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The information was published on WIPO's global database for intellectual property on May 11, 18 months after LG filed its application. origin »
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The Nigeria Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will allow tokenizing assets like equities, property, and debt. According to a Bloomberg May 1 report, the Nigerian SEC’s head of securities and investment services, Abdulkadir Abbas, said the financial regulator is processing applications for digital exchanges and firms.
2023-5-1 16:45 | |
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The Law Commission of England and Wales is exploring how digital assets should be treated under existing and new legislation, and its suggestions may upend centuries-old legal norms.
2022-10-19 12:30 | |
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Bitcoin may eventually be labeled as a brand new type of property in the U.S. and U.K. because it doesn’t physically exist in any one specific location.
2022-7-30 09:00 | |
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"Ultimately, the cryptocurrency may be liquidated if the collateral value falls below a certain threshold, such as 35% of the property value,” said the report.
2022-6-30 20:00 | |
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Former Bitcoin evangelist believes BTC will no longer be a revolutionary asset, should the following happen
2022-4-28 18:00 | |
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The launch of NFTs has marked a paradigm shift in the way gamers interact. Now, gamers have a chance to truly own digital assets in the same way that individuals may own physical property. This has created a whole new meta-verse where gamers can actually own assets, trade them and earn income from them just […]
2021-11-26 20:24 | |
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Thanks to Bitcoin's recent bullishness on the charts, many have been quick to make projections. Dan Held, Growth Lead at Kraken, is the latest to do so, with the exec making his projections known at aThe post This may be where Bitcoin will head based on 'property' valuations appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-10-9 01:30 | |
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With the ongoing digitalization of the world, NFTs may become a very viable solution for tokenizing ownership and property.
2020-6-29 17:00 | |
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Thousands of mining servers and all the datacenter infrastructure needed to operate them will be auctioned off in an upcoming public sale of Hyperblock’s property. The company has announced on Thursday, May 14, 2020, that its 20MW Montana, USA datacenter went offline and that it has ceased all cryptocurrency mining operations.
2020-5-21 13:00 | |
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According to a report by Wyoming Tribune Eagle published on May 17, 2020, Rep. Jared Olsen, R-Cheyenne, and Senate Minority Leader Chris Rothfuss, D-Laramie, have announced the formation of Wyoming’s new permanent Select Committee on Blockchain and Financial Technology.
2020-5-19 23:00 | |
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South Korean financial services startups including Koscom, are now leveraging the immutability property of distributed ledger technology (DLT) to curb forgery in the trading of unlisted stocks, while also boosting the efficiency of the platforms, reports BusinessKorea May 11, 2020.
2020-5-12 19:00 | |
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Clients of the embattled New Zealand-based Cryptopia exchange will be celebrating today following a court order which deemed the assets to be the property of account holders. Cryptopia went into liquidation in May 2019 following a $16 million hack in January of the same year.
2020-4-8 11:28 | |
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In January 2019, cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia suffered a major hack resulting in a loss of approximately $30 million. Soon after the hack, Cryptopia confirmed going into liquidation in May 2019, The post Cryptopia: Cryptocurrencies held by account holders deemed 'property' in landmark judgement appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-4-8 10:27 | |
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On Friday Wells Fargo announced that in response to the COVID-19 outbreak it would be suspending evictions, residential foreclosure property sales, and automobile repossessions. These moves may appear altruistic, yet taking steps to allow customers to purchase bitcoin would be an equally beneficial service.
2020-3-22 21:10 | |
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Australian tax agents have set out to close a gap they say costs the state several billion dollars. Taxpayers who file various work-related claims and investment property deductions or declare income from sharing economy platforms such as Uber and Airbnb may be asked for explanations and receipts.
2020-3-13 03:30 | |
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The taxation of crypto assets may well be hindering their adoption in the United States. Deemed a commodity by the CFTC and property by the IRS, each time an individual makes a purchase with a digital currency, they are almost certainly creating a taxable event.
2020-1-17 01:00 | |
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As part of its release of the cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex, Circle may begin charging fees to Poloniex US customers. And the company warns that any unclaimed digital assets, those in dormant accounts, may be sent to state governments, consistent with relevant regulations for abandoned property.
2019-12-5 10:30 | |
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Special thanks to the Plasma Group team for review and feedback Current approaches to layer 2 scaling - basically, Plasma and state channels - are increasingly moving from theory to practice, but at the same time it is becoming easier to see the inherent challenges in treating these techniques as a fully fledged scaling solution for Ethereum.
2019-9-2 04:03 | |
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With global interest rates heading towards zero and another round of quantitative easing underway, this may be the defining moment in a young investor’s life. Will you take the carrot and invest in property, bonds and a stock market at all-time highs — or dip into a volatile new asset class that may represent a paradigm shift for the next decade?
2019-8-10 10:00 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) steady below $10,000 Hangzhou Internet Court recognizes Bitcoin as property China may be restrictive, but Chinese miners plays a vital role in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Therefore, despite the People’s Bank of China stance, the ruling from Hangzhou Internet Court is bullish.
2019-7-25 20:00 | |
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Huawei may still be facing an uncertain future over its access to licensed versions of Android and Windows operating systems, but it’s been busy readying in-house replacements in case the tide turns against its favor.
2019-7-15 08:44 | |
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Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions.
2019-6-14 04:03 | |
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The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division, the U. S. Attorney General’s office for the District of Columbia, the Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, and the FBI have all begun investigating the events of now-defunct Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX.
2019-6-4 18:45 | |
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Chinese Internet company Alibaba announced that it would be revising the security of its Intellectual Property Protection system for global enterprises and brands. The revision includes the integration of blockchain technology, reported local news outlet Sohu on May 23, 2019.
2019-5-26 17:00 | |
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In the latest on the ongoing legal dispute between the New York Attorney General (NYAG), cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether, the New York Supreme Court has modified an April 24, 2019, preliminary injunction and now Bitfinex is allowed to continue using the Tether reserves that were loaned to it to maintain its ordinary course of business, such as paying employees and consultants.
2019-5-18 22:14 | |
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DIPChain aims to facilitate all advantages which the blockchain implementation may give in the area of valuing and trading art as well as funding and investing in artists and artworks. Possibilities of tracking and authenticity of art works can be obtained through blockchain system.
2019-5-16 17:03 | |
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The developers of Qtum, a platform for building and deploying smart contract-enabled decentralized applications, have revealed that Robin8’s Profile Management Ecosystem (PMES) allows users to upload their intellectual property (IP) data to QTUM’s blockchain network.
2019-5-13 10:08 | |
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London-based blockchain settlement startup SETL, backed by Credit Agricole, has emerged from administration as management bought back operating assets, staff and intellectual property rights, The Financial Times reported May 3, 2019.
2019-5-6 09:52 | |
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Federal tax season just passed in the United States, but if you’re one to leave responsibility to the wayside and had to apply for an extension, that might just pay off.
2019-5-1 23:39 | |
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Andrei Poliakov is the CEO and co-founder of Coinberry, one of Canada’s premier digital currency platforms. His company is the first in Canada to partner with a government municipality.
2019-4-23 17:42 | |
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The political spectrum is usually divided into four main categories: libertarian left, authoritarian left, libertarian right and authoritarian right. Those on the left prefer a more controlled economy, while those on the right have a preference for free markets.
2019-4-16 22:26 | |
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Тhe WINBIX marketplace aims to create a new channel for sales, allowing participants to sell goods at the demand prices at any time. The system uses the reversed auction model. The price of the goods decreases until one of the participants stops the auction.
2019-4-15 06:03 | |
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Special thanks to Glen Weyl, Phil Daian and Jinglan Wang for review Over the last few years there has been an increasing interest in using deliberately engineered economic incentives and mechanism design to align behavior of participants in various contexts.
2019-4-5 04:03 | |
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Depending on what country you live in, your cryptocurrency will be subject to different tax rules. The questions below address implications within the United States, specifically, but similar issues arise around the world.
2019-3-29 18:20 | |
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For those QuadrigaCX users who were fortunate enough to have withdrawal requests honored, some appear to have received their funds through unconventional means. An anonymous QuadrigaCX user who corresponded with Bitcoin Magazine said that they received a bank deposit from Robertson Nova Consulting Inc.
2019-2-15 20:28 | |
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According to Elections Canada, the agency that runs federal elections in Canada, there has been “a growing interest” in cryptocurrency donations. This trend has prompted some political parties to ask for a ruling on how best to manage bitcoin and other cryptocurrency political donations and how to navigate the various reporting systems required by both Elections Canada and the parties so that they comply with the Canada Elections Act.
2019-1-24 20:28 | |
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Buying and selling property using cryptocurrency is less straightforward than was first assumed. The handful of mortgage lenders and realtors who were initially keen are now reluctant to accept crypto deposits due to money laundering fears.
2019-1-8 07:15 | |
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For investors whose first time investing in bitcoin was in 2018 or after late 2017, there is a high likelihood that they have incurred substantial losses for the fiscal year of 2018 if they haven’t sold yet.
2018-12-29 02:01 | |
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Electronics manufacturer Samsung has filed a trademark that suggests it may be considering integrating a cryptocurrency wallet into its smartphones. The filing, submitted to the U. K. ’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) on Dec.
2018-12-29 01:55 | |
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The British government has recently released a policy paper clarifying the tax laws on crypto assets. This fairly straightforward document was released on Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs’ (HRMC) website, holding a sundry list of important crypto space terms, the relevant tax codes and points of intersection between the two.
2018-12-21 23:09 | |
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On October 24, 2018, an advisory committee to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published a report calling for clarity on the IRS’s position toward cryptocurrency taxation.
2018-10-27 20:34 | |
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Finding accommodation in New York may not be easy, but if someone is ready to shell out $16 million in Bitcoin, then hedge fund manager Roy Niederhoffer is ready to sell his mansion. The president of R.
2018-10-23 16:59 | |
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Smart contract insurance is still a long way off, but one Bitcoin hodler is protecting his gains the old-fashioned way. An Ohio man is attempting to claim $16,000 of stolen Bitcoin under his Homeowner’s Policy, justifying the claim under the IRS’ definition of virtual currency as “property.
2018-10-23 02:22 | |
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The Australian New South Wales (NSW) Government is eager to trial blockchain technology for property conveyancing because it may make the process more efficient, cheap, secure, and reliable. According to ZDNet’s article published on October 15, 2018, the NSW Land Registry will complete a proof of concept in early 2019 with the intent of shifting all form of land registry.
2018-10-18 19:00 | |
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The noise that surrounds economic relations between the United States and China is amping up exponentially. You can thank the latest trade wars for that, as fresh tensions boil over between the two nations who are currently trading new tariffs on imports, with no shortage of ill will underpinning the moves.
2018-10-10 23:38 | |
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In an open letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the U. S. House’s Committee on Ways and Means argues that the tax collection body is leaving investors in the lurch with its vague cryptocurrency tax codes.
2018-9-21 23:35 | |
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The authorities of two U. S. states have reportedly asked Indian officials to seize the property of the promoters of Bitconnect. One promoter has already been arrested and the investigators are tracking down another who supposedly handled the worldwide operations of the company and may have a large amount of BTC belonging to investors.
2018-9-12 00:35 | |
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Chinese social media giant WeChat has reportedly closed down accounts owned by several cryptocurrency and blockchain media accounts on its platform, local news outlet Lanjinger reports.
2018-8-23 22:13 | |
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Economist Tyler Cowen thinks that, thanks to digital minimalism, America is facing the death of private property and capitalism as we know it. But as Fred Ehrsam alludes to, the birth of cryptocurrency may suggest otherwise.
2018-8-14 02:33 | |
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The CEO of a major South Korean P2P lender has been accused of using funds for a construction project to make personal crypto purchases. According to a report by local media outlet NBN Media, an unnamed investor and private equity…
The declaration of Martial law in South Korea on December 3, 2024, caused chaos for crypto exchanges like Upbit and Bithumb. The crypto exchanges experienced downtimes as investors rushed to manage their assets.
Bithumb announced that it will be launching $TRUMP meme coin on its platform with a base price of 53,350 won three days after its official launch. Bithumb, South Korea’s second largest crypto exchange, will launch the official Trump meme coin,…
Bithumb, South Korea’s second largest crypto exchange, is dropping NongHyup Bank in favor of Kookmin Bank as part of its efforts to tap into the mainstream market. According to a report by The Korea Times on Jan. 13, Bithumb will…
South Korea’s Cube Entertainment is under scrutiny after its CEO, Kang Seung-gon, was accused of allegedly misleading investors into a cryptocurrency investment that resulted in significant financial losses.
South Korea considers easing restrictions on corporate crypto trading, with plans to gradually issue real-name accounts to institutional investors. South Korea is set to allow corporations to invest in cryptocurrencies as the Financial Services Commission is considering a gradual approach…
South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group has tapped the Ethereum layer 2 network Arbiturm to enhance its artificial intelligence-driven metaverse platform, Lotte Caliverse. Announced at CES 2025, Arbitrum’s blockchain, with its 250ms block times, is described by Steven Goldfeder, CEO of…