Terrorists have increasingly used cryptocurrency-oriented cryptocurrencies to finance their activities. This was stated by the director of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, at an international meeting of heads of special services, security agencies and law enforcement agencies, RIA Novosti reports. “So-called confidential cryptocurrencies are increasingly being used, guaranteeing the anonymity of transactions, unlike Bitcoin and its analogues,” Bortnikov emphasized. The head of the FSB […]
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The leadership of the Belarusian High-Tech Park (HTP) is developing a Decree on HTP 3.0. The document passed the first discussion with the country's president, Alexander Lukashenko. This was announced on his Facebook page by IT-businessman, founder of VP Capital, Viktor Prokopenya. The main task of the new document, according to him, will be to increase educational programs for the training of IT-personnel throughout the country. "The world is changing. All […]
Graduate of the aeternity acceleration program AMPnet has announced a partnership with the international environmental organization Greenpeace. AMPnet is a platform for investing and managing energy cooperatives on a white-label basis (under its own brand partner). Greenpeace intends to use AMPnet to finance renewable power plants around the world. Greenpeace Named Earthboost Investment Platform This was reported by the CEO of AMPnet Mislav Javor […]
Ethereum cryptocurrency is a commodity, not a security, and soon you can expect the emergence of regulated futures on its basis. The chairman of the Commission on the derivatives trading (CFTC) of the United States, Heath Tarbert, said at a Yahoo Finance summit. “We have very clearly stated that bitcoin is a commodity. But so far they have not said anything about Ethereum. I'm like […]
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has established a cryptocurrency fund to accept donations in bitcoins and Ethereum. Digital assets will finance open source technologies for children and youth around the world. UNICEF became the first organization in the UN that transacts in cryptocurrency, the fund said in a press release. “If the digital economy and currencies have […]
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz believes that the country should not lag behind other states or private companies with the issuance of digital currency, reports Wirtschafts Woche. “Such a payment system would be useful for the financial center of Europe and its integration into the global financial system. We should not leave this field of activity to China, Russia, the USA or any private players, ”[…]
PayPal, an electronic payment system operator, has officially confirmed its refusal to participate in the Libra digital currency project, which is being developed by the social network Facebook. A statement to withdraw from the Libra Association was distributed by PayPal on Friday, October 4. The company did not name the reasons for the refusal to participate in the project, noting only that it intends to continue to focus “on promoting the current mission […]
The Venezuelan government uses cryptocurrencies “for free national and international payments,” Bloomberg reports citing President Nicolas Maduro. According to Maduro, the new tools of the Ministry of Finance and the central bank will soon allow everyone to carry out banking operations, including international payments. “Venezuela is already working in the cryptocurrency world,” Maduro summed up. Last week, it became known that the country's central bank is exploring the possibility of inclusion […]
EU competition commissioner Margret Westagher has launched an investigation into the digital currency project from Facebook. Her concerns are caused by the potentially anti-competitive nature of Libra. The EU's antitrust chief is scrutinizing Facebook's planned cryptocurrency because of the risk that Libra will lead to the creation of a new, entirely separate economy https://t.co/39DLuiBxwN – Bloomberg Crypto (@crypto) October […]
In the Russian Federation, they propose closing the loopholes in the legislation on Russian-controlled foreign companies and changing the rules for recognition as a tax resident of the country. This provision is contained in the draft Ministry of Finance on "The main directions of the budget, tax and customs tariff policy", designed for the next three years. According to the current legislation, the tax resident of the Russian Federation is a person who spent more than 183 days in the country during […]