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Russia’s On Digital Financial Asset (DFA) legislation has received yet another set of proposed amendments that can push the country into launching a full-scale ban on cryptocurrency usage, with three exceptions – inheritance, bankruptcy, and enforcement proceedings.Russia’s DFA Sees New PropositionsThe world’s largest country by landmass has been rather indecisive, to say the least, in its approach towards cryptocurrency regulations. The nation successfully passed the DFA bill in July after...

Zug – one of the regions belonging to the Swiss Confederation – has announced that residents will be able to pay their taxes in either bitcoin or Ethereum starting next year.Zug – Want to Pay Your Tax Bill with Digital Currency?Zug is part of Switzerland’s affectionately dubbed “Crypto Valley,” which has garnered its nickname thanks to the many bitcoin, crypto and blockchain startups the region currently houses. The area takes its name from Silicon Valley, the section of Northern California...

Singapore is looking to become a crypto leader by helping to set the price standards for both bitcoin and Ethereum, the two largest digital currencies around. Singapore Exchange Ltd. has recently announced that it is currently setting up two additional crypto indexes to help local and international traders better understand the prices of both assets and make smarter trading decisions from there.Singapore Looks to Lead the Fight for CryptoThe indexes will be known as the iEdge Bitcoin Index...

While BTC has dropped in both its price and market cap, other top cryptocurrencies including Ethereum (ETH), XRP, and Litecoin (LTC) are amongst others.The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has seen rapid retracement in the past days as the entire cryptocurrency market was caught in a sell-off frenzy. Following this sell-offs, the price of bitcoin has broken the $10,000 support level and it traded at $9,990 in the early hours of Friday.The generally observed Bitcoin (BTC) price has made two extreme...

Hey Informanten, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 963. Im heutigen Video geht’s um folgende Themen: Sicherheitslücken bei DeFi-Protokoll SushiSwap, Kanton Zug will Steuern in Bitcoin akzeptieren & Bithumb von koreanischer Polizei durchsucht. 1.) Sicherheitslücken bei DeFi-Protokoll SushiSwap aufgedeckthttps://www.btc-echo.de/sicherheitsluecken-bei-defi-protokoll-sushiswap/ 2.) Schweizer Kanton Zug will Steuern in Bitcoin akzeptieren,...

The Bitcoin (BTC) price dip seen on Thursday has triggered a cascade of forced liquidation on derivatives exchanges like BitMEX and Bitfninex. U.S. stocks have also taken a beating, with the markets experiencing its worst performance since June.Bitcoin Long Bloodbath as BTC Price Falls to $10,700According to data from the crypto derivatives analytics platform Datamish, about $131 million in Bitcoin Longs on the BitMEX exchange got liquidated, following Bitcoin’s plunge to below $10,500.As...

Today is not a good day for bitcoin. Not only has the currency’s price fallen back several feet, but it looks like Ethereum – the second-largest cryptocurrency in the world and the primary competitor to BTC – is beginning to overtake the asset in several ways.The Ethereum Blockchain: A New Home for BTC?To be fair, Ethereum’s price is nowhere near that of bitcoin. In addition, the market cap is also not as strong, but bitcoin is now playing second banana to Ethereum in one major way: the...

Zug, a canton in Switzerland, will be the first canton to start accepting cryptocurrency for tax payment purposes starting from February 2021.Zug Canton Partners with Bitcoin Suisse for Crypto Tax PaymentAccording to an announcement by the canton on Zug on Thursday (September 3, 2020), taxpayers in the canton will have the option of paying taxes in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). The crypto tax payment option which is open to both individuals and companies will see taxpayers pay taxes to...

It appears that the cryptocurrency market hasn’t stopped plummeting in value. After losing over $20 billion worth of the total market cap in a day, the situation just worsened. Bitcoin further plunged to below $11,000, Ethereum dumped to $400, and the rest of the altcoins follow along.Bitcoin Plummets Below $11KIt’s safe to say that the cryptocurrency market has seen better days as the blood bath that started yesterday has just intensified: Bitcoin was trading at $11,400 after recovering some...

According to the blockchain transaction details, Ripple moved 1 billion of XRP in three portions. One consisting of 200 million, another consisting of 300 million, and the third one of 500 million.Leading cryptocurrency exchanges including Binance, Coinbase and also OKEx, and one of the biggest industry players Ripple yesterday moved huge amounts of digital assets, which possibly resulted in their 10% drop. During yesterday’s volatility, Bitcoin (BTC) lost approximately $1000 in value,...