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Grayscale CEO Barry Silbert believes the United States is past the point where regulators have the support to ban crypto assets like Bitcoin. origin »
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Financial regulators in the US approved shares of Grayscale Investments’ Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin trusts for trading on OTC Markets.
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Michael Sonnenshein gave an interview for CNBC on November 20, saying Grayscale’s recent Form 10 filing with US regulators would be great for the crypto industry if approved. At the beginning of this week, the asset manager Grayscale filed a Form 10 registration statement for the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), which is its Bitcoin (BTC) […]
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The UAE updated its tax laws to exempt crypto transactions from value-added tax. The change will take effect on November 15 but retroactively apply to transactions from January 1, 2018. The UAE government amended its regulations around value-added tax laws to exclude digital assets and transactions involving them.
The UAE Central Bank approved a framework for stablecoin regulation which allows only dirham-backed stablecoins to be used for payments. Cryptocurrency like Bitcoin and Ethereum will be restricted to trading, investment, and corporate treasury purposes while foreign stablecoins will only be permitted for purchasing specific virtual assets like NFTs.
Starting Monday, July 8th, Kucoin will charge a 7. 5% tax on all transactions made by users registered in Nigeria. This decision comes from a regulatory update from the Nigerian SEC. Kucoin exchange took to Twitter (X) to announce that starting Monday, July 8th, Nigerian users will be charged a 7.
The IRS has set up a tax reporting framework for cryptocurrency brokers, which will be implemented in 2025. The framework does not include decentralised finance and non-hosted wallets, although rules for those will come later in the year.
The upcoming changes to Belgian gambling laws include bans on certain devices, gifts, bonuses, and free games. The age limit for punters will also be raised from 18 to 21 years. Many Belgian gamblers are shifting to online crypto casinos to circumvent the new changes.
The New York Attorney General Letitia James filed the lawsuit against Gemini, Genesis and DCG on Thursday. It’s alleged the crypto firms lied to investors and concealed losses of over $1 billion.
Key takeaways Laser Digital has become the latest digital asset firm to receive approval to operate in Abu Dhabi. The firm is owned by Japanese banking giant Nomura Bank. Laser Digital can now operate in Abu Dhabi Laser Digital, the digital assets arm of Japan’s Nomura Bank, has received in-principal approval to provide broker-dealer services […] The post Nomura Bank’s Laser Digital receives approval for operations in Abu Dhabi appeared first on CoinJournal.