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Kazakhstan to Press On With CBDC Development Until 2025

For the next two years the country will work on developing industrial operations and cooperate with other central banks on cross-border and currency-exchange applications.

Binance is on track to being able to operate in Kazakhstan. (Alexander Serzhantov/Unsplash)

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Nigeria to Recognize Crypto as Investment Capital: Report

A proposed bill will lay out crypto supervisory powers of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the country's securities regulator, an official has said.

Lagos, Nigeria (Nupo Deyon Daniel/Unsplash)

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Sam Bankman-Fried Won’t Contest US Extradition: Reports

The change of heart suggests the founder of the crypto exchange founder could leave his notorious Bahamas jail.

The US Department of Justice unveiled charges against Sam Bankman-Fried on Dec. 13. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

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Japan to Exempt Token Issuers From Corporate Tax on Unrealized Gains

Project founders will no longer be subject to hefty taxes which forced them abroad from next April onwards.

Cityscape Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

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Basel Committee Endorses Global Crypto Banking Rules to Be Implemented by 2025

The rules suggested that a bank's exposure to certain crypto assets must not exceed 2% and should generally be lower than 1%.

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US Rings Crypto Warning Bell That Regulators Say Only Congress Can Silence

The latest report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council says the risky sector needs Congress to intervene, though crypto hasn’t yet posed a danger to the wider financial system.

Edificio del Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, en Washington D. C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Media Groups Win Right to Argue for Publication of FTX’s Million-Strong Creditor List

A final decision on whether to publish the names, which the collapsed crypto exchange says could advantage competitors and breach privacy laws, will follow in January.

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DeFi Can Exacerbate Volatility Without Even Avoiding Middlemen, BIS Reports Say

The group of central banks continues its pessimism, as crypto innovations seek to make financial markets more efficient.

Casa central del Banco de Pagos Internacionales en Basilea, Suiza. (Trabantos/Getty Images)

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EU Rules for Distributed Ledger Financial Trading Finalized Ahead of March Pilot

Requirements to test people's knowledge of distributed technology could deter the average retail investor, some worry.

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Embattled Crypto Firm FTX Wants to Sell Its Functioning Units, Including LedgerX

FTX filed for bankruptcy protection last month, reporting it has more than $10 billion in liabilities.

FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)