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Chainalysis CEO in France Francois Volpoet warned the proposed 31.4% tax on regulated stablecoins could push traders toward unmonitored offshore channels. France’s legislators introduced a new proposal to expand its 31.4% crypto capital gains tax to include trades involving European Union (EU)-regulated stablecoins, a move Chanalysis warns could drive investors toward stablecoins outside the bloc’s rules. The proposal is part of France's 2027 budget, which lawmakers began debating last week.

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Coinbase says bitcoin should start preparing for quantum computers now, with flexible addresses, a backup quantum-proof key and a separate debate over lost coins. What if someone builds a quantum computer fast enough to crack your bitcoin wallet's security and siphon off your coins? That's on everyone's mind, since some projections suggest that such a quantum machine, though it doesn't exist today, could arrive within a few years. Nasdaq-listed crypto.

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The integration will let software pay for online services using XRP and RLUSD, while questions remain about how much real economic activity the transactions represent. Ripple is bringing wallet technology from Stripe-owned Privy to the XRP Ledger, allowing financial applications and AI agents to create accounts, hold cryptocurrencies and make payments without requiring users to manage their own wallet software. The move will allow developers to create wallets inside their.

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The switch will replace Solana’s existing validator voting system, remove vote transactions from blocks and could sharply change headline transaction counts even if user activity stays flat. Solana has scheduled Oct. 21 for Alpenglow, a major upgrade aimed at making transactions irreversible in roughly 150 milliseconds by changing how the computers running the network agree on payments. The updated timetable published by the Solana Foundation sets a date for replacing.

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ZEC led a broad bounce among major tokens, and Korean chipmakers snapped a five-day losing streak ahead of Thursday’s U.S. inflation data. Bitcoin rose 1.5% to just under $83,900 as of Wednesday Asian morning hours. New York Fed President John Williams said he saw no need for further rate hikes in 2027, which weakened the dollar and lifted stocks across Asia. ZEC led the majors, jumping nearly 7% to about.

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The exchange, which has over 18 million customers, is said to have handled business transactions involving restricted offshore gaming and gambling companies. Coins.ph, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the Philippines, is facing punitive action from financial regulators at the country’s central bank, two people with knowledge of the situation said. The infractions, which are said to involve serving offshore gambling firms, are serious enough for the 12-year-old company to be.