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Bitcoin Investments Hit 3-Month High, Solana Outpaces Ethereum + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________ Investments newsDigital asset investment products saw inflows totaling USD 193m last week, the largest since...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin Breaks Key Resistance, Crosses USD 47K as Terra Buys More BTC, Liquidations Soar

Bitcoin (BTC) broke through a key resistance level and reached a price well above USD 47,000 overnight. The gain was supported by Terra (LUNA)'s continued buying of BTC and by high liquidations of leveraged short positions.The number one cryptocurrency on Monday reached a high of USD 47,650,...

, by Fredrik Vold

Coinbase Reportedly Nears Mercado Bitcoin Purchase as Binance Readies Rio Expansion

Crypto exchange giants Coinbase and Binance could be set to go head-to-head with their expansion plans in Brazil. The former is reportedly eyeing a major M&A deal to buy one of the biggest crypto exchange platforms in the Latin America region, while Binance has confirmed it will open its...

, by Tim Alper

Game Theory of Bitcoin Adoption by Nation-States

"Even if other countries do not believe in the investment thesis or adoption of bitcoin, they will be forced to acquire some as a form of insurance."The competition "will most likely be in the form of mining" Bitcoin."Countries with the least to lose in terms of monetary sovereignty are more...

, by Simon Chandler

10 Non-Crypto Ways to Make Money in Crypto

The cryptoverse offers a wide variety of ways to earn an income. From mining and staking to yield farming and selling NFTs, there’s seemingly something for anyone tech-savvy enough to make crypto work for them. But there are also non-crypto ways to make money in crypto. Read on to...

, by Alex Lielacher

WonderFi Acquires Canadian Exchange BitBuy, Aims to Become Largest BTC/CAD Market

A planned acquisition of the Canadian crypto exchange Bitbuy by the publicly-traded software company WonderFi was closed on Thursday, after the deal was delayed for months due to “major hurdles” by regulators.Following the completion of the acquisition, the merged company will get...

, by Fredrik Vold

Satoshi Island, Thailand vs. Crypto, NFT Fraud + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________Adoption newsSatoshi Island, the project that aims to make a 32m sq. ft (3 sq. km) private island into a crypto haven,...

, by Sumejja Muratagić-Tadić

Crypto Market Sentiment Improves on Bullish News as Bitcoin Flirts with USD 45K

Prices of nearly all major cryptoassets traded higher today, as sentiment among market participants improved following a Russian idea (a very preliminary one) of accepting bitcoin (BTC) for oil & gas, news that an oil giant is mining BTC, and speculations that a bitcoin spot-based...

, by Fredrik Vold

EU Institutions to Continue MiCA Discussions Without Bitcoin Mining Ban Proposal

As the European Parliament continues its work on the crypto-focused MiCA regulation, Stefan Berger, a German member in charge of shepherding the legislation, has announced that his mandate to lead inter-institutional talks on MiCA was not scrapped -- thus advancing the regulation towards...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

India Confirms Discriminatory Tax Rate for Crypto Investors

Starting April 1 this year, and despite the crypto sector’s efforts, cryptoasset gains in India will be taxed at 30% - the highest tax bracket, the nation’s Parliament confirmed today. In comparison to this tax, the tax rate on stock trading ranges from 0% to 15%.From now on taxed...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Israeli Bank Leumi Enables Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading

In a bid to attract Israeli crypto investors, Bank Leumi has announced that it will enable its customers to trade cryptoassets. Trading services will be carried out through the bank’s online trading platform Pepper Invest.Pepper Invest is offering its crypto trading services in...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Bitcoin Royalty Flock to Bukele’s Court as President Talks of ‘Short Delay’ to BTC Bonds

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is playing host to a dazzling array of international bitcoiners – while also taking the time to “flex” on American Senators on Twitter.In the past few hours, Bukele has posted pictures of himself with Ricardo Salinas Pliego, one of...

, by Tim Alper

Are Russia’s Elite Really Using Cryptocurrency to Evade Sanctions?

Dr Paul Mazzola, Lecturer Banking and Finance, Faculty of Business and Law, the University of Wollongong, and Mitchell Goroch, Cryptocurrency Trader and Researcher, University of Wollongong. ______ Fearing Russia’s elite will evade economic sanctions by converting their wealth to...

, by Mitchell Goroch

‘Big Holes’ Undermine Russia Sanctions – And It’s Not Crypto (Psst! It’s Traditional Politics & Finance)

An opinion columnist writing for Bloomberg has identified two flaws that “fundamentally undermine” the United States and EU-led “sanctions regime” against Russia – and neither have anything to do with the use of crypto.Since the start of the conflict in Ukraine,...

, by Tim Alper

Senior Russian MP Suggests Trading Gas and Oil for Bitcoin

A senior Russian politician has suggested turning to bitcoin (BTC) as an alternative to the USD in international energy exports and trade deals.The comments were made by Pavel Zavalny, a member of the ruling United Russia Party and the Chairman of the State Duma (Russia’s parliament)...

, by Tim Alper

Another Regulatory Challenge for DeFi, Exxon Mobil Mines Bitcoin + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________Regulation newsThe International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) established a new task force "to take...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

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