Vietnam’s Blockchain Industry Faces Shortage of Talent
The booming blockchain sector in Vietnam is having to deal with a serious deficit in specialists, local media revealed. Despite the large number of software engineers in the country, those with blockchain expertise meet less than a fifth of the current demand, with businesses already looking for talent abroad. Fierce Competition for Blockchain Experts Among Vietnamese Companies Vietnam is facing a lack of human resources hampering the...
Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Warns About Crypto Amid Severe Economic, Political Crisis
Sri Lanka’s central bank issued a warning regarding the use of cryptocurrencies amid a devastating economic and political crisis. The central bank stressed that it “has not given any license or authorization to any entity or company to operate schemes” involving cryptocurrencies. Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Issues Notice About Cryptocurrency The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) published a notice about cryptocurrency Tuesday titled...
India Calls on G20 to Bring Crypto Within Global ‘Automatic Exchange of Information’ Framework
India’s finance minister has called on the G20 countries to bring crypto within the “Automatic Exchange of Information” framework. More than 100 countries have adopted the Common Reporting Standard under the framework. G20 Urged to Bring Crypto Under Automatic Exchange of Information India’s finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, talked about cryptocurrency Friday during the G20 Ministerial Symposium on Tax and Development in Bali,...
Billionaire Thomas Peterffy Plans to Buy Bitcoin Despite Concerns BTC Could ‘Become Worthless or Outlawed’
Billionaire Thomas Peterffy, founder of Interactive Brokers, says he plans to buy more bitcoin if the price of the cryptocurrency hits $12K. However, he remains concerned that bitcoin could “become worthless or outlawed.” Thomas Peterffy on the U.S. Economy and Bitcoin Billionaire Thomas Peterffy shared his outlook for bitcoin and the U.S. economy in an interview with Forbes last week. Peterffy is the founder and chairman of the board...
Operation 404 Hit So Many Piracy Apps It’s Surprising There Are Any Left
Over the past four years, Brazilian authorities, entertainment industry groups and their anti-piracy partners have marked a new annual event. Each year a new phase of ‘Operation 404’ takes place and champagne corks fly as hundreds of pirate sites and apps are taken down, blocked, or otherwise put out of action. In 2022, a reported 226 websites and 461 piracy apps fell to Operation 404-4 due to the combined efforts of local authorities...
