Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro to allow digital asset tax payments
Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes announced the initiative in March, saying it was the city’s attempt to attract the global digital asset community.
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China’s Tianjin province hikes electricity rates to root out miners
Tianjin is now the eighth province to hike the rates specifically targeting the miners, but they all insist it’s a punishment, not a green light for the miners.
Patrick Prinz on CoinGeek Backstage: No one should build on infrastructure that limits you, switch to BSV
Patrick Prinz, managing director of Bitcoin Association for BSV, joined CoinGeek Backstage to talk about the BA’s current focus on building an ecosystem in the Bitcoin SV industry to attract all levels of enterprises.
US senator attacks SEC’s digital asset regulatory approach
It’s the first time a U.S. senator has directly called out Gary Gensler’s SEC, urging the securities regulator to define which tokens are securities and how to list them.
NYDIG quietly laid off a third of its staff in September: report
Sources at NYDIG say the firm, which aimed to introduce BTC to the banking system, burned through the $1b it raised amid leadership shuffles at the top.
SEC shoots down WisdomTree’s BTC spot ETF, cites market manipulation
The U.S. securities regulator previously shot down WisdomTree’s spot ETF application on the same ground, even as Grayscale sues the agency for “discriminatory” ETF rejections.
US court admits LeXpunK and DEF in Ooki DAO’s defense against the CFTC
The judge who ruled that the CFTC was justified in serving the DAO members via a chatbot has now ruled in favor of 2 lobby groups to file amicus curiae briefs.
Join the Philippine Fintech Festival—where SE Asian fintech giants map the region’s digital payments revolution
The event, to be held on October 17-21, will feature key Southeast Asian fintech giants and focus on the rise of ASEAN region’s profile as a global fintech hub.
Mt Gox creditors have until January 2023 to select repayment method
Mt Gox trustee gave the creditors until January 10, 2023, to register their preferred repayment method as Bitstamp announced it’s among the selected exchanges.
IoT Forum’s Srdan Krco talks transforming the food supply chain with blockchain and IoT
Srdan Krco, who has been spearheading IoT innovation for decades now, believes that by using blockchain as a base layer, users can access and trust data easily.
Norway weighs scrapping subsidized electricity prices for block reward miners
The Minister of Finance in Norway proposed reverting to the original power prices for BTC miners after the 2016 subsidy as the country faces an energy crisis.
Crypto.com understated layoffs, dismissed at least 40% of its workforce: report
The exchange’s strategy of splashing on ads and partnerships backfired as the bear market set in, and it has scaled them down and laid off over 2,000 employees.