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A Journalism graduate and a reluctant media practitioner, Jasmine Solana started her career covering crime news as well as writing political and business articles for a Japanese daily. She then moved on to serve regional media websites in the United States before discovering technology and Bitcoin – and has been immersed in it ever since.

Article by Jasmine Solana

Gift tax looms for Bitcoin use in South Korea
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16 October, 2017

Gift tax looms for Bitcoin use in South Korea

Prompted by the rising volume of domestic Bitcoin trading, regulators in South Korea are now considering imposing tax on the

Gigablock Testnet mines world’s first 1GB block, and 1MB now looks like the ’80s
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14 October, 2017

Gigablock Testnet mines world’s first 1GB block, and 1MB now looks like the ’80s

Ladies and gentlemen, we now match Visa scalability. On Friday, Bitcoin Unlimited (BU) chief scientist Peter Rizun announced on Twitter

Philippines sounds the alarm on ‘enticing’ Bitcoin investment scheme
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13 October, 2017

Philippines sounds the alarm on ‘enticing’ Bitcoin investment scheme

Regulators in the Philippines have warned against groups that have been soliciting Bitcoin investments from unsuspecting investors. On Thursday, the

Chile’s SurBTC bids farewell to New York Agreement, SegWit2X
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11 October, 2017

Chile’s SurBTC bids farewell to New York Agreement, SegWit2X

Sometimes, love isn’t a good enough reason to stay. Such was the case for Chilean cryptocurrency exchange SurBTC, which announced

State to ‘take control’ over cryptocurrency regulation, says Russian minister
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11 October, 2017

State to ‘take control’ over cryptocurrency regulation, says Russian minister

Authorities in Russia are finally on the same page regarding the issuance and circulation of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin in the

Another day, another tirade: Mastercard CEO calls cryptocurrencies ‘junk’
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11 October, 2017

Another day, another tirade: Mastercard CEO calls cryptocurrencies ‘junk’

This week’s edition of Bitcoin-is-bad rhetoric is brought to us by Mastercard President and CEO Ajay Banga, who has classified

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