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ForkLog 18 06.10.2020

More than 100 million users and the main trends in the cryptocurrency market: a Cambridge report

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance published its annual — the third — study of the global cryptocurrency market. The study gathered data on the operations of crypto services and their clients, surveying 280 companies across 59 countries.

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ForkLog 6 25.09.2020

EU Regulation Rules Alarm Blockchain Industry

EU Commission's new rules for crypto assets could overload the industry, risking a flight of companies from the European Economic Area. This is stated in a statement by the International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA).

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ForkLog 8 25.09.2020

Chinese state media dub cryptocurrencies the best-performing asset of the year

Several government-aligned media outlets in China published upbeat reports about cryptocurrencies. The attention to the unusual agenda was drawn by Dovey Wan, managing partner of Primitive Ventures.

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ForkLog 24 25.09.2020

Cambridge University tallies 100 million cryptocurrency users worldwide

The number of cryptocurrency users worldwide over the past two years has almost tripled—from 35 million to 101 million people. The figures are from a market report on digital currencies prepared by researchers at Cambridge Judge Business School.

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ForkLog 20 24.09.2020

EU proposes regulation of cryptocurrencies and stablecoins

The European Commission unveiled rules for regulating cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. The 168-page document sets out not only asset requirements but also the creation of a sandbox for blockchain projects.

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ForkLog 11 24.09.2020

Visa to build payments system based on digital currencies

The payments giant Visa is exploring the possibility of creating an offline payments system based on digital currency. Forbes reported that Kai Sheffield, head of the company's cryptocurrency division, said this.

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ForkLog 13 18.09.2020

Poll: 16% of Russian women prefer to invest in Bitcoin

Russia ranked second in the world for the number of women investors during 2018–2020. A sixth of them prefer to invest in cryptocurrency, Forbes writes citing a study by Investing.com.

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ForkLog 9 17.09.2020

A tenth of all bitcoin transactions are attributed to residents of Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe accounts for 12% of all cryptocurrency transactions conducted between July 2019 and June 2020, according to Chainalysis.

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ForkLog 11 15.09.2020

ePayments to discontinue cryptocurrency services and update its terms of use

The ePayments payment system announced an imminent resumption of operations and changes to its user agreement.

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ForkLog 8 14.09.2020

Iran proposes paying for imported cars with cryptocurrency.

Gholam-Hossein Mozafari, managing director of the Kish Free Zone Organization (KFZO), proposed paying for imports of vehicles in cryptocurrency. ArzDigital reported this.

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ForkLog 20 10.09.2020

IRS spends $250,000 on crypto-tracking tool

The Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation division signed a contract for $249,900 with the little-known analytics firm Blockchain Analytics and Tax Software, Cointelegraph reports.

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ForkLog 10 09.09.2020

Ukraine registers bill on cryptocurrency confiscation

Ukrainian lawmakers have introduced a bill in the Verkhovna Rada regulating the mechanism for confiscating cryptocurrency obtained from illicit activity.

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