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Greece has proposed a 10% capital gains tax on cryptocurrency profits, with an annual exemption of €500, under draft legislation scheduled to reach parliament in November. Greece has proposed a 10% capital gains tax on cryptocurrency profits, with annual gains of up to €500 exempt from the proposed levy. The draft legislation has been released…

Gwangju Bank and South Korean fintech company Toss have successfully completed a proof of concept for stablecoin payments using QR codes, allowing customers to make transactions through connected banking and payment apps. Gwangju Bank and Toss successfully completed a stablecoin QR payment trial connecting their mobile apps with Toss Place merchant terminals. The payment process…

Kalshi’s 15-minute gold markets have overtaken comparable Ether contracts just weeks after launching, recording 542 million contracts during September against 318 million for ETH-linked markets. Gold’s 15-minute Kalshi markets recorded 542 million contracts in September, beating Ether’s 318 million total. Estimated September fees reached $5 million for gold, compared with $2.6 million for Ether contracts.

Naver Financial and Dunamu have postponed their comprehensive share swap for a third time, moving the planned completion from Dec. 31, 2026, to March 31, 2027, as regulatory reviews remain underway. Naver Financial and Dunamu have postponed their comprehensive share swap for a third time, moving the planned completion date from Dec. 31, 2026, to…

Omkar Godbole is a Co-Managing Editor and analyst on CoinDesk’s Markets team. He has been covering crypto options and futures, as well as macro and cross-asset activity, since 2019, leveraging his prior experience in directional and non-directional derivative strategies at brokerage firms. His extensive background also encompasses the FX markets, having served as a fundamental…

Cardano has put CIP-0113 live on mainnet after its 90-commit proposal was merged Sept. 29, giving issuers of regulated assets tools to add KYC checks, transfer limits and freeze or seizure rules to their tokens. Cardano’s CIP-0113 is live on mainnet, letting issuers add programmable rules to native token transfers. Issuers can require KYC, block…

Winklevoss Asset Services has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a spot Zcash ETF on Nasdaq under WINK, with a 0.25% annual fee and up to $100 million of nonbinding purchase interest from Winklevoss Capital. Winklevoss Asset Services filed for a Nasdaq Zcash ETF that would directly hold ZEC tokens. The…

Polymarket has begun production testing of Protocol V2 ahead of a tentative Nov. 2 switch for newly created markets, replacing its 2019-era Gnosis CTF market architecture with a single ERC-1155 position system, pUSD collateral and modular resolution. Polymarket Protocol V2 will start handling new markets on November 2 after October canary testing. V2 replaces legacy…

Ethereum has prepared to test a 200 million gas limit on Sepolia under the Glamsterdam upgrade, putting more than three times the network’s previous block capacity through a public test before developers decide what could eventually work on mainnet. Ethereum is testing a 200 million gas limit on Sepolia, up from roughly 60 million, as…

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has said an undercover operation costing him $349,700 exposed an alleged Chinese laundering network that moved more than $1 billion for North Korea-linked hackers and helped trace funds from Bybit’s $1.5 billion 2025 theft. ZachXBT says he spent $349,700 posing as a client inside an alleged Lazarus-linked laundering network. His investigation identified…