In the first half of 2021, NFT sales reached $ 2.5 billion. Since March, sales of non-fungible tokens have ranged from 10,000 to 20,000 NFT per week. According to a Reuters publication citing data from DappRadar, in the first half of 2021, non-fungible token (NFT) sales totaled $ 2.5 billion. In the first quarter of 2021, interest in the industry grew – non-fungible tokens became popular in the art world after the artist’s painting…
The South African Mirror Trading International (MTI) pyramid has been finally liquidated. The investigation found another 8,000 BTC appropriated by the founders of the pyramid. The Cape High Court approved the final liquidation of MTI this week, according to Moneyweb. The company was temporarily liquidated in December following numerous customer complaints of fraud. In January, South African regulators officially shut down Mirror Trading International. Investigators found the 8,000 BTC collected by the organizers of MTI,…
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced that it has temporarily stopped accepting deposits from bank accounts through the key European payment system SEPA. Work with the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) was suspended today, July 7, at 10 am Moscow time. The reason for this decision, representatives of Binance called “events beyond our control.” The SEPA system connects payment platforms across Europe and makes it easier for businesses to make bank payments. Binance used various intermediaries…
Indian IT giant Tech Mahindra and StaTwig are deploying VaccineLedger to address supply chain issues that affect COVID-19 vaccine stocks and shelf life. Blockchain company StaTwig tested the VaccineLedger solution in India and the USA back in 2019. The company recently partnered with Indian IT giant Tech Mahindra to roll out the solution as part of a coronavirus vaccination campaign around the world. VaccineLedger’s goal is to increase the transparency of the vaccine supply chain.…
A politician who leads the digital currencies study group in Japan’s ruling party said that by the end of next year, lawmakers will shape how the digital yen works. Hideki Murai of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party said that by the end of 2022, lawmakers will have a “clearer picture” of what Japan’s state-owned cryptocurrency should be like. Although lawmakers do not plan to make a decision on the issuance of the state cryptocurrency anytime soon,…
The Securities Commission of Thailand (SEC) announced that it has opened a criminal case against the cryptocurrency exchange Binance on charges of illegal financial transactions. Several regulators are already investigating the activities of the largest cryptocurrency exchange, but the step taken by the SEC of Thailand has become the most serious – regulators of other countries are limited to only warnings. The SEC said in a statement that the regulator sent a letter to the…
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) said that the Binance cryptocurrency exchange is not licensed and licensed to operate in the country. According to media reports, the trading floor is registered in the Cayman Islands. However, CIMA said the exchange is not licensed to trade cryptocurrencies on these islands or within the British Overseas Territories. According to the department, Binance, Binance Group and Binance Holdings Limited are not under the control of CIMA. Therefore, the…
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The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the second reading the Law “On Payment Services”, which gives the Central Bank of the country the right to issue state cryptocurrency, which is recognized as legal tender. On Wednesday, June 30, the majority of deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted for bill No. 4364. After the law comes into force, complex changes will take place on the payment market of Ukraine. The new law contains…
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a law providing for the introduction of an additional tax on electricity for miners working in the country. The law will come into force in January 2022. Due to the ban on mining in China, a large number of Chinese miners have been moving to Kazakhstan in recent months. Kazakhstan has previously been one of the main directions for the extraction of bitcoin. According to the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity…
