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BCMG Genesis Bitcoin Fund-I vil være tilgjengelig for akkrediterte asiatiske investorer.

Det Malaysia-baserte BCMG Genesis Bitcoin Fund-I, eller BGBF-I, har offisielt lansert og hevdet å ha blitt det første forsikrede institusjonelle kryptoproduktet som er tilgjengelig i den sørøstasiatiske regionen.

En kunngjøring sier at fondet ble lansert som svar på en økende etterspørsel etter institusjonelle kryptoprodukter i Sørøst-Asia

Fondet utnytter en kunstig intelligens (AI) -drevet blockchain-basert plattform levert av Calfin Global Crypto Exchang, som tilsier å tilby økt sikkerhet for kundebeholdningen.

BGBF-I er regulert i Labuan, Malaysia, hvor IBH Investment Bank fungerer som fondets hovedrådgiver. Profesjonelle finansielle tjenesteleverandører, Hongkong-baserte Alpha Calibration, vil tilby reguleringstjenester og blir revidert av Bitcoin Up.

Investeringsbilen tilbyr også forsikringsdekning og forsikring for offentlig tilbudsforsikringsforsikring. Fondsforvalter, Subbu Vempati, forklarte:

“BGBF-I er en sikker, forsikret og regulert plattform der investorer kan få eksponering for Digital Assets-industrien. Investorer får nytte av vår ekspertise innen økonomiske, tekniske og sikkerhetsmessige aspekter ved Bitcoin-investeringer, så vel som å gå inn i denne klassen med ro i sjelen uten utfordringer eller risiko i å håndtere den digitale eiendelen direkte. ”

I følge det offisielle nettstedet prosjekterer BGBF-I Fund en minimumsavkastning på 12% per år, samtidig som BTC selv har fått 266,5% de siste 12 månedene

Alle akkrediterte asiatiske investorer må gjennom obligatorisk screening mot hvitvasking av penger (AML) og Know Your Customer (KYC) for å få tilgang til fondet.

Bitcoin-fondet er en av mange som nylig har blitt lansert for å møte voksende institusjonelle lyster BTC og andre digitale eiendeler. I midten av februar ble den første fysisk avregnede nordamerikanske Bitcoin ETF godkjent i Canada. Grayscales Bitcoin Trust fortsetter også å vokse, med eiendelene under forvaltning som nylig har merket $ 39,8 milliarder dollar .

Investor Dan Loeb takes an in-depth look at crypto

„Culturally, I liken the formation of a bridge between the crypto world and the old financial world to a portal between two different worlds in the multiverse,“ says Dan Loeb

Dan Loeb, CEO of New York-based wealth management firm Third Point and a well-known Wall Street trader, has said he wants to bridge the gap between traditional finance and the crypto space.

On Monday, Loeb said on Twitter that he was „deeply immersed“ in the crypto world. In doing so, he also Bitcoin Superstar mentioned a recent article on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) by Chris Dixon, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Dixon explained how NFTs could change the economics of content creators. He said the technology allows them „a new way to take the money“.

Loeb said of the crypto space that it was „a real challenge to be intellectually open to new and controversial ideas“. He still has a healthy amount of scepticism about it, he said.

„Culturally, I liken the formation of a bridge between the crypto world and the old financial world to a portal between two different worlds in the multiverse,“ Loeb said. „Another notion to get past is that if you’re late to the crypto party, you’re inevitably in a bad spot with prices too high. But we’re also at an early stage right now where crypto is entering the mainstream.“

The Third Point CEO may be late to certain aspects of the „crypto party“, as he put it. But his potential entry into the space as someone from Wall Street could be the first step in getting other big investors to follow suit, still hesitant about the technology and what it means for traditional finance. The hedge fund manages an estimated $15 billion to $20 billion in assets. Loeb’s net assets are estimated at more than US$3 billion.

In July 2020, Cointelegraph reported that people like Loeb are something like „investor activists“

These are people who try to „make a significant change“ in a company by buying lots of shares or getting a seat on the board. The fact that Loeb announced his crypto push on social media may indicate that he already has some understanding of the space.

Bitcoin (BTC) and other token prices can be extraordinarily volatile simply because of rumours about institutional investors. Elon Musk, one of the richest people in the world, influenced the price of Dogecoin (DOGE) with a single tweet. Now, when a major Wall Street billionaire announces that he is considering entering this space, it could be positive news for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

„Better late than never, but Loeb seems very conflicted,“ said Joe Kernen, host of CNBC’s Squawk Box. „He’s thinking about it a lot.“

El bitcoin se está convirtiendo poco a poco en la corriente principal, aumentando su popularidad entre los minoristas y un número cada vez mayor de empresas. Sin embargo, cuando se trata de reguladores, el criptoactivo ha caído a menudo en desgracia.

El Bitcoin por su asociación con actividades ilegítimas

Desde la presidenta del BCE, Christine Lagarde, que pidió que se regulara el Bitcoin por su asociación con actividades ilegítimas, hasta la secretaria del Tesoro, Janet Yellen, que cree que las criptodivisas „son una preocupación especial“, muchos reguladores y responsables políticos han expresado su preocupación por el Crypto Cash a lo largo de los años.

Aunque el mercado de Bitcoin se ha consolidado como uno de los más volátiles, no está exento de críticas, a pesar de los numerosos partidarios de la criptomoneda. La última crítica que ha adoptado esta postura es la senadora Elizabeth Warren. Durante una reciente entrevista, Warren afirmó que el Bitcoin va a „acabar mal“. Al mismo tiempo, también afirmó que el activo es de naturaleza especulativa.

Refiriéndose a Yellen como „una mujer realmente inteligente“, añadió,

„No creo que Janet Yellen haya dejado mucho espacio para la ambigüedad“.

En muchos sentidos, la senadora Warren ha reiterado las opiniones de Yellen sobre el Bitcoin, y la secretaria del Tesoro ha afirmado recientemente que las monedas digitales plantean muchos problemas. Citando „cuestiones“ como la protección del consumidor y el lavado de dinero, Yellen también afirmó que Bitcoin es „extremadamente ineficiente para realizar transacciones“ y que es un „activo altamente especulativo.“

La política demócrata se ha mantenido firme

En este punto, cabe destacar que sobre las criptodivisas, la política demócrata se ha mantenido firme. Durante una audiencia del Comité Bancario del Senado en 2018, la senadora había dicho,

„El desafío es cómo nutrir los aspectos productivos de las cripto con la protección de los consumidores“.

Durante la misma, Warren también advirtió que las criptodivisas eran „fáciles de robar“ y que los estafadores se dirigían a los pequeños inversores a través de las ofertas iniciales de monedas.

Normalmente, las opiniones bajistas de quienes tienen influencia reguladora se reflejan en los gráficos de precios de Bitcoin casi inmediatamente. Sin embargo, al cierre de esta edición, la criptomoneda continuaba con su movimiento de precios en un rango. BTC ha bajado un 1,9% en las últimas 24 horas, con la criptomoneda cotizando a 48.602 dólares.

A corto y medio plazo, será interesante ver si los comentarios de Warren realmente reavivan el FUD del mercado, al menos en la medida de los comentarios de Janet Yellen que algunos creen que condujeron a un importante período de venta.

DeFi Money Market, ett av de tidigaste projekten som syftar till att föra verkliga tillgångar i kedjan, meddelade plötsligt igår kväll att det har ”upphört med verksamheten.”

„Som ett resultat av förfrågningar om lagstiftning stängs DMM av“, säger ett uttalande på projektets webbplats. „[…] DMM beklagar nödvändigheten av denna åtgärd och vill tacka DMM-communityn för dess stöd och aktiva deltagande i detta projekt.“

Webbplatsen gav användarna instruktioner om hur man löser in avkastningsbärande Bitcoin Profit och sa att avkastningen för tokens skulle sjunka till 0% den 10 februari.

„Vi är säkra på att du har frågor, men tyvärr kan vi inte svara på frågor just nu“, tillägger uttalandet.

Projektet bekräftade också avstängningen i ett par tweets:

Tillsammans med RealT och andra projekt för fastighets tokenisering var DMM en av de första som försökte föra verkliga tillgångar till DeFi-landskapet. De erbjöd över 6% räntor på sina tokens som stöds av verkliga billån. Projektet startade med stöd av ett specialbyggt Chainlink-orakel och med stöd av miljardärinvesteraren Tim Draper .

Vissa har spekulerat i att den lagstadgade granskningen som teamets referenser i sitt tillkännagivande kan vara knuten till dess botched token-lansering

Det fanns rapporter strax efter deras tokenförsäljning som dokumenterade att företaget laddade upp för att bevisa lånebakgrunden av misstag avslöjade lånets innehavares identitet.

Tillkännagivandet har lett till en kraftig nedgång i DeFi Money Market’s DMG-styrningstoken. DMG handlar för närvarande till $ 0,093 cent efter att ha fallit från $ .53 toppar i går kväll.

Det kan dock finnas något hopp för innehavare. I DMM: s uttalande sa projektet att „En ytterligare fond med tillgängliga tillgångar håller på att inrättas för att underlätta inlösen av DMG-tokens“ och att mer information om denna fond är „kommer att följa.“

Around 14,000 BTC or $ 450 million in short positions were liquidated within 24 hours.

Bitcoin exceeds $ 30,000 for the first time.

A total of 450 million dollars has been liquidated on the exchanges during the last 24 hours according to the data analysis site Bybt.com.

$ 450M liquidation on BTC

The passage of Bitcoin (BTC) above $ 30,000 has resulted in many liquidations of short positions taken by traders.

Liquidation BTC Bybt

It is not less than 450 million dollars or approximately 14,000 BTC that have been liquidated on the exchanges. 90% of liquidations took place in the last twelve hours.

While many celebrated the event, others saw their situation deteriorate in just a few hours. A $ 10 million position was even liquidated on the BitMEX exchange .

Across the market

On the whole market, 600 million dollars were liquidated during the last 24 hours. Binance and Huobi exchanges concentrate the most liquidation.

Gold lovers in Chile will be able to have their digital version thanks to an alliance between a local company and a fintech based on Blockchain technology.

1 gram of gold will be the representation of each token that the Chilean company Aurica Metales intends to offer to the market, through the tokenization of the precious metal backed by physical gold.

According to a statement revealed by the Chilean newspaper Diario Financiero on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, the Latin American company will be the first of its kind to offer this product in the region, thanks to its association with the British fintech company Aurus Technologies LTD. to market the AurusGOLD „AWG“ product.

The general manager of the company specialized in the commercialization of coins based on the precious metal, Felipe Mujica, said that he was very „happy“ with the alliance to be able to offer his clients in the Latin American region the possibility of accessing the digital era of investments in this type of assets.

As described by the company, the tokens are already being commercialized, with the support of 1:1 in grams of physical gold, which can be exchanged by investors interested in acquiring the digital asset at any time.

AurusGOLD comes with a hardware wallet for cold storage, for greater security.

Francisco Leyton, Aurus Technologies‘ director for the Latin American region, told the Chilean media that „With Aurica we will be able to make gold more accessible and convenient for investors in Chile and Latin America. Now people will be able to buy, store and transfer gold in a reliable and safe way, avoiding the frictions that are presented to the physical world“.

Unlike financial instruments such as Gold ETFs, these tokens allow for immediate transfer, at low cost and without waiting for third party approval.

In a country like Chile with a different type of currency than the dollar and existing regulations, ETFs require the creation of a trading account, approval, transfer of funds to the account and convertibility to foreign currency, before they can finally be converted to precious metals financial instruments, according to Leyton.

With the power of Aurus‘ Blockchain technology of Crypto Profit, the Chilean company will be able to offer its digital tokens backed by physical gold very close to the spot price of the precious metal, allowing the convertibility of gold into a fractional, portable and more affordable asset.

Last September, Aurica became the first company that can certify the quality of gold in Chile thanks to the use of X-Rays that allow to certify in seconds with 99.99 percent confidence, the composition of small pieces of precious metals like gold and silver.

Aurica Metales, is the official representative of Kitco Metals, the largest precious metal broker in the world.

Digital gold to save space

Investors interested in acquiring the precious metal should not have to worry about physical space for its storage or insurance, and can acquire fractions of minimum transaction fees.

The tokenization of real world assets is becoming more frequent thanks to the power of Blockchain technology. From art, music, real estate to precious metals, it is now possible to think of a new form of digital economy that is encompassing real life products with tangible value for the average investor.

With the isolation forced on us by the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for new digital and contactless business models is becoming the norm in a world increasingly dependent on social distancing.

Aurica Metales‘ proposal is part of the needs that many companies are requiring to digitize their business models due to the forced closure of physical marketing operations due to the coronavirus pandemic.

And at this point, the use of Blockchain technology is evident in every intelligent strategy to carry out the remote operations of their traditional business models.

Bitcoin-beleggers in India moeten binnenkort misschien belasting gaan betalen over hun crypto-inkomsten. De zakenkrant Economic Times publiceerde onlangs een rapport over crypto-belastingen, waarin twee bronnen worden aangehaald die dicht bij de zaak staan.

Belastingdienst die beleggers volgt

De Indiase afdeling Inkomstenbelasting volgt de beleggers in cryptocurrency nu Bitcoin Billionaire nieuwe hoogtepunten bereikt. De belastingdienst houdt een oogje in het zeil door de bankkanalen te volgen. De Reserve Bank of India verbood cryptocurrency bankieren in april 2018, maar het werd in maart van dit jaar tenietgedaan.

Sumit Gupta, de CEO van de in Mumbai gevestigde crypto-uitwisseling CoinDCX gaf commentaar op de belastingheffing en zei,

„De belastingdienst kan ook de inkomsten van cryptocentrische beleggers die geregistreerd zijn via KYC/AML-compatibele beurzen zoals CoinDCX en via nationale identiteitsdocumenten zoals de PAN-kaart controleren“.

Deskundigen verwachten dat de belasting op cryptocurrency’s tot 30% kan oplopen. Belastingdeskundigen suggereren ook dat hun klanten de Bitcoin-aangiftes indienen als meerwaarden, vergelijkbaar met de meerwaarden op aandelen.

Bitcoin is een speculatief bedrijf

Volgens belasting- en adviesbureau AMK Global’s partner Amit Maheshwari zal de actieve handel in Bitcoin als speculatief worden beschouwd en zullen de reguliere belastingtarieven van toepassing zijn. De autoriteiten kunnen minder frequente transacties behandelen als vermogenswinsten, die belast kunnen worden tegen kortetermijn- of langetermijnbelastingschijven, afhankelijk van de periode van de participaties.

De Indiase belastingdienst heeft nog geen beslissing genomen over de belastingschijf voor cryptocurrencies. Vanaf nu kunnen beleggers hun inkomsten uit cryptocrpures aangeven in de categorie ‚Inkomsten uit andere bronnen‘. Meer duidelijkheid over de wettigheid en de fiscale status van cryptocratie zal helpen om de participatie van investeerders in de sector te verbeteren. De sector ziet nog steeds miljoenen dollars aan handel, maar het gebeurt in een juridische grijze zone, zonder regulering of belastingheffing.

In september was er nieuws over het feit dat de regering een nieuwe wet in het vizier had die de handel in cryptokronen volledig zou verbieden, compleet met boetes en gevangenisstraf voor mensen die in de sector handelen.

Currencies flounder – In parallel with the rise in the price of many cryptocurrencies, stablecoins are still very popular. These could well entirely replace fiat currencies in the crypto ecosystem.

$ 6 billion off the all-time high

Since the start of the year, and in parallel with the boom in decentralized finance, the volume of stablecoins has been steadily increasing .

In November alone, $ 139.21 billion was traded through stablecoins. A figure barely lower than the record set in September 2020 with 145 billion dollars, according to data from The Block Research .

Evolution of the volume of stablecoins since 2017 – Source: The Block
For once, Tether continues to lead the dance, representing 77% of the market share . It is followed by the USDC and Binance USD at 16.8 % and 4.5% respectively.

Tether to replace USD?

Since the launch of stablecoins, they have become an essential tool for crypto traders. They actually allow you to trade calmly, without ever having to switch to fiat money.

Thus, since 2017, the share of BTC / USD exchanges has almost been halved , while next, the share of BTC / USDT exchanges have exploded, according to data from Kaiko .

This trend makes sense when you consider that many countries tax conversions into fiat currencies. This allowed the USDT to become just as liquid a currency as the dollar in the crypto markets.