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EU to take one giant leap towards digital euro
AFP, Published on 28/06/2023
» BRUSSELS - The EU will take the next crucial step on Wednesday towards launching a digital version of the euro, a controversial project that has come under attack from the public, politicians and banks before it even exists.
Tip jar goes digital with Bitcoin startup
AFP, Published on 10/01/2015
» LAS VEGAS - Amid the roiling sea of gadgetry at the Consumer Electronics Show was a contingent of Bitcoin startups intent on bringing the controversial digital currency mainstream.
Hackers divert $50m in blow to virtual currency
AFP, Published on 18/06/2016
» NEW YORK - Hackers have diverted more than $50 million in digital currency from an experimental fund meant to demonstrate that such money is safe for use, the New York Times reported.
Facebook needs 'very high standard' for Libra coin: US Treasury
AFP, Published on 16/07/2019
» WASHINGTON - Facebook will need to meet "a very high standard" before it moves ahead with its planned digital currency Libra, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday.
Lithuania holds hackathon to mint digital collector coin
AFP, Published on 03/06/2018
» VILNIUS - Lithuania's central bank on Saturday held a hackathon aimed at issuing the world's first digital collector coin to mark this year's centenary of independence for the Baltic eurozone state.
Japan regulates virtual currency after Bitcoin scandal
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» TOKYO - Japan has passed a law regulating virtual currency, after the country found itself at the epicentre of a multi-million dollar embezzlement scandal following the spectacular collapse of the Tokyo-based MtGox Bitcoin exchange.
US penalizes developer of virtual currency XRP
AFP, Published on 06/05/2015
» WASHINGTON - San Francisco company Ripple Labs agreed to pay a $700,000 penalty Tuesday for running a market for XRP, the world's second largest virtual currency after Bitcoin, outside of US financial regulations.
Japan says Bitcoin not a currency, but taxable
AFP, Published on 07/03/2014
» Bitcoin is not a currency but transactions involving it should be "subject to taxation", Japan's government said Friday, in a move that could pave the way for formal regulations on the troubled virtual unit.
Australia: Bitcoin not taxable currency
AFP, Published on 20/08/2014
» SYDNEY - Crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin should not be considered as money or a foreign currency when it comes to taxation, Australia's tax authority ruled Wednesday.
Future currency or asset bubble? Bitcoin critics get louder
AFP, Published on 15/12/2013
» Once the preserve of cyber geeks or of dodgy traders, the virtual currency bitcoin can now not only be used to buy goods online but also pay for a degree at the University of Nicosia.