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China announces criminal penalties for theft of digital assets including NFTs

The Chinese government has officially declared that the theft of digital collections, including NFTs, will be legally treated as property theft, signifying a significant shift in the nation’s approach to digital asset regulation. On Nov. 10, the Chinese government issued a significant statement regarding the legal status of digital collections, including

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China declares stealing digital collections like NFTs liable for criminal theft sentence

The Chinese government released a statement on Nov. 10 declaring that anyone stealing digital collections, such as nonfungible tokens (NFTs), will be subject to theft sentences.It outlines three views on the type of crime that theft of digital collections falls under, the first two classifying it as either data or

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Nigeria and UK foundation launch Code Clubs for digital literacy

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, has entered into a partnership with a UK-based computing education charity, Raspberry Pi Foundation, to launch Code Clubs across Nigeria.The initiative is crafted for students aged 7 to 17, and the Code Clubs represent a series

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Deutsche Börse Announces New Investment Strategy Dubbed Horizon 2026 to Tap on Digital Assets

Deutsche Börse intends to further use cloud computing to accelerate the development of its digital post-trading platform D7 and a crypto trading platform to ensure sustainable future growth prospects. The Web3 market and blockchain technology have triggered a fast shift in the global financial system from the traditional stock market to

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U.S. policymakers introduce bill targeting China’s digital yuan

Senator Rick Scott introduced a prohibition act seeking to bar U.S. financial service operators from interacting with China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC). The so-called Chinese CBDC Prohibition Act would ban U.S. post offices, remittance firms, peer-to-peer crowdfunding platforming and all money services businesses from facilitating any transaction that involves China’s

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Group of Seven Nations Commit to Monitoring for Early Warning Signs of Digital Market Competitive Disruption

"Digital markets can present competition concerns," the statement said. "Markets characterized by network effects, economies of scale, digital ecosystems, and accumulations of large amounts of data can be prone to increasing or creating barriers to entry, tipping, and dominance." Source

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India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Appoints Liminal to Manage Seized Digital Assets

"We consider our partnership with the CBI as a testament to our unwavering dedication to building a safe and regulated digital asset ecosystem in India," said Manan Vora, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Operations at Liminal. "As experts in the field, we feel it's our responsibility to assist

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Marathon Digital sees 670% revenue gain in Q3 as Bitcoin production surges

Bitcoin mining firm Marathon Digital Holdings saw its revenue surge $670% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2023, amid a nearly five-fold increase in Bitcoin production.The results saw Marathon also swing to a quarterly profit, with $64.1 million of net income in the third quarter, according to the firm’s Nov.

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‘Premier’ crypto cop CFTC reveals record-setting digital asset enforcement in 2023

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has unveiled its enforcement outcomes for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. It highlights a historic surge in digital asset cases, actions to enforce regulatory obligations for registrants, manipulation and spoofing cases, and groundbreaking court decisions in intricate legal disputes.The statement released by the CFTC shows

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