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Key Takeaways: House Bill 7425 on Taxing Digital Services in the Philippines

Share some Bitpinas love:By Shiela BertilloThe House of Representatives on Tuesday evening approved a bill that would impose a 12% value-added tax (VAT) on digital service providers in the country.House Bill No. 7425 was approved with a voting of 167-6 with one abstention on the third and final reading; the bill is meant to amend sections of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997 and parallel the level between traditional and digital businesses.The proposed VAT shall also cover electronic or digital sale of services such as online advertisements and provision

Top-10 Aspiring Altcoins to Watch in September

This article will take a look at ten cryptocurrencies that have interesting developments lined up for the month of September, which could also have a positive effect on their price.Sponsored Sponsored Cardano (ADA) Current Price: $3.03Market Cap: $91 BillionMarket Cap Rank: #3 Cardano was founded in 2017 by Charles Hoskinson, who is also a co-founder of Ethereum (ETH). It is a proof-of-stake platform, whose native token is ADA. It is one of the biggest blockchain platforms to utilize the proof-of-stake instead of the proof-of-work consensus. The Alonzo testnet was launched

FTX Bags Naming Rights Of Cal Memorial Stadium For $17.5M To Display Their Brand

Cal Memorial Stadium has sold its naming rights to FTX during its second vital branding move. This venture was put forward after the purchase of the Miami Heat Arena’s naming rights in March. FTX is a Crypto derivative exchange that bought the Cal Memorial Stadium from California University. This move by FTX aims to introduce its brand to the stadium. This derivatives exchange owned by Sam Bankman-Fried is exploring further in sports. That is why; they have made a 10 year deal of $17M just for the university’s stadium naming

Kraken Supports Ethereum 2.0 Clients Team Alongside Five DeFi Projects With A $250K Donation Each

Kraken and five other DeFi projects contribute $250,000 each to support the teams that work on the Ethereum upgrade. In addition, they donated the sum to the ETH Foundation to develop the network’s version 2.0. Open-source developer teams like Erigon, Besu, Nimbus, Geth, and Nethermind will join the ETH Foundation in the donation. 1/ A diverse execution-layer client ecosystem is at the heart of all that we’re building together. Today, we're excited to announce that @compoundgrants, @krakenfx, @LidoFinance, @synthetix_io, @graphprotocol & @Uniswap are donating $250K each to support #Ethereum client

SEC can collect unpaid ICO promotion fines from Steven Seagal, says judge

advertisement Actor Steven Seagal owes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission unpaid fines stemming from a settlement related to the promotion of an initial coin offering -- and a U.S. judge has empowered the agency to seek collection. According to Bloomberg, Seagal owes more than $200,000. As previously reported, Seagal settled with the agency after being accused of not disclosing payments related to his endorsement of the Bitcoiin ICO. As part of the deal, he was ordered to pay more than $300,000. Per the report, Seagal has paid the SEC

The Altcoin Evolution – Part IV: The Challenges – The Sales Pitch

With the ever-changing landscape of tech development and crypto innovation, regulation tends to lag behind in order to have time to react to what’s happening. Many altcoin projects are currently growing exponentially as they are exploring largely untouched use cases. As the tech continues to proliferate and expand, more and more “problems” are arising that require solutions.  This obviously provides more space for viable contenders to occupy in a crowded market. This provides a robust growth argument for many altcoins, but there is a catch. The giant growth gains are

Cuban government says it plans to regulate cryptocurrencies

advertisement Cuba is planning to regulate cryptocurrencies, according to a resolution published in its official national gazette on August 26th that was covered by the Associated Press and several other outlets.According to the text, the resolution aims to establish rules for regulating the use of virtual assets, as well as granting licenses to service providers dealing with said assets. It would allow the Bank of Cuba to authorize virtual assets and service providers “for reasons of socioeconomic interests.” In this case, virtual assets refer to the “digital representation of value”

Jack Dorsey says plan for ‘TBD’ bitcoin project is to build a decentralized exchange

advertisement Last month, Square CEO Jack Dorsey disclosed plans for a project called TBD that, at the time, would focus on the development of a platform for open-source financial services dedicated to bitcoin. That project has a clearer roadmap, according to Dorsey as well as Mike Brock, the CashApp exec put in charge of the initiative: a decentralized exchange. A decentralized exchange is a system for trading wherein no central party has custody or control of funds that pass through it.  We’ve determined @TDB54566975’s direction: help us build an open

The NFT Avatar Trend Is About Community

Have you heard? NFTs are hot again. The media (both crypto media and mainstream media) declared NFTs dead in June, citing data that showed sales volume had dropped precipitously at the largest NFT sites. But now the market for blockchain-based digital collectibles has come roaring back (along with the price of Ethereum), especially one segment of the NFT boom that probably looks particularly bizarre to skeptical onlookers: cartoon animal collections. Pudgy Penguins hit $11 million in daily sales volume. Bored Apes hit a floor (the cheapest price for one NFT)

Molecule Partners with VitaDAO and Nevermined Creating Pioneering Biopharma IP-to-NFT Transfer

[Press Release – Please see Disclaimer] Molecule, a decentralised biopharma marketplace, has developed a novel IP-to-NFT framework with Web3 technology innovator Nevermined. In a historic transaction, the first biopharma IPNFT was successfully transferred to research collective VitaDAO to fund novel longevity therapeutics at the University of Copenhagen. 18th August 2021, Basel, Switzerland — For the first time in history, NFTs are being used for a transfer of IP ownership in medical research. This unique milestone is a result of a partnership between biopharma IP marketplace Molecule, and VitaDAO, a decentralized

Chainlink (LINK) Continues Rally After Reclaiming Long-Term Support

In the previous weeks, Chainlink (LINK) reversed its downtrend and reclaimed the long-term support area near $24.10. If the altcoin maintains its strong momentum, it could see a strong upward move in the second half of August.Sponsored Sponsored LINK long-term movement Chainlink recorded the all-time high at $53 on May 10, 2021. Almost on the same day, a deeper correction in the crypto market began. LINK in a two-week period lost 72% of its value, measured to a low of $15 on May 23. It later tested this support area

Cardano v. other alts: This combination could fetch traders a higher RoI

Bitcoin has desperately been trying to climb above the $48k mark since 14 August, but has been unable to do so. In fact, the king coin was trading at $47.2k at the time of writing. Most of the market’s alts have also followed Bitcoin’s scepticism and managed to fetch only single-digit returns to their HODLers over the past day. However, a couple of alts from the top 35 list managed to fare better than the broader market. Terra’s (LUNA) value, for instance, has appreciated by 31.1% in the past 24-hours