Bitcoin News

Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty just hit yet another all-time high (ATH), less than a month after the previous one, cutting into the decreasing profit margins of miners.

At its latest meeting, India’s parliamentary standing committee on finance deliberated on cryptocurrencies, for the first time discussing these issues with the industry’s representatives.

Investors are told that if they seek to sidestep crypto trading profits reporting protocols, their coins could be liquidated – and bailiffs could be sent to search their houses.

Major crypto exchange Binance has decided to shut down a number of accounts linked to relatives of senior Russian decision-makers in response to the intensifying Western sanctions on the country triggered by its invasion of Ukraine.

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Spanish banking giant BBVA said that starting in January 2021, its unit in Switzerland will progressively launch a new service for the trading and custody of digital assets.

American financial advisors are growing increasingly crypto-keen, with a survey of almost 1,000 professionals in December showing that no advisors were looking to offload crypto holdings over the year ahead.

Trading volumes are shrinking at South Korean crypto platforms – where it has now become illegal for the staff and executives of crypto exchanges to trade on their employees' platforms.

South Korean courts are bracing for a wave of crypto-related bankruptcies – and have created a “working rule” that will help them deal with cases involving individuals who have fallen foul of crypto investments gone wrong.