Autor Cointelegraph By Arnold Kirimi

Portugal's Assembleia da Republica says no to two crypto tax bills

The Portuguese congress, Assembleia da Republica, has rejected two bills that would have imposed a tax on cryptocurrencies.Portugal has long been regarded as a cryptocurrency tax haven, and the trading of cryptocurrencies has been tax-free since 2018. In addition, trading digital assets is not considered investment income in Portugal. This has attracted crypto startups and events to Lisbon, despite the fact that businesses that accept Bitcoin must pay income tax on it.The Portuguese Minister of Finance, Fernando Medina, had recently declared that cryptocurrencies in the country will soon be subject to capital gains taxes. However, two separate bills from minor political parties to tax cryptocurrency assets were rejected by the Portuguese Assembleia da Republica.The news was welcomed by Derek ‘Isaac’ Kaplan, founder of DuoVerse and VMining, who said that any “unreasonable taxation” would have been negative for the cryptocurrency sector’s growth. He told Cointelegraph that:”While a regulatory framework is important, we need to give the industry the space to grow. Crypto industry is nascent and it shouldn’t be subject to the same rate applicable to capital gains on equivalent income as it will be unfair. This development reflects that crypto-friendly sentiment goes strong in Portugal.”According to the economic newspaper ECO, the proposals were from left-wing parties Bloco de Esquerda and Livre, which were both rejected during a 2022 budget voting session on Wednesday afternoon. The government was asked to explore taxing crypto profits in excess of €5,000 ($5,345.75).If you guys want to move to portugal You can sleep on my floor 0 tax on crypto— Cozy ⓣhe Caller (@cozypront) May 25, 2022In Portugal, crypto transactions are not subject to capital gains taxes or any other taxes. In comparison, the current capital gains tax rate for financial investment is 28%. The country’s deputy finance and tax minister Antonio Mendes stated during the same session of parliament that taxing cryptocurrency is a “complex reality,” and capital gains may not be enough.Related: Portugal to lose crypto tax haven status as state announces gains dutiesAn emigrant to Portugal in February praised the western Iberian nation’s crypto adoption rate among merchants and even predicted that Bitcoin might one day become legal money there, as reported by Cointelegraph. However, he may have a lot on his mind now that government officials are mulling over how to tax digital assets.

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Andreessen Horowitz closes $4.5 billion crypto fund amid market turmoil

Even though crypto markets appear to be on a long, arduous path ahead based on recent weeks of token turmoil, venture investors looking to get their hands on a Web3 future aren’t slowing down.On Wednesday, venture capital giant, A16Z, announced closing its fourth cryptocurrency fund at $4.5 billion. This brings the total money invested by Andreessen Horowitz in digital currency and blockchain business to more than $7.6 billion.The new investment vehicle will focus on early-stage ideas as well as projects that are more mature and have already shown some traction. According to the firm, $1.5 billion of the funding will be used for seed injections, while $3 billion will be dedicated to venture investments.#Web3 let’s go https://t.co/prjwqLqitt— Nexus Crypto (@nexuscryptoo) May 25, 2022Despite the current market downtown, the firm is optimistic about discovering fresh prospects. Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of A16Z, commented that cryptocurrencies are still in their “early innings,” adding that the market has a lot of growth potential.The fourth crypto fund has been in the works for some time; Cointelegraph first reported on it in January. It doubles the size of the previous crypto fund and demonstrates the growing interest among the firm’s limited partners in boosting their exposure to cryptocurrency firms.The new funding has come less than a year since Andreessen Horowitz announced the launch of its $2.2 billion Crypto Fund III. A16z’s dominance has made waves in the crypto industry throughout recent months, with several crypto native companies like Paradigm and Electric Capital raising enormous sums to compete against it.Related: $3B flows to metaverse and Web3 gaming this month as a16z tips in $600MFormerly known for investments in Instagram and Slack, the firm first entered the crypto sector with an investment in Coinbase in 2013. It has since backed a number of crypto businesses, including Polychain Capital, OpenSea, Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX) and Yuga Labs.

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Korean watchdog begins risk assessment of crypto as Terra 2.0 passes vote

The Korean Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has announced that it will be standardizing the way in which virtual asset risk is assessed. According to a local news report, this is because it is currently tough to safeguard investors due to the many ways that risk is measured for each virtual asset exchange. While the FSS’s standardization efforts are still in their infancy, when a legal framework for virtual assets has been established, it will be expected that a uniform evaluation system can be implemented for all exchanges.On Wednesday, Stablenode’s COO Doo Wan Nam tweeted that a meeting had taken place at the Korean National Assembly building with representatives from Korean exchanges and officials regarding the Terra LUNA and UST issues. The exchanges, according to the Doo, said the situation was undesirable and that they would do everything possible to safeguard traders on their platforms.So there was a meeting at Korean National Assembly building with heads of Korean exchanges and politicians about the $LUNA $UST incident.The exchanges said what’s happening with the incident is unfortunate and will work to protect traders on their platforms. pic.twitter.com/Tubv4as95X— Doo | StableNode @Lisbon (@DooWanNam) May 25, 2022Heraldcorp reported on Wednesday that Do Kwon, the cofounder of Terraform Labs, has contacted five South Korean exchanges to relist when LUNA 2.0 goes live. However, because LUNA is now under investigation following its failure, a number of other platforms in South Korea are staying clear, except Upbit.CEO Kwon’s ‘Terra Ecosystem Restoration Plan’ is a plan to create new coins and give them out to investors who have lost money. “Let’s call the existing Terra blockchain network ‘Terra Classic,’ and the present Luna blockchain, ‘Luna Classic,’ and create a new Terra blockchain,” CEO Kwon tweeted on May 18.The majority of the community, or 65.5%, supported Kwon’s plan. Just 13.2% opposed the fork vote. Around 20% of respondents abstained from voting. On Friday, based on the information in the proposal, Terra 2.0 is anticipated to go live on mainnet. After this launch, LUNA 2.0 coins will be tradeable. At the pre-determined proportion, new tokens will be airdropped to existing stakeholders of the network. However, most of the coins will go through a vesting period.The plan to relaunch the Terra blockchain and create LUNA 2.0 tokens has been approved by on-chain voters. This will lead to the development of a new blockchain that will airdrop tokens proportionally to those who were affected by the abrupt fall of the UST algorithmic stablecoin.6/ Token distribution details can be found in the governance proposal, but to summarize:● Community pool: 30%● Pre-attack $LUNA holders: 35%● Pre-attack aUST holders: 10%● Post-attack $LUNA holders: 10%● Post-attack $UST holders: 15%— Terra Powered by LUNA (@terra_money) May 25, 2022

Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, has thrown its weight behind the “Terra Rebirth.” The firm said it is collaborating with the Terra team on the recovery plan, aimed to give affected users its platform “with the best possible treatment.”The Terra community just passed a vote to ‘Rebirth Terra Network’. We are working closely with the Terra team on the recovery plan, aiming to provide impacted users on Binance with the best possible treatment. Stay tuned for further updates.— Binance (@binance) May 25, 2022

The controversial $40 billion meltdown of Terra has been a subject of much debate in the Korean and global crypto community. As reported by Cointelegraph, Korean exchanges handled the collapse in different ways, with the National Assembly’s Political Affairs Committee convening Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon for a parliamentary hearing regarding the issue. Related: Exchanges show initial support to Terra revival by listing new LUNA tokenNow, the outspoken 30-year-old South Korean who frequently calls his critics “poor” is being called on to explain this month’s $40 billion crash of a project he once called “the oldest and most widely used algorithmic stablecoin in existence.”

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NFT owners reminded to be vigilant after 29 Moonbirds were stolen by clicking a bad link

A Proof Collective member has fallen victim to a scam, losing 29 highly-valuable Ethereum-based Moonbirds. According to a tweet by Cirrus on Wednesday morning, the victim lost 29 Moonbird nonfungible tokens (NFTs) worth $1.5 million after clicking a malicious link shared by a scammer.29 Moonbirds were just stolen in a hack. ~750e (~$1,500,000) in value lost by clicking on a bad link.Sickening seeing stuff like this. Let this be a reminder to never ever click on links and to bookmark the marketplaces/trading sites that you use. pic.twitter.com/7iWO5LMovL— Cirrus (@CirrusNFT) May 25, 2022Dollar, a Twitter personality and NFT holder, claimed that the so-called culprit is already half doxxed by crypto exchange and that Proof Collective and members are currently working on a full report to the FBI.https://t.co/ole2ObD75o— crypt0savage (@crypt0savage) May 25, 2022

Just1n.eth, another user, claimed that while he was attempting to negotiate a deal, a trader insisted on using an unsavory “p2peer” platform to conclude the transaction. Sulphaxyz confirmed that it happened to him as well and identified the con artist as the same culprit.It’s unclear how many victims he has dupped in total by the perpetrator, but it’s a harsh reminder that even the savviest of NFT investors need to be on their toes when it comes to scammers. The recent crypto scams are a harsh wake-up call for NFT owners to exercise caution when dealing with third-party platforms, and to double-check anything shared by others, even if they appear trustworthy.Cointelegraph recently reported that NFT creator Mike Winkelmann, better known as Beeple, had his Twitter account hacked in a phishing attack. The scam earned the attacker $438K in cryptocurrency and NFTs from the compromised Beeple account.Related: Needed: A massive education project to fight hacks and scamsEarlier this month, cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes released a study that highlighted an increase in phishing attempts as scam artists attempt to capitalize on NFT mania. The most prevalent method used by scammers, according to the company, is fraudulent websites presented as genuine platforms.

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Litecoin confidential transactions spook Korean exchanges

The recent privacy-focused MimbleWimble upgrade on the Litecoin (LTC) blockchain has prompted two of Korea’s largest crypto exchanges to issue investment warnings about the fifth-largest cryptocurrency.Bithumb and Upbit, which together account for the majority of trading volume in South Korea, released statements on Monday advising investors about the risks associated with the privacy-enhancing upgrade. Litecoin’s use of privacy-focused technology Mimblewimble allows users to make “confidential transactions,” that allow them to send tokens while concealing transaction data, according to Bithumb. Upbit issued a similar statement.The two exchanges cited Korea’s Act on the Reporting and Use of Specific Financial Transaction Information, a law that requires crypto exchanges to put in place Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) systems.Korean exchanges have a history of delisting cryptocurrencies after making such warnings. The other two major South Korean exchanges, Korbit and Coinone, have not yet made any statements.”You’re a wizard, Harry.”Mimblewimble is not just a tongue-tying spell used in the magical series, but it’s also a privacy-oriented decentralized protocol that structures and stores transactions on the blockchain. https://t.co/XCpNlb5AiD— Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) November 22, 2021MimbleWimble upgrade concept was first proposed almost two and a half years ago. The new upgrade was released earlier this year after a majority of nodes approved the MimbleWimble (MWEB) update, and will be able to interact with new MWEB privacy features. It was completed at Litecoin’s block height of 2 million.Related: Litecoin is finally launching its major Mimblewimble upgradeThe MimbleWimble Litecoin upgrade has been the cryptocurrency’s most eagerly anticipated update. MWEB not only adds new privacy features for LTC users but also incorporates blockchain key performance improvements. MWEB compresses unnecessary transaction data from the blocks, allowing for discreet transactions on the Litecoin blockchain.Litecoin was created in 2011 as one of the earliest competitors to Bitcoin (BTC). According to CoinMarketCap, it’s the 18th most valuable cryptocurrency with a market cap of more than $5 billion.

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