Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has been climbing steadily, after jumping to a two-week high last Friday and holding above US$41,000 over the weekend.
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Other cryptocurrencies including Solana (SOL) and Ethereum (ETH) surged back up as well by approximately 12%.
At 11:41am, BTC is trading at US$42,792, and SOL and ETH are trading at US$114.18 and US$3,064 respectively.
Meanwhile, Gamestop announced that it has entered a partnership with Immutable X Pty Limited to help launch an NFT marketplace for consumers to engage more in the world of digital collectibles.
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The partnership establishes an up to $100 million fund in Immutable X’s IMX tokens, which the parties intend to use for grants to creators of non-fungible token (NFT) content and technology.
According to a report by Business Insider, building on Immutable’s protocol will enable quicker, carbon-neutral transactions at more affordable prices, especially for gaming developer-focused NFT projects.
In addition, GameStop is also creating a US$100 million fund alongside Immutable X to support game developers and studios that will partner with them.
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Didi Taihuttu, known as the patriarch of the ‘Bitcoin family’, is settling down on Portugal– Europe’s crypto tax haven, after travelling the world to over 40 countries over the last 5 years.
In 2017, Taihuttu, with his wife and three kids, liquidated all their assets which included a 2,500-square-foot house and bought bitcoin, when it was trading at around $900, according to a report by CNBC.
Portugal has made clear that buying or selling cryptocurrencies would not be subject to capital gain taxes or value-added tax (VAT). This is unlike the U.S., that treats virtual currency as property, thereby taxing it in a manner similar to stocks or real estate.
