The federal government has placed more emphasis on tax reporting in recent years for investors in bitcoin, ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. ( read original story ...)
‘PayPal for Crypto’ wannabe Ramp raises $52.7M Series A round led by Balderton Capital
In the same way that PayPal and Stripe radically changed online payments by allowing any online service to embed payments, the race is on to have the same impact on crypto assets. To this end, players ... ( read original story ...)
An Amazon crypto scam left its victim with a $45,000 bill
Fancy getting a $45,000 bill for work you didn’t do? That’s what Jonny Platt found when his AWS account got hacked by an unscrupulous cryptocurrency miner. ( read original story ...)
CoinMarketCap glitch lists bitcoin at $799 billion, but Coinbase beats that astronomical price as its own crypto data goes nuts
Tweets showed bitcoin's price on CoinMarketCap at $799 billion per coin, giving it a market value of $14.7 quintillion. ( read original story ...)
Nine Videos That Defined Crypto In 2021
Winklevoss Twins Talk NFT’s And The End Of Social Networking As We Know It 4:26 How A Battle Between Wall Street And Reddit Users Made GameStop GME +7.9% Stock Skyrocket 10:34 The Richest Person Under ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Wealth Is Minting The Next Generation of Super Spenders
There’s a surge in asset values, from stocks to real estate and contemporary art, and even more importantly, there’s a significant impact from cryptocurrency wealth that could benefit luxury-goods ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto ads banned by UK watchdog for failing to highlight risk
The U.K. advertising watchdog banned seven cryptocurrency ads on Wednesday and said they must not appear again. ( read original story ...)
News updates from December 13: UBS fined €1.8bn by French court in tax evasion case, US Covid cases hit 50m, England…
California has become the latest US state to announce it will reinstate its indoor mask mandate in an effort to tame a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases since Thanksgiving. The mandate, which takes effect ... ( read original story ...)
Government to pay damages over suicide linked to Moritomo Gakuen scandal
The decision to pay around ¥100 million ends the suit between the state and plaintiff and ensures the process leading to the alteration of the documents will not be revealed. ( read original story ...)
Crypto ‘red alert’ issued by UK’s advertising watchdog
The UK's advertising watchdog, the ASA, has banned several ads, saying they take advantage of consumers' lack of awareness around cryptocurrencies. ( read original story ...)
Crypto company Anchorage raises $350 million at $3 billion valuation
Less than a year after raising an $80 million Series C round, Anchorage is announcing that it has raised a $350 million Series D round. With today’s funding round, the company has reached a valuation ... ( read original story ...)
Top 10 Tips For Crypto And Blockchain Startups And Vendors Pitching To Corporates In A Hybrid World
I've been fortunate to work for a global bank, a blockchain and crypto startup, and been a management consultant. I've been on different sides of the boardroom table when it comes to sales pitches. ( read original story ...)
We got an exclusive look at the 14-slide pitch deck Ramp, a startup that wants to become the PayPal of crypto, used to raise $53 million
Ramp makes it easier for different platforms to accept cryptocurrency payments, a sector it predicts to grow as digital currencies go mainstream. ( read original story ...)
Binance curbs UK trader access to risky crypto derivatives
Binance has moved to restrict UK customer access to crypto derivatives after its chief executive said the exchange plans to renew its push for regulatory approval to operate in the country. The crypto ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei ends flat ahead of Fed meeting outcome
Toyota was the second-best performer among the 30 core Topix names, notching a 3.59% gain after Japan's biggest automaker said it would commit about $70 billion to electrify its lineup by 2030. ( read original story ...)
Japan aims to boost five-year defense spending to 30 trln yen -Nikkei
Japan’s government is working to increase the country’s five-year defense spending to 30 trillion yen ($263.85 billion) in a plan to be announced in 2022, the daily Nikkei said on Wednesday. Japan has ... ( read original story ...)