The Daily Leo #407: Crypto industry steps up political donations, Japan scraps tax on unrealized crypto profits, New INLEO Whitepaper

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Stock market today: Asian shares gain in quiet holiday trading after Wall St's 8th winning week
Asian shares were mostly higher on Monday after Wall Street capped its eighth straight winning week with a quiet finish following reports showing inflation on the way down and the economy potentially on the way up. ...

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South Korea Fines BNP, HSBC $20 Million for Naked Short Selling
South Korea has decided to impose a total fine of 26.5 billion won ($20.4 million) on BNP Paribas SA, its domestic brokerage unit and HSBC Holdings Plc for naked short-selling....

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Nigerian crypto exchanges and P2P merchants brace for battle post ban lift
In a circular sent to banks on Dec. 22, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stated that it has now lifted restrictions on Nigerian banks facilitating cryptocurrency transactions. However, the crypto community anticipates competition to heat between the crypto-fiat exchanges and peer-to-peer (P2P) merchants.

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Metallica backs Medallion in $13.7m funding round The family investment firm of rock band Metallica is participated in a Series A funding round for Medallion, an artist-to-fan platform that aims to help artists build relationships with fans....

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Crypto industry steps up political donations as mood in Washington sours
Crypto companies have sharply increased donations to US politicians as sentiment in Washington hardens against the digital assets market.
Companies including Coinbase, the Nasdaq-listed exchange....

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Japan scraps corporate tax on unrealized crypto profits: Report
Japanese firms will reportedly no longer be required to pay tax on “unrealized gains" from cryptocurrency holdings as of April next year after the Cabinet reportedly approved a revision to the national tax regime for digital assets. ...

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INLEO AMA | New INLEO Whitepaper is LIVE, Tokenomics Clarity, New Threadcast Features

In today's Episode, Eric and I talk about INLEO's latest features, the new whitepaper, LEO tokenomics and more.

This is most likely the last AMA of 2023, so we wrapped everything up by talking about how things are with the frontend, backend and contracts right now.
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