSea, has surpassed the $3.5 billion mark in monthly Ethereum trading volume. OpenSea Hits New High According to the latest chart by Dune Analytics on January 17, OpenSea has already clocked in $3.52 billion in terms of monthly Ethereum trading volume, even with two more weeks to go until the conclusion of this month. The platform’s daily trading volume has oscillated between $169-$261 million throughout January. With the latest...

The number of Ethereum addresses holding ETH is at an all-time high. Meanwhile, transaction count on the network remains near record highs, showing that user activity continues to grow. According to on-chain data, Ethereum addresses holding a balance now total over 68.26 million. This number seldom declined despite a rocky price history last year, maintaining steady growth besides the June to August period. Transactions are also trending upward, with the number of daily ETH...

Solana has caught the attention of Bank of America. In a recent statement, the financial giant stated that it feels Solana has what it takes to become the “Visa” of the cryptocurrency space. There’s a Lot of Hype Surrounding Solana The words came from the bank’s digital asset strategist Alkesh Shah, who clearly has high hopes for the altcoin. One of the main reasons for this thought is that Solana is one of several digital assets this week to experience great recovery....

The world’s leading digital asset platform – Binance – has reportedly collaborated with the Gulf Energy Development PCL – owned by the Thai billionaire Sarath Ratanavadi. The main goal is to set up a cryptocurrency exchange in the Southeast Asian state. Establishing a Crypto Platform in Thailand Thailand has recently positioned itself in the spotlight of the cryptocurrency industry as locals have started embracing the asset class. At the same time, numerous experts opined...