Network revenues across the blockchain ecosystem declined by 16% month-over-month in September, mainly due to reduced volatility in the crypto markets, according to asset manager VanEck. Ethereum network revenue fell by 6%, Solana’s fell by 11%, and the Tron network recorded a 37% reduction in fees, due to a governance proposal that reduced gas fees…
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A US judge has dismissed an investor lawsuit against Web3 company Yuga Labs, ruling that the case failed to show non-fungible tokens (NFTs) meet the legal definition of securities. Judge Fernando M. Olguin ruled the plaintiffs did not demonstrate how Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), ApeCoin (APE) or other NFTs sold by Yuga satisfied the…
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The State Bank of Vietnam, the country’s central bank, anticipates credit growth of about 20% in 2025, a move that could see liquidity flow into global crypto markets amid rising adoption in the region. Pham Thanh Ha, deputy governor of the central bank, said Friday that interest rates need to be slashed further to encourage…
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New York State Senator Liz Krueger introduced a bill on Wednesday to impose excise taxes on energy used by crypto mining companies operating facilities in the state. The proposed excise tax, which is not the first legislative initiative of its kind, will be levied in tiers, with no charge for miners consuming 2.25 million kilowatt-hours…
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US lawmakers debated crypto tax policy at Wednesday’s Senate Committee on Finance hearing, including possible tax exemptions for crypto transactions below a certain threshold and how income from staking services should be classified. Lawrence Zlatkin, the vice president of tax at crypto exchange Coinbase, urged the Senate committee to consider a de minimis tax exemption…
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The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), the agricultural regulator for the emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced a ban on using agricultural land for crypto mining. Violators will face a 100,000 AED fine ($27,229), and the ADAFSA will suspend municipal services, confiscate mining hardware, and disconnect the farmland from…
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The path to new Bitcoin (BTC) all-time highs will continue to feature major corrections of 20% or more, including possible corrections during Q4, despite it typically being a good quarter for crypto asset prices, according to market analyst Jordi Visser. Visser said Bitcoin is part of the AI trade and compared BTC to Nvidia, a…
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Bitcoin (BTC), a supply-capped, decentralized, neutral money, can help reduce warfare by eliminating the currency printing that governments use to finance war through the hidden tax of inflation, according to author Adam Livingston. Livingston pointed to the World Wars of the 20th century, which saw the rise of central banking and the erosion of the…
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Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov claimed that French intelligence services asked him to censor content related to the election in Moldova in 2024 in exchange for saying “good things” to the judge overseeing his trial, which he declined to do. Durov said the messaging platform initially took down some posts that “clearly” violated Telegram’s terms of…
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Establishing a national Bitcoin (BTC) strategic reserve may create negative market impacts for BTC and the US dollar, according to Haider Rafique, global managing partner for government and investor relations at crypto exchange OKX. Rafique told Cointelegraph that any government holding significant portions of the BTC supply could manipulate prices by dumping its holdings onto…
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