Cryptocurrency

On February 17, the Russian State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill on taxation of cryptocurrency transactions, which was introduced to parliament by the government. 375 deputies voted for the bill, 13 more abstained. The document amends the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and obliges Russians to inform tax authorities about the possession of digital currencies if the amount of…

Coinbase has opened a waiting list for users wishing to participate in Ethereum 2.0 staking. Clients will be able to deposit any amount of ETH as part of joint staking. According to the press release, Coinbase customers can now sign up for a waiting list to deposit their ETH into the Beacon Chain smart contract, the first phase of Ethereum 2.0. Staking in Ethereum 2.0 is blocking ETH in a smart…

BTC / USD Yesterday the bulls tried to continue the race. They managed to pierce the psychological level of 50,000.00 USD and mark a new high around the 50602.00 USD mark. Sellers reacted with a series of sell-offs, causing the price to pull back to support the 2-hour EMA55. The price was able to recover tonight and retest the “fifty thousand” level. Growth was not supported by large…

MicroStrategy this Tuesday announced a new round of sale of convertible bonds worth $ 600 million. They intend to invest the proceeds in bitcoin. The bitcoin rate began to rise sharply against the background of this announcement and for the first time in history exceeded the $ 50,000 level. MicroStrategy already ran a similar campaign in December. Then, initially, it announced the attraction of…