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Ether (ETH) P2P exchange platform LocalEthereum has officially renamed itself to LocalCryptos and introduced support for a slew of different cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC), and several other ERC-20 tokens. LocalEthereum Looks to go Global LocalEthereum, a prominent exchange in the cryptocurrency space that allows traders to buy, sell, and trade smart-contract
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The Finnish Financial Services Authority (FIN-FSA) has officially registered LocalBitcoins as a virtual currency provider, starting at the beginning of November 2019. Finland only allows officially registered providers who fulfill the legal requirements to operate in the country.A safe pair of handsIn order to receive the registration, LocalBitcoins had
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The BRICS association of major emerging economies has discussed developing a digital currency to facilitate trade between member nations. Source
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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, better known as CZ, predicted that the digital Renminbi token (RMB) would be based on blockchain. Speaking today at BlockShow Asia 2019, CZ shared his thoughts on the digital currency in development by the People’s Bank of China. The details of this currency are not officially known.
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The former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said at a conference that it is pointless for central banks to issue their own digital currencies.Presenting his views, Greenspan said that national (fiat) currencies are backed up by sovereign credit and therefore are far superior to digital assets proposed by tech giants
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As China moves forward towards the launch of the digitized version of its traditional currency, investors and financial authorities all over the world closely monitor and assess its implications for the general public.With worries of surveillance and abuse in mind, the head of the People’s Bank of China’s digital currency
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Founding managing partner of HCM Capital, the private equity arm of electronics manufacturer Foxconn, Jack Lee, says China’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is ready and expects it to launch in two to three months. During an interview with CNBC published on Nov. 11, Lee also suggested that the People's
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In what comes as major development in the adoption of a blockchain technology and crypto, Tunisia announces its own Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). With this launch, Tunisia positions itself as the first major country to adopt a CBDC, faster even than previously anticipated.The new cryptocurrency, called “E-dinar,” was officially
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Tunisia has become the first country to start moving its national currency to a blockchain platform. Russian ICO startup Universa will help issue and manage Tunisia’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), reported Russian news agency Tass on Nov. 7.E-dinar expected to be more transparent, cheaper to issueThe Central Bank
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Only a few weeks after the United States Internal Revenue Service published new guidance for crypto taxation, the United Kingdom’s tax, payments and customs authority, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, has updated its cryptocurrency taxation policy paper for businesses and individuals.The HMRC's approach in this policy paper is, as
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