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Majority of South Koreans support digital currency tax law: survey
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27 September, 2021

Majority of South Koreans support digital currency tax law: survey

A survey in South Korea found that only 33% of respondents oppose the new taxation regime, even as the government...
BIT Mining to set up 85MW mining facility in Ohio
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26 September, 2021

BIT Mining to set up 85MW mining facility in Ohio

NYSE-traded BIT Mining has partnered with Viking Data Centers to develop a BTC block reward mining facility in Ohio as...
HSBC working with 8 countries in backing CBDCs
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26 September, 2021

HSBC working with 8 countries in backing CBDCs

HSBC Group CEO Noel Quinn struck a positive note about CBDCs and how the technology could be used by governments...
Brazilian investment bank plans to release digital currency offering
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26 September, 2021

Brazilian investment bank plans to release digital currency offering

The new digital currency platform will initially offer BTC and Ethereum as two main currencies, but plans to include other...
UK House of Lords begins hearing on central bank digital currencies
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25 September, 2021

UK House of Lords begins hearing on central bank digital currencies

The upper house of the U.K.’s parliament, the Lords’ Economic Affairs Committee is calling for public submissions on whether a...
Biden picks strong Bitcoin critic Saule Omarova to head OCC
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25 September, 2021

Biden picks strong Bitcoin critic Saule Omarova to head OCC

White House describes Omarova as “one of the country’s leading academic experts on issues related to regulation of systemic risk...