Introduction As promoters of cryptocurrencies and digital -
asset exchanges face intense scrutiny from tax,...
Not exact matches
Vladislav Reznik, now the deputy head of the finance committee in Russia's lower house of parliament and a member of the Putin - aligned United Russia Party,
faces charges accusing him of giving allies of the criminal organization's alleged leader, Gennady Petrov, positions in the Russian government in
exchange for a share of the organization's
assets.
These include actions by the People's Bank of China to further curtail digital
asset trading, an alliance between the central bank and other agencies to target fraudulent virtual currency schemes, and an announcement from the Shenzhen stock
exchange stating that companies speculating on blockchain technology will
face repercussions.
Digital currency
exchanges in Japan and elsewhere
face a growing threat from cyber criminals looking to capitalize on the rising value of digital
assets.
In addition to the normal risk of
asset devaluation, international funds also
face exchange rate risk.
Germany's electricity sector
faced a renewed, violent shakeup in March as two of its biggest utilities, E.ON and RWE, announced a complex
asset exchange that experts said points to the death of the integrated model.
Digital currency
exchanges in Japan and elsewhere
face a growing threat from cyber criminals looking to capitalize on the rising value of digital
assets.
This could be attributed to the difficulties the Crypto space
faced last week from FUD involving South Korean Justice department announcing a Crypto ban on noncompliance
exchanges to Indonesia moving towards banning all Crypto related activities in the Country and Brazil declaring cryptocurrencies as a non-financial
asset.
«Cryptocurrencies were always envisioned to revolutionize global financial markets and the way consumers and businesses transact,» said Victor Wong, founder and CEO of Sparkle Coin, Inc. «Sparkle Coin bridges the gap between cryptocurrencies and traditional business by developing an economic ecosphere comprised of an
asset - backed cryptocurrency, transacted through a powerful currency
exchange, with an outward
facing cryptocurrency payment gateway allowing virtually all merchants to accept cryptocurrency though an online shopping mall or directly on their own websites.»
In the
face of this concern, and the painful lessons learned from past blockchain forks, some
exchanges are stepping up to make users aware of possible issues and how they can protect their
assets.
Ethereum, for example, has been referred to as a blockchain solution without the baggage and regulation of bitcoin - yet as a public blockchain (ie: one that is not privately controlled and that has an
asset value that typically trades on public
exchanges), it
faces the exact same regulatory issues that bitcoin does as a virtual currency (KYC, AML, MTL, etc).