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Nigeria's eNaira Wallet Use, Transactions Climb Amid Cash Shortages: Bloomberg

The number of eNaira wallets has jumped more than 12-fold to 13 million since October, and the value of transactions has climbed 63% this year.

A shortage of cash in Nigeria has prompted more Nigerians to use the country's digital currency. (TVC News)

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EU Banking Authority to Hire Crypto Experts as It Prepares for MiCA Law

The Paris-based agency will regulate large stablecoins and make rules under the landmark licensing legislation.

The Paris-based European Banking Agency is hiring crypto experts. (Sylvain Sonnet/Getty Images)

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Australian Regulator Tells Banks to Report Exposure to Startups and Crypto-Related Business: Report

The move comes in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank's collapse and global lender volatility, the Australian Financial Review reported Tuesday.

Australia's government is taking a deliberate approach toward creating crypto laws. (Unsplash)

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White House Takes Aim at Crypto in Scathing Economic Report

The report, authored by the White House Council of Economic Advisers, laid out a number of issues seen within the digital asset ecosystem.

The White House, Washington, D.C. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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U.S. Senate’s Warren Calls for Crackdown on ‘Sham’ Crypto Audits

The senator and her Democratic colleague Ron Wyden asked the U.S. auditing watchdog to rein in bogus audits in the digital assets sector.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)

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Coinbase Argues an Arbitration Case in U.S. Supreme Court as Crypto Makes Its Debut

The first cryptocurrency matter to come up at the high court isn’t directly about digital assets but is a dispute over how courts should handle scuffles over arbitration.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against crypto exchange Coinbase in an arbitration case. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Sushi DAO, Key Contributor Served With SEC Subpoena

The sushi token dropped 5.5% on the news.

(Getty Images)

Policy

IRS Seeks to Tax NFTs Like Other Collectibles

NFTs will be taxed like the underlying assets until final rules are agreed on how to treat digital proofs of ownership held in retirement accounts

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India’s Central Bank Seeking Privacy Legislation for Retail CBDC Users

The RBI is seeking a provision that would allow customers to delete transactions to maintain anonymity if they so choose to.

(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)