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South Korea postpones 20% tax on crypto gains to 2025

The South Korean government has reportedly postponed the 20% tax crypto gains by two years. The controversial 20% tax on crypto gains was supposed to come into effect from January 1, 2023, but now has been deferred to 2025. The government officials announced their new tax reform plans on July 21, deferring the crypto tax…
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Morgan Stanley encourages investors to buy battered El Salvador Eurobonds

The Bitcoin (BTC) bet has somewhat backfired for the small nation as the top cryptocurrency trade at a 70% discount from its top. At a time when the Latin American nation is struggling with its debt, Morgan Stanley has given a buy call for the battered Eurobonds. Simon Waever, the global head of emerging-market sovereign…
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US senator blasts SEC for non-judicial actions against crypto companies

Tom Emmer, the Republican Senator from Minnesota, has become the latest politician to blast the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its unethical actions against crypto companies. Emmer posted a video on Tuesday showing his conversation at the House Committee on Financial Services, where he accused the SEC of politicizing regulations. He went…
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India needs global collaboration to decide on crypto’s future, says finance minister

Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called for global collaboration on cryptocurrencies, assessing their pros and cons to form a common standard and taxonomy. Addressing a question on cryptocurrency in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, Sitharaman said that the Indian central bank had advised the government to prohibit the use…
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DeFi market fell off the cliff in Q2, but there’s hope

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of key decentralized finance (DeFi) insights, a newsletter crafted to bring you some of the major developments over the last week. This past week, the DeFi ecosystem saw several new developments despite a bearish phase brought on by the lending crisis in the crypto market. Another crypto lender,…
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Tencent shuts down NFT platform as gov policy makes it impossible to thrive

While NFTs are not banned in China like cryptocurrencies, the government has warned against fraud risks associated with the nascent sector. Source link

Vermont becomes the sixth US state to launch investigation against Celsius

Vermont’s Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) issued a warning against troubled crypto lending firm Celsius on Tuesday, reminding users that the crypto lending firm is not licensed to offer its services in the state. The DFR alleged that Celsius is “deeply insolvent” and doesn’t possess “assets and liquidity” to fulfill its obligations towards the customers.…
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Terra crash highlights stablecoin risk to financial stability: ECB

The European Central Bank (ECB) has released a report analyzing the growth of the cryptocurrency market over the past decade and the risks it poses to the existing financial system. A section of the report dedicated to stablecoins discussed the central role that it plays in the current ecosystem. Stablecoins are increasingly used to interlink various blockchain…
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UK government explores DeFi with a focus on staking and lending

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of key decentralized finance (DeFi) insights, a newsletter crafted to bring you some of the major developments over the last week. This past week, the DeFi ecosystem got recognition from the United Kingdom government, as they sought public feedback on taxation of the DeFi ecosystem, especially staking and…
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Nayib Bukele reminds Peter Schiff why banks can’t trump BTC

Since the closure of his bank in Puerto Rico, Peter Schiff has been at the receiving end of Bitcoin (BTC) proponents, reminding him this wouldn’t have happened if he was using BTC. The latest to taunt the gold proponent is none other than El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who has had a fair share of…
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