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Neil Walsh, head of the United Nations (UN) Cybercrime and Anti-Money Laundering Unit, said cryptocurrencies made it very difficult to counter terrorism financing, money laundering and cybercrime. It is reported by CoinDesk. In particular, in a conversation with Australian Public Broadcasting Corporation, Walsh expressed the view that the anonymous and pseudonymous properties of cryptocurrencies provide "a new level of secrecy that helps criminals." Significant […]

Cryptocurrency trading and payments using digital currencies in Portugal are not subject to value added tax. This was reported by local media with reference to the statement of the tax administration of the country. 57_INFORMACAO_14436 by ForkLog on Scribd A clarification was provided by the agency to an unnamed Portuguese mining company. “The exchange of cryptocurrencies for fiat money does not entail the need to pay VAT. Cryptocurrency owners […]

Peter Schiff, financial expert and implacable critic of bitcoin, said that last Friday the first cryptocurrency failed a test for a defensive asset. So, against the backdrop of a new round of the trade war between China and the United States, the Japanese yen, the Swiss franc, gold and silver showed growth, while Bitcoin and the stock market showed a collapse. Bitcoin has again failed the safe haven test. […]

On August 29, the price of Bitcoin fell to its lowest value in the past month [$ 9320 by Bitstamp], which speaks in favor of a further downward movement to a psychological mark of $ 9000, CoinDesk Markets analyst Omkar Godbole said. In his opinion, an asset can reach this level within 24 hours. On the daily chart, the 5-day and 10-day MA are directed downward, […]

The Bakkt cryptocurrency platform from Intercontinental Exchange Corporation (ICE) has announced that as early as September 6, customers awaiting the launch of trading in Bitcoin deliverable futures will be able to make deposits. On Sept 6, our Warehouse will begin offering secure storage of customer bitcoin to prepare for the launch of Bakkt Bitcoin Daily & Monthly Futures when they launch on Sept […]

The Decred team, a cryptocurrency based on a hybrid proof-of-work and proof-of-stake consensus algorithm, announced the addition of a new feature designed to ensure the privacy of user transactions. According to the co-founder of the project, Jacob Yokom-Piatt, his team managed to find a "middle ground" between the capabilities of Bitcoin and other anonymous coins and offer users the "desired level of privacy." 1/10 Project Lead, Jake Yocom-Piatt goes public with #Decred #Privacy! […]

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) reported a record in 2019 indicators of the average daily volume of bitcoin futures trading, which indicates a renewed interest in the first cryptocurrency from investors, Forbes reports. As Tim McCourt, Managing Director of CME Group, noted, the activity of traders has grown significantly compared to August last year. “Since the beginning of the year, an average of 7,237 […]

According to Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper, bitcoin is primarily a payment method, but this did not stop him from demonstrating breathtaking profitability. So, according to the CEO of the online journal Block Journal, under the pseudonym Crypto Godfather, in terms of this indicator, bitcoin since the start of trading in 2010 has significantly exceeded even the most successful investments in IT companies that have gone public IPO. 2010 to 2019 Bitcoin: […]