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2022-02-08 12:42:02 Crypto regulation is coming, just not this year: SEC's Peirce

Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester Peirce expects an SEC proposal to expand the definition of an exchange as a backdoor way to regulate cryptocurrency exchanges, but does not anticipate the commission will formally introduce direct crypto regulation this year.

“The expansive definition that's being proposed for exchanges will cover a lot of potential platforms that haven't thought necessarily that they would be covered and that's in the traditional security space. Open / Comment

2022-02-08 10:32:34 Russia's Ministry of Finance Wants to Let Banks Sell Crypto: Report

The Bank of Russia wants to ban cryptocurrencies, while the Ministry of Finance wants to legalize them. The government is reportedly leaning toward the latter.

Russia’s Ministry of Finance Suggests Legalizing Crypto. Russia’s Ministry of Finance reportedly wants to legalize cryptocurrencies and let banks sell them as investment assets. Open / Comment

2022-02-07 21:11:01 Cryptocurrency Theft Remains Key Revenue Source for North Korea, UN Report Says

Cyberattacks on cryptocurrency exchanges have been a major source of funds for North Korea in the past year, a United Nations report has unveiled. According to the document, the sanctioned nation has also been developing its nuclear and missile programs. Open / Comment

2022-02-07 18:15:30 Disney is looking for experts in NFT

Multinational entertainment company Disney is looking for potential candidates who understand the growing non-fungible token industry.

A total of four advertisements on the company's job site mention NFTs. The positions are for director of sales and digital marketing; cultural trends marketing manager; business development manager; and manager of business development and innovation at ESPN. The first of these job openings is looking for a candidate who "Will help lead Disney's NFT industry. Open / Comment

2022-02-07 15:11:01 Bitcoin took over 40 years of development and research to create. Open / Comment

2022-02-07 12:32:02 Binance CEO Warns of ‘Massive’ SMS Phishing Scam

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao warned early on Friday of a “massive phishing scam via SMS" with a link to cancel withdrawals that leads to a website that harvests Binance users' credentials.

A Binance spokesperson said that Zhao was warning people in general about SMS phishing scams and citing one that had targeted Binance users, but not saying there was only one specific scam against Binance. Open / Comment

2022-02-07 10:05:29 Kraken has conducted an independent audit showing it has nearly $20 billion worth of BTC and ETH. It will also allow clients to verify their accounts using third-party services. Open / Comment

2022-02-06 21:23:01 Google Trends worldwide search interest for ‘NFT’ has overtaken ‘crypto’, and is even starting to catch up to that of ‘bitcoin’. Open / Comment

2022-02-06 19:22:01 60,000 Indians have signed a petition for the government to lower crypto tax and to not tax crypto income at 30%.

Many Indians have signed a petition for the government to introduce reasonable crypto tax policies.

This week, India's finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, proposed taxing crypto income at 30%. A petition has been initiated on Change.org for the government of India to "Introduce reasonable crypto tax policies." Open / Comment

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