Government Confirms Crypto Profits Not Taxable in South Korea

South Korea has confirmed that income tax cannot be levied on individual investors’ profits from crypto transactions under the current tax law. The government, however, is reviewing international trends and the approaches of major countries to crypto taxation in an effort to amend the existing Korean tax law to include cryptocurrency. Also read: Regulatory Roundup … Read more

These Are the Bitcoin Stories You Loved in 2019

2019 was a crazy year for cryptocurrency enthusiasts and a number of interesting events happened throughout the last 12 months. It’s hard to keep track of the day-to-day activities taking place within the cryptosphere and there may be a few incidents some of our readers missed. At news.Bitcoin.com we took the opportunity to scan our … Read more

LoopRing’s zkRollup Continues to Demonstrate Tremendous Potential

There are always some developments in the cryptocurrency space worth paying attention to. LoopRing’s implementation of zkRollup for DEXes is certainly paying off. It is a very interesting way of scaling transactions on Ethereum. zkRollup is a Powerful Tool The main benefit of zkRollup is how transactions can be bunched together, instead of being handled … Read more

Wifi Sharing Platform Wicrypt Gets Government Grant in Nigeria

A crypto startup providing wifi hotspot sharing services in Nigeria has won funding from the country’s telecom regulator. Wicrypt placed second among 25 tech companies participating in an innovation competition organized by the Nigeria Communication Commission and it’s going to receive a grant worth 2 million naira to finance its project. Also read: Skrill Now … Read more

Nano Achieves Nearly 4 Times Bitcoin’s Confirmed Daily Transaction Throughput

The scaling of different cryptocurrencies remains crucial. Nano, an often overlooked altcoin, is seemingly on the right track to achieve this goal. All of these discussions need to be taken with a grain of salt. Nano Nails Scaling Properly Altcoins often tend to scale better than bitcoin, yet it doesn’t necessarily help them gain traction. … Read more

ElectraPay is Another Altcoin Payment Solution no one Really Needs

Making cryptocurrency payments convenient and accessible remains crucial. A more competitors emerge, that process will go smoother over time. ElectraPay is the latest entrant to join this space. Can ElectraPay Succeed?  In the blog post, it is mentioned how this crypto payment service will go into operation in January of 2020. During that period, a … Read more

Regulatory Roundup: China Blockchain ETF, France New Crypto Rules, Tokens Like Money in Russia

In this roundup, we cover Russia’s supreme court recognizing tokens as assets like money and property, France’s new crypto regulatory framework, and several industry developments in China, including a blockchain ETF filing. We also cover Japan’s world conference for decentralized financial governance, Uzbekistan’s crypto ban, and four countries’ central bank digital currency updates. Also read: … Read more

China’s Digital Yuan is a Trojan Horse With Plenty of Potential Repercussions

The global focus continues to shift toward China’s digital currency plans. Despite a genuine lack of information, it certainly poses many different threats.  Rumors regarding a digital yuan have persisted for years now. China’s Digital Yuan is More Than Just a CBDC Only a few months ago, it became apparent this was more truth than … Read more