# Crypto is the next step toward a cashless society

# Crypto is the next step toward a cashless society

“# Crypto is the next step toward a cashless society ” From QR code payments to mobile banking apps, consumers worldwide are increasingly reliant on digital payment solutions, especially as mobile technology becomes more ubiquitous. Government-led efforts in driving cashless economies have been a key factor, with countries such as Singapore or the Philippines seeing…

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# Is there a right way to regulate crypto? Yes, and this is how

# Is there a right way to regulate crypto? Yes, and this is how

“# Is there a right way to regulate crypto? Yes, and this is how ” Cryptocurrency is becoming increasingly mainstream. Between the entrance en masse of traditional financial institutions — from investment funds, to banks, to insurance companies — to the multitrillion-dollar market capitalization, crypto is truly unignorable.  As such, it is also increasingly on…

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# Pronouncements from the G-7 allow green fintech to flourish

# Pronouncements from the G-7 allow green fintech to flourish

“# Pronouncements from the G-7 allow green fintech to flourish ” After debating the issue for over eight years, the secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Mathias Cormann, welcomed a historic international agreement by G-7 finance ministers from the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Canada on…

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# Thai SEC bans exchanges from handling certain token types including NFTs

# Thai SEC bans exchanges from handling certain token types including NFTs

“# Thai SEC bans exchanges from handling certain token types including NFTs ” Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission has approved guidelines prohibiting crypto exchanges in the country from supporting four different types of tokens in certain cases. In a Friday announcement from the Thai SEC, the regulatory body said that Secretary-General Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol had approved…

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# More IRS crypto reporting, more danger

# More IRS crypto reporting, more danger

“# More IRS crypto reporting, more danger ” The United States Internal Revenue Service classifies crypto as property, meaning you can trigger taxes every time you use crypto to buy something. You might be using it to pay for a Tesla electric vehicle — oh, sorry, that’s not possible anymore — a cup of coffee…

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# Dutch official calls for complete ban on Bitcoin

# Dutch official calls for complete ban on Bitcoin

“# Dutch official calls for complete ban on Bitcoin ” While El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as legal tender, one Dutch official blasted the cryptocurrency, calling for an urgent blanket ban. Pieter Hasekamp, director of the Dutch Bureau for Economic Analysis under the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, published an essay entitled “The Netherlands must ban bitcoin.”…

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