Brazil is reportedly considering imposing a tax on the use of cryptocurrency for international payments, as it aligns its rules with a global standard for sharing tax data. Brazil is reportedly weighing a tax on the use of cryptocurrencies for international payments as it moves to adopt a global crypto tax reporting data exchange framework. A Tuesday Reuters report, citing “officials with direct knowledge of the discussions,” claims that the Brazilian government aims to tax cryptocurrency use for international payments. During the confidential talks, representatives of the country’s finance ministry reportedly expressed interest in expanding the Imposto sobre Operações Financeiras (IOF) tax to include some digital asset-based cross-border transactions. Read more
Romania is one of the best-performing EU countries in 2025 with a wine production volume of 4.1 million hectoliters, 29% more than in 2024 and 3% above the five-year average, as per data collected by the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) and analyzed by Wines of Romania, a local platform promoting Romanian wine.
Bitcoin analysts are divided over whether the four-year cycle is in play or not as the price plunges: Trade Secrets Is this crypto market cycle over after four years or should the four-year crypto market cycle theory itself be consigned to history? Swan Bitcoin CEO and Bitcoin advocate Cory Klippsten leans toward the latter view. There is a very good chance that Bitcoins famous four-year price cycles are over, killed by institutional adoption, Klippsten tells Magazine. The debate has Bitcoin analysts around the world divided. Some insist the four-year cycle is still alive; others say it is dead and argue that Bitcoin is following a completely different path altogether. So whos right? Read more
Bitcoin analysts are divided over whether the four-year cycle is in play or not as the price plunges: Trade Secrets Is this crypto market cycle over after four years or should the four-year crypto market cycle theory itself be consigned to history? Swan Bitcoin CEO and Bitcoin advocate Cory Klippsten leans toward the latter view. There is a very good chance that Bitcoins famous four-year price cycles are over, killed by institutional adoption, Klippsten tells Magazine. The debate has Bitcoin analysts around the world divided. Some insist the four-year cycle is still alive; others say it is dead and argue that Bitcoin is following a completely different path altogether. So whos right? Read more
Private key theft has become an automated, industrialized threat, highlighting the need for crypto users to remain vigilant, according to a report by GK8, a subsidiary of Galaxy Digital. Private key theft is no longer just another way hackers attack crypto users — it has become a full-fledged business, according to GK8, a crypto custody expert owned by Mike Novogratz’s crypto investment platform Galaxy Digital. In a report published Monday, GK8 detailed how private key theft has evolved into an industrialized operation, highlighting the rise of black market tools that allow perpetrators to locate and steal someone’s seed phrase. The study pointed to several tools, such as malware infostealers and seed phrase finders, that can scan files, documents, cloud backups and chat histories to quickly extract a user’s private key, effectively giving attackers full control over their assets. Read more