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South Korea’s Democratic Party requires parliamentary candidates to reveal crypto holdings

The Democratic Party of Korea has introduced a policy requiring its candidates to disclose their crypto holdings ahead of the 2024 general elections, aiming to enhance transparency and address potential conflicts of interest. The Democratic Party of Korea, which has a majority in the National Assembly with 167 out of 300

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Updated European tax directive requires reporting on all crypto asset transfers

The European Council has approved updated rules that extend tax reporting requirements to include transfers of crypto assets. This is the eighth version of the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC), which is a set of procedures for automatic information sharing between European governments for tax purposes. DAC8 was proposed in December

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Hong Kong regulator requires banks to open accounts for crypto firms

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the city’s central banking institution and regulator, has called on banks to provide their services to cryptocurrency firms.On April 27, HKMA issued a circular related to the access of corporate customers to banking services. In the document, the regulator has required authorized institutions, referred

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Europarliament approves Data Act that requires kill switches on smart contracts

The European Parliament passed the Data Act on March 14. The comprehensive bill was intended to “boost innovation by removing barriers obstructing access to industrial data.” Among its provisions is an article that would require smart contracts to be alterable. The legislation established rules for fairly sharing data generated by “connected

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Kraken’s Jesse Powell Takes Aim at Newly Launched Proof-of-Reserve Lists, POR Audit ‘Requires Cryptographic Proof’ – Bitcoin News

On Tuesday, amid the many conversations concerning crypto exchange proof-of-reserves, Kraken executive Jesse Powell shared a screenshot of coinmarketcap.com’s newly launched proof-of-reserves (POR) dashboard. Powell said he planned to be “more assertive with calling out problems,” and he stressed that a POR audit “requires cryptographic proof of client balances and

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