South African tax consultancy firm Tax Consulting SA, has said the recent announcement by the central bank — that will start to regulate cryptocurrency in 12 to 18 months — has legal and tax implications for both crypto investors and organizations providing intermediary services. The firm, however, says the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) “will not interfere in the investment decisions made by crypto investors.” Intermediaries Must Register as Financial Services Providers According to a South African tax consultancy firm, Tax Consulting SA, recent revelations by the central bank deputy…
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Bit2Me to onboard 100k blocked crypto investors from 2gether exchange
Following a recent agreement between the two crypto exchanges, Bit2Me announced plans to onboard 2gether’s 100,000 crypto investors, who were recently blocked from trading due to the exchange’s inability to operate amid unfavorable market conditions. On July 10, Spanish cryptocurrency trading platform 2gether shut down its free trading services, citing its inability to justify its related operational costs due to crypto winter. Instead, the users were being charged 20 euros as maintenance fees. Providing relief to the recently displaced crypto investors, Bit2Me reached an agreement with 2gether to onboard its…
6 Ways Advisors Can Help Crypto Investors Avoid Large Losses
For digital asset exchanges, adequate funding means that there’s enough in the pot to handle liquidations. In the world of decentralized finance, it is the network of participants who help keep projects afloat. In the recently treacherous realm of stablecoins, it’s the collateral backing the project. Source
14% of Saudis Are Crypto Investors, 76% Have Less Than One Year of Experience in Cryptocurrency Investment – Featured Bitcoin News
About 14% of Saudi residents are either current crypto investors or have traded crypto in the past six months, the latest Kucoin study has found. The study has also found that 76% of investors have less than one year of experience and thus may be in need of relevant crypto education. Crypto Winter Effect Around three million Saudi Arabians, or about 14% of the adult population aged 18 to 60, are either crypto investors or have traded crypto over the last six months, the latest study conducted by the cryptocurrency…
Long-Term Bitcoin Investors Stick It Out as Speculator Selling Drives Prices Lower: Coinbase
“Holders are less likely to sell BTC during turbulent periods,” the Nasdaq-listed crypto exchange said. Original
Crypto Investors Can Rely on ‘Frankly Nothing’ in Current Regulatory Environment, Says Former FDIC Official
Meghji, now a professor at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering with a focus on artificial intelligence, Web3 and cybersecurity, told CoinDesk during “First Mover” that because the U.S. does not have a regulatory regime in place for crypto, it is using enforcement action to get a handle on overseeing nonregulated entities. Source
Investors Expect Bitcoin’s Price to Fall to $10,000 – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News
A new survey shows that the majority of nearly 1,000 investors who responded expect bitcoin’s price to drop to $10K. In addition, 28% of respondents expressed strong confidence that cryptocurrencies are the future of finance while 20% said they are worthless. Investors Believe Bitcoin Could Fall to $10K The latest Bloomberg MLIV Pulse survey, conducted from July 5-8, asked 950 investors who responded where they see bitcoin’s price heading. Respondents were asked, “Which level will bitcoin trade at first? $10K or $30K.” According to the results published Monday, 60% of…
Wall Street Investors Expect Bitcoin To Hit $10,000, Is This Possible?
The decline of bitcoin over the last several weeks has raised concerns among investors in the space. The digital asset which had peaked at $69,000 had declined as low as $17,600 and continues to struggle to hold $20,000, dragging investor sentiment down with it. This same sentiment was shared by a polled group of Wall Street investors regarding how they viewed the digital asset. Mostly, investors do not see any bullish movement in the near future. Majority Says Bitcoin Is Going Down Out of the 950 respondents that were surveyed…
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Retraces Gains as Investors Await Inflation Announcement
Leverage Ratio Is Still Very High On-chain data shows the Bitcoin leverage ratio still has a very high value, a sign that has usually proven to be bearish for the crypto in recent months. Bitcoin Exchange Leverage Ratio Has… CryptoX Portal
Will it silence critics, mollify investors?
There is an old Arabic proverb: “The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.” It could summarize the journey to date of Tether (USDT), the world’s largest stablecoin. Tether has been embroiled in legal and financial wrangling through much of its short history. There have been lawsuits over alleged market manipulation, charges by the New York State attorney general that Tether lied about its reserves — costing the firm $18.5 million in fines in 2021 — and this year, questions voiced by United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen as to…