Erdogan Appoints Crypto Professor to Turkish Central Bank Board
Fatma Ozkul has been a Lecturer at Marmara University Since 2012 and specializes in Blockchain, Digital Assets, Finance, and Auditing. The presidency of Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly appointed blockchain technology and crypto assets expert professor Fatma Ozkul to the monetary authority of the central bank. Bloomberg reports that on December 22, a decree nominating Ozkul […]
Japan to Launch Major Crypto Tax Reforms In 2024
Japan will likely eliminate the crypto tax on unrealized gains from cryptocurrency investments beginning in 2024. At a cabinet meeting on December 22nd, the Japanese government reached a definitive decision regarding the crypto tax reform framework for the fiscal year 2024. A substantial amendment to this reform affects corporations that possess crypto assets. The amendment […]
Coinbase And Top Crypto Firms Make US Political Donations
This week, a16z, Coinbase, and Circle contributed $78 million to Fairshake, a federal super PAC that facilitates election expenditures. In response to the heightened regulatory scrutiny of the cryptocurrency market in Washington, crypto companies are augmenting their political contributions by a substantial margin. Prominent entities, including Nasdaq-listed exchange Coinbase, stablecoin operator Circle, and a16z, the […]
Base Network Nears $735M TVL as User Engagement Rises
Base Network, a Coinbase-incubated project on Optimistic Rollup, has seen its TVL and user engagement grow steadily since its launch in August 2023, despite some challenges and volatility. Base Network is a project that aims to provide a scalable and secure platform for decentralized applications on Optimistic Rollup, a layer-2 solution that improves the performance […]
Jpeggler’s Deal with POPCAT Developers Averts Crisis on Solana
Jpeggler, the founder of the ENIGMA art collection, has acquired the update and social rights for the POPCAT token, a meme token on Solana after the original developers threatened to destroy its metadata. Jpeggler plans to make the token metadata immutable and protect its integrity and sustainability. POPCAT is a meme token that was launched […]