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$10,000 red candles appear less shocking the second time around. And although Bitcoin is on its way to recovery following a near-instant crash to $45,000, the culprit remains the center of attention: Elon Musk, who sent waves of shock, confusion, and outrage through the wider Bitcoin space when

Hungary may cut cryptocurrency taxes in half — from 30.5% to 15%. In a Facebook video published today, Hungary's Minister of Finance Mihály Varga addressed plans for the country's economic recovery, which included the consideration of updated taxation around cryptocurrencies. At the moment, income from cryptocurrency

Members of Tomin First no Kai, a ruling party of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, are advocating for a 0% Bitcoin tax in the city as part of their plan to transform Tokyo into a financial hub. As reported by Yahoo last week, assembly member Yu Ito sees Tokyo's

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey reiterated his views that cryptocurrencies "have no intrinsic value" and their holders should "be prepared to lose all [their] money." At a press conference on Thursday, Bailey was quoted saying, “they have no intrinsic value. That doesn’t mean to

Kazakhstan's central bank is considering the issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). A report published by the National Bank of Kazakhstan on Wednesday outlines plans to launch a pilot project for a digital tenge. The pilot would see a two-tier structure, with the National Bank as

Argentine e-commerce corporation Mercado Libre has bought $7.8 million worth of bitcoin, as revealed in the firm's Q1 earnings results. Mercado Libre is Latin America's most popular e-commerce platform, counting more than 170 million users in 2016. The decision to buy bitcoin was made in

South Korean-Japanese game publisher Nexon has become the latest publicly traded company to add Bitcoin to its balance sheet. As the firm announced on Wednesday, it has bought $100 million worth of bitcoin, which represents less than 2% of its total cash and cash equivalents. This makes Nexon the first

Tesla has sold $272 million worth of bitcoin, amounting to 10% of its previous $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase announced in February. This leaves the car manufacturer with $1.331 billion worth of bitcoin on its balance sheet, according to the firm's Q1 shareholder update. The sale had