English Man Gets Prison Time After Spending Covid Loan on Crypto and Gambling
The head of a rural English glass-fitting company has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison, after illegally using…
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Telegram’s Durov: We’re ‘running out of time to save the free internet’
Messaging app Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov warns that a “dark, dystopian world” is approaching, with governments worldwide rolling…
Privacy group urges Ireland to drop work on encryption ‘backdoor law’
A privacy coalition has urged the Irish government to abandon work on a pre-draft bill that would grant law enforcement…
Nigeria Unveils 15% Crypto Gains Tax, But Experts Decry Lack of Clear Regulation
The Nigerian government will implement a new tax regime for cryptocurrency profits, effective January 2026. Some industry experts are questioning…
Singapore MAS Postpones Basel Crypto Banking Rules to 2027
Singapore central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). It has decided to delay the implementation of new crypto banking…
Vietnam and Tether Join Forces to Build Secure and Licensed Digital-Asset Ecosystem
Vietnam has officially entered into a partnership with Tether, the issuer of the stablecoin USDT, to develop a regulated cryptocurrency…
South Korea ramps up crypto seizures, will target cold wallets
South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) is expanding its crackdown on tax evasion, warning that even crypto assets stored in…
Coinbase CEO blasts senate plan on DeFi
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong slammed a Senate Democratic proposal that would regulate DeFi front-ends as brokers, calling it a “bad…
Singapore Delays Update to Crypto Rules for Banks Until 2027
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has deferred new crypto prudential standards by a year, with the rollout now set to…
CoinSwitch Gets Court Approval to Secure $5 Million Stuck on WazirX After Hack
The Bombay High Court has ruled Indian crypto exchange CoinSwitch can secure its stolen assets held on the embattled WazirX…