The Agencia Estatal de Administracion Tributaria (AEAT), which is Spain’s tax agency, has announced plans to send out more letters to holders of bitcoin (BTC) and other blockchain-based cryptocurrencies in the nation in spite of the current global economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports on April 3, 2020. AEAT Puts Spanish

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U.S.-based entrepreneur, Matt Luongo has launched a blockchain protocol dubbed Keep, which aims to bridge the gap between the Bitcoin and Ethereum distributed ledgers through the tBTC altcoin. With tBTC, holders of bitcoin (BTC) will now be able to access Ethereum-based DeFi solutions without having to sell off their BTC for ETH, reports Bloomberg on

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The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), Lumenthropy, an XML-powered philanthropic organization and the Stellar community have launched a donation program that aims to give out 2.5 million lumens to XML-supported charities like UNICEF and others to enable them to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, according to a blog post on April 1, 2020. SDF Launches XLM Donation

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In a press release issued on April 2, 2020, blockchain project TRON (TRX) announced that it had partnered with gaming platform Refereum, enabling TRX and BitTorrent Token (BTT) to be earned by video game streamers. TRON Adds Another Partnership to Its Resume In a bid to promote the use of digital tokens among video game

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Bithumb global has announced to its users, the launch of the platform’s crypto margin trading service for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) against Tether (USDT). Details of the Bithumbbrin Global Margin Trading Service In a blog post published on its website, Bithumb Global — the international arm of the South Korean Bitcoin exchange behemoth announced

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Anchorage, an institutional cryptoasset custodian and member of the Libra Association, has announced support for Ripple’s XRP token in its custody basket. As one of the largest cryptocurrencies in the space, it is a mystery as to why Anchorage is only now adding XRP custody to its portfolio of offered services, April 3, 2020. Support

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Last year, Coinbase and several other large players in the industry came together to form a ratings council for U.S. authorities to better determine if a cryptoasset was a security or not. In the Crypto Ratings Council’s latest evaluation, IOTA was given a score of two out of five, where one means it is highly unlikely

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Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance is set to enter the digital currency mining industry as according to April 1, 2020, tweet by Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the trading platform is set to launch its first Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool. Binance Enters the Crypto Mining Space The cryptocurrency mining space at large, is set to become

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Huobi Wallet, the multi-cryptocurrency wallet from the stables of Huobi Group has inked a strategic partnership deal with Cred (LBA), to enable users to access crypto lending and borrowing services straight from their wallets, according to a blog post report on April 1, 2020. Crypto Lending Coming to Huobi Wallet As stated in its blog

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Paradigm, a cryptocurrency venture fund outfit has beaten 35 other bidders to acquire the majority of the MakerDAO (MKR) tokens on sale during the project’s recent debt auction. MakerDAO Auction Sees 20,980 MKR Tokens Sold In a tweet published on Tuesday (March 31, 2020), Paradigm announced that it won 72 out of the 106 bids

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