Casio brings iconic G-SHOCK watch to metaverse via Polygon
Casio is partnering with Polygon Labs to launch a virtual G-SHOCK watch project. 15,000 G-SHOCK creator pass NFTs will be distributed beginning September 23. Casio...
Crypto lawyer Irina Heaver on death threats, lawsuit predictions: Hall of Flame
“I live in Switzerland. I have guns at home. Anybody who shows up at my home with violent intentions risks being literally shot at,” Heaver...
South Korean Hana Bank and BitGo to launch joint crypto custody venture
Hana Bank and BitGo are expected to launch a crypto custody service in the second half of 2024. Hana Bank is interested in having tokenized...
MetaMask scammers take over government websites to target crypto investors
Crypto scams targeting MetaMask users are using government-owned website URLs to con victims and access their crypto wallet holdings.Ethereum-based crypto wallet MetaMask has been a...
Japanese regulator seeks to scrap “unrealized gains” tax on crypto
The principal financial regulator of Japan, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), has decided to take crypto regulation into its own hands by proposing to change...
Digital euro can ward off a host of private payment service ills: ECB official
The European Central Bank (ECB) is quite happy with the European Commission's (EC) legislative proposals for the digital euro. ECB executive board member Fabio Panetta...
Grayscale victory, SEC delays decision on Bitcoin ETFs: Law Decoded
On Aug. 29, crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments scored a major victory against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in its efforts to convert...
Failure to tax the metaverse ‘will create a tax haven’ — Harvard legal expert
Harvard legal scholar and Yeshiva University law professor Christine Kim recently published a research paper detailing arguments for not only taxing the metaverse but treating...
LSEG to launch a blockchain-enabled trading platform
LSEG plans on launching a blockchain-based trading platform next year. The financial information company is already in talks with British regulators. Shares of London Stock...
Former MAS chair who called crypto ‘highly risky’ wins Singapore’s presidential race
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, former chair of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, has won the election for the city-state’s presidency with more than 70% of the vote.According...