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W3E will welcome gamers worldwide on Nov. 17 at Istanbul Blockchain Week for the world's first Web3 e-sport tournament. 

Valkyrie's Tron Trust and Avalanche Trust adds new capital on top of the firm's $1.2 billion in Assets Under Management at the close of the second quarter.

German residents are not required to pay capital gains tax on crypto assets held for over a year.

Cyber threat intelligence firm, Check Point Research identified Nitrokod as a crypto miner malware that has infected thousands of PCs across 11 countries.

Thodex founder Fatih Özer was arrested in Albania on Aug. 31 and is set to be deported back to Turkey.

Iran will allow any local business that imports goods to pay for their transactions via cryptocurrency in lieu of the dollar or euro.

Binance and Virtuezone's partnership will help reduce payment barriers startups face when working to set up their businesses in the UAE.

Iran is finalizing plans to allow a large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies for international settlement.

The new rules requires all real estate agents, brokers, and law firms to report all property transactions involving virtual assets.

Korhaliller explains why everyone should have Turkey on their radar and why he chose Istanbul as the location for his next event.

Exchange platform BitOasis joined the firing trend in the crypto space and laid off 9 employees to handle current market conditions.

The exposure-free retail CBDC the Bank of Israel and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority plan to test is assumed to carry less financial risk for consumers, Bloomberg News reported.

Among the proposals is a requirement for crypto firms to have a minimum capital of 100 million liras (roughly $6 million).

Ashish Mehta of Ashish Mehta & Associates claims Dubai and the UAEs regulatory and compliance framework encouraged his law firm to accept crypto payments.

A research by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) shows that nine out of ten central banks are working on a CBDC project presently.

Kraken has become the latest crypto exchange to secure regulatory approval for a regional HQ in the UAE.

The worlds first NFT pay-per-view boxing match is taking place in Dubai, and it features two undefeated boxers, Floyd Mayweather and Don Moore.

Emirates airline has revealed that it is going to convert its pavilion at the Expo 2020 in Dubai into a Web3, NFTs, and Metaverse projects center.