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Globa: PayPal partners with ConsenSys MetaMask to allow US users to buy Ethereum
Web 3.0 company ConsenSys revealed this week that US MetaMask users will be able to purchase Ethereum from within the app using PayPal. ...
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Global: Japan set to ease 30% crypto tax on paper profits for token issuers
As it stands, Japanese crypto issuers are required to pay a set 30% corporate tax rate on their holdings, even if they haven’t ...
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Global: Incoming UK FCA Chair Ashley Alder Hammers Crypto Industry
The incoming head of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a violent broadside against the wider crypto industry. Potentially setting the ...
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Global: European Banks Pay for Anti-Money Laundering Failures
A string of fines is shining a light on anti-money laundering failures at European banks. First, the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) slapped ...
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Global: European Central Bank to Unload $5.3trn Bond
The European Central Bank said on Thursday (December 16, 2022) it would start reducing its 5 trillion euros or $5.3 trillion worth of ...
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Kenya: Meta Sued for US$1.6n for Fuelling Ethiopia’s Ethnic Violence
Meta must reform its business practices to ensure Facebook’s algorithms do not amplify hatred and fuel ethnic conflict, Amnesty International said in the ...
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Global: Senate FTX hearing: calls for regulation and crypto criticisms aplenty
“Short of enacting draconian authoritarian policies, cryptocurrency cannot be stopped,” said Senator Pat T United States lawmakers with the Senate Banking Committee had ...
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Global: Google Requests Dismissal of Justice Dept. Antitrust Suit
Google has asked a federal court to throw out an antitrust lawsuit. The request addressed the U.S. Justice Department’s suit filed in 2020 ...
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Global: Binance withdrawals hit $1.9 bln in 24 hours, data firm says
Binance has registered $1.9 billion of withdrawals in the past 24 hours, blockchain data firm Nansen said on Tuesday (December 13, 2022) , ...
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Global: U.S. lawmakers unveil bipartisan bid to ban China’s TikTok
Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced bipartisan legislation to ban China’s popular social media app TikTok, ratcheting up pressure on owner ByteDance ...
