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Financial Stability Board Emphasizes Need for Global Crypto Regulation to Prevent Arbitrage

June 19, 2024
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Plenary met in Toronto on June 14 to discuss various financial stability issues. Key topics included the financial stability outlook, lessons from the March 2023 banking turmoil, and enhancing the resilience of non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI). The FSB also reviewed progress on implementing its global regulatory framework for crypto asset activities.
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Tanzania Targets Crypto Traders With Proposed Income Tax Act Amendment

June 18, 2024
Tanzania plans to amend its Income Tax Act to tax crypto trades. The proposal includes a three per cent withholding tax on income from digital asset transactions. Digital platform owners or facilitators of digital asset transfers will act as withholding agents. Foreign citizens operating such platforms must register under Tanzania’s Simplified Tax Regime. The government expects to collect an…
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Ripple and Archax Extend Collaboration to Boost Real-World Asset Tokenization on XRP Ledger

June 14, 2024
Ripple, a leading enterprise in blockchain and crypto solutions, and Archax, the UK’s first regulated digital asset exchange, have announced an extension to their existing collaboration on June 13, 2024. This partnership aims to bring hundreds of millions of dollars of tokenized real-world assets onto the XRP Ledger over the next year, positioning the XRPL as a leading blockchain for such…
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World's Largest Bank ICBC Sees Bitcoin as Digital Gold — Calls Ethereum 'Digital Oil'

June 13, 2024
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest bank by total assets, recently compared bitcoin to digital gold and labeled Ethereum “digital oil” in a report. The bank emphasized the roles of these cryptocurrencies in the digital economy and their contributions to technological advancements. ICBC Sees Bitcoin as Digital Gold, Ethereum as Digital Oil The Industrial…
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