South Koreans Wouldn't Date a Bitcoiner, Argentinian Tax Body Closes Net on Illegal Crypto Mining, and More News

Sep 28, 2022 • 2 min read

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In a first for Argentina, the tax agency AFIP has taken action against organizations of unauthorized cryptocurrency miners. According to an official statement from AFIP, it raided three distinct groups of suspected miners last week, including one at a farm in the province of San Juan where shady miners allegedly hid mining equipment in a "fruit cooling area." Although cryptocurrency mining is permitted in Argentina, AFIP plans to bring charges against the putative miners for allegedly failing to register their income.

According to a recent survey, the vast majority of single South Koreans never want their partners to invest in cryptocurrencies. According to Newsis, 70% of single men said they would prefer not to date a female crypto investor, and 80% of the women polled named cryptocurrency as the one asset class they could never accept their boyfriends investing in. In comparison, only 7% of men and 6% of women felt that a potential partner's stock interest was a warning sign. Duo, a dating service, commissioned a survey with 250 men and 250 women across the country.

The first-ever crypto regulatory bill has been unveiled by the Uruguayan government. The proposed legislation, which will be discussed in the national parliament, would grant the central bank and its subsidiary organization, the Financial Services Supervisor, the authority to oversee cryptocurrency exchanges with a presence in Uruguay. According to Diario Bitcoin, should the bill be passed into law, brokers, crypto custodians, and companies looking to create cryptoassets would also be subject to the authorities' control.

According to two 26-year-old South Koreans, stealing a friend's lottery prizes was motivated by their bitcoin debt. According to Asia Today, an unidentified male, also 26 years old, won over $65,000 playing the lottery but, for "personal reasons," chose to "hide the money under his sink" rather than put it in the bank. Knowing this, the man's two pals deceived him into leaving the house so they could break in and take the money. According to the media site, they used the majority of this money to pay off loans they had taken out after making investments in coins that have subsequently lost a lot of their value.
According to Craig Wright's legal team, the controversial Australian computer scientist won't offer any fresh cryptographic evidence that Satoshi Nakamoto, the man who created Bitcoin, is actually him. Wright's attorneys have frequently asserted that he is Nakamoto in a number of civil disputes. However, attorneys claimed Wright had "difficulty trusting individuals" during a hearing that was a part of his defamation suit trial against the bitcoiner and social media figure Hodlonaut. According to a press statement the legal team provided to Cryptonews.com, Wright also battled emotionally as a result of having to "prove" that he is the creator of Bitcoin.

The blockchain operator Symbiont and the financial messaging network SWIFT have reportedly partnered to enable the provision of "near real-time" data driven by blockchain technology to securities businesses. According to a news statement from SWIFT and Symbiont, their solution will debut on the Symbiont blockchain. It would also assist in informing "investors, creditors, and all other relevant stakeholders" of "events" at publicly traded businesses, such as information on "dividend payments, exchange offers, mergers, Dutch auctions, or other corporate actions," they continued.