The bill, dated May 5, closely matches proposals made by the European Commission in December 2022, as part of a bid to stop EU residents stashing crypto abroad to hide it from the taxman. The commission would have to set up a register of crypto asset operators’ by December 2025, bringing forward a previous deadline by one year, and the rules will apply as of Jan. 1, 2026. Source
LG has been a node operator on the Hedera Network since 2020. Source
The Milady NFT collection spiked as much as 60% following an acknowledgement from Elon Musk, which drew parallels with the Twitter owner’s past praise for dogecoin. Miladys feature cartoon profile pic-like images with wide-eyed childlike faces, one of which Musk tweeted overlaid with the words, “There is no meme, I love you.” Following the tweet, the collection trended among the most in-demand NFTs on marketplace OpenSea, with prices as high as $13,700 worth of ether at the peak and trading volumes of over $22 million in the last 24 hours.…
Montenegro has granted approval to the bail terms proposed by the lawyers of Terra Luna founder Do Kwon, who was charged with the criminal offense of document forgery under Montenegrin law. According to the official document released by local authorities on May 12, the court has accepted the proposed bail offer for Kwon and Han Chang-joon, Terraform Labs’ chief financial officer, of 400,000 euros ($436,000) each. This is in addition to being put under house arrest in lieu of being taken into custody. According to the documents, if the house…
During the hearing, the defendants indicated they had “property worth several million” and the bail amount will be paid by their wives, the court’s statement said. Prosecution objected to bail proposal, saying there was no guarantee that Kwon was not a flight risk. Source
Bitcoin (BTC) is entering prime “buy the dip” territory as the clock ticks down to the 2024 block subsidy halving. That is the conclusion of several well-known market participants this month, with Bitcoin just one year away from its “very interesting” next halving. Bitcoin vs. the halving: Time to buy? Bitcoin halving cycles are known to follow patterns when it comes to price activity in a given period. These four-year “epochs” have so far contained a macro high and macro low for BTC price, with those events likewise four years…
The biggest beneficiary of this move in the long term will be Tesla shareholders, considering the firm is the only publicly listed entity tied to Elon Musk The shares of American multinational technology company Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) are seeing an impressive uptick as investors appear elated that the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk is setting his priorities right. As reported earlier by Coinspeaker, the iconic entrepreneur and founder said he is stepping down from his role as the CEO of Twitter, the micro-messaging platform he acquired more than…
The executives at Binance.US believe that reducing Zhao’s stake could help in actually improving the standing in the eyes of the US regulators. As per the recent development, crypto exchange Binance.US along with its founder Changpeng Zhao is looking at ways to reduce his stake in the company amid a strong crackdown by the United States federal regulatory authorities. Currently, CZ is the majority stakeholder currently in Binance.US, as reported by The Information citing sources familiar with the matter. As we know, over the past year, Binance.US along with Changepeng Zhao…
The TABOO token was designed to serve as a major utility token to help every user of the platform to get the most utility from using the services. TABOO, an adult entertainment platform, has raised a sum of $10 million in funding as it seeks expansion of its service offering using the power of blockchain technology. According to a press release shared with Coinspeaker, TABOO is now valued at $250 million following the funding round. According to the announcement, the funding round for TABOO was led by a private family…
Amid the ongoing banking crisis in the United States, financial regulators continue scrutinizing major traditional finance companies like HSBC and Scotiabank. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged HSBC’s securities arm HSBC Securities (HSI) and Scotiabank’s investment subsidiary Scotia Capital with penalties over recordkeeping violations. HSI agreed to pay $15 million to settle with the SEC, while Scotia Capital agreed to pay $7.5 million. Additionally, Scotia paid $15 million to settle the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission charges. Announcing the news on May 11, the U.S. SEC said that…