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Nigeria has ended years of uncertainty over how cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets should be taxed, with the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) issuing comprehensive guidelines that bring Bitcoin, stablecoins, NFTs and other digital assets into the country’s formal tax system. The Guidelines on the Taxation of Virtual Assets do not create a new crypto tax. Instead, they clarify how existing taxes under the Nigeria Tax Act (NTA) 2025 and the Nigeria Tax Administration Act (NTAA) 2025 apply to digital asset transactions, while setting out rules for registration, reporting, record-keeping and compliance. According to Taiwo Oyedele, Minister of Finance and Coordinating…

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Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Real Estate NewsWith revenue gains and no long-term debt, CEO Michael Liebowitz said work is in progress to build “a company that is smarter, faster and more efficient.”After seeing its revenue fall in the first quarter, Douglas Elliman appears to have bounced back. The New York-based brokerage reported a total of $283.4 million in revenue for Q2, which was up on both a quarterly and annual basis.While actual revenue increased 4.5% year-over-year, the company noted that it had shuttered its property management business in October. When comparing current numbers to Q2 2025 — minus revenue from that division — the…

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9h05 ▪ 5 min read ▪ by Luc Jose A. Summarize this article with:ChatGPTPerplexityGrok Financial markets are hitting record highs, gold regains its safe haven status, but bitcoin remains stuck below 65,000 dollars. This inertia contrasts with the euphoria observed on traditional assets and fuels investors’ questions. Indeed, the return of stagflation fears in the United States, persistent tensions in the Middle East, and a more uncertain macroeconomic environment blur the benchmarks. Why does the leading crypto remain aside while other markets advance? This divergence could signal a turning point for the market. In Brief The paid prices index explodes…

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🔐 Bitcoin has just posted a huge on-chain week. Network growth reached 2.27M new wallets, the highest level of the past year, while 751K active wallets marked the strongest reading in 10 months. 📈 The biggest catalyst is the Coldcard wallet chaos. Security shocks pressure users to move funds, create fresh wallets, rotate custody setups, and recheck exposure, which naturally sends wallet creation and activity sharply higher. 🌪️ Polarizing events often create the strongest on-chain reactions for $BTC and altcoins alike. Fear rises fast, greed follows fast, and both emotions push more people to transact, reposition, and pay attention, which…

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How much risk do people face in the labor market? What causes this variation in earnings and employment? Few questions are more fundamental to economic policy, including the Fed’s mandate to pursue maximum employment. Yet efforts to answer these questions through economic models of earnings and employment face a problem: Most labor market data come with important limitations. “When you look at the outcomes for people, you only ever observe [their earnings] if they are working, and only in a certain job,” said Institute consultant and University of Minnesota economist Mariacristina De Nardi. “You only see the options they were…

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Large investors are quietly buying Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and XRP, even as the crypto market remains under pressure.According to new research from CryptoQuant, whale accumulation has continued across several major cryptocurrencies. Analysts believe this could signal that the market is approaching the final stage of the current bear cycle.While prices remain weak, steady buying from large holders often shows growing confidence in a long-term recovery.Crypto Whales Continue to AccumulateCryptoQuant’s Head of Research, Julio Moreno, says the largest investors are adding more coins while prices remain close to or below their average buying price.According to the report, this reduces selling…

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AMC image JM Financial Mutual Fund has announced a change in minimum SIP amounts and number of instalments in its JM Large & Mid Cap Fund in the following manner, effective August 7, 2026. Frequency Minimum SIP amount Revised minimum SIP amount Minimum no. of instalments Revised minimum no. of instalments Daily Rs. 100 Rs. 500 30 6 Weekly Rs. 100 Rs. 500 24 6 Fortnightly Rs. 250 Rs. 500 12 6 Monthly Rs. 100 Rs. 1,000 12 6 Quarterly Rs. 250 Rs. 1,000 4 6 Source link

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Kelly Kenoyer: I’m here with Mouhcine Guettabi, the regional economist for UNCW. Thank you for joining us.Mouhcine Guettabi: Thank you for having me.KK: So, I’d love to hear what you’ve seen in the past few months in terms of national trends in the economy.MG: Yeah, the economy, largely speaking, is holding up well. In that, if we look at the metrics that we care about, like GDP, which is Gross Domestic Product, the numbers have been fairly healthy. The U.S. economy is growing at about 2-2.5%, up until the last number that’s come out. That’s a healthy number. However, it’s…

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1. Groww – Best Overall Platform for Margin-Efficient Commodity TradingFor commodity traders, efficient capital management is as important as market analysis. Groww combines commodity derivatives trading with features that help eligible users optimise the use of their available capital while trading across different market segments.Groww offers commodity derivatives trading on MCX and NSE, covering contracts across gold, silver, crude oil, natural gas, base metals, and other exchange-listed commodities. Rather than maintaining separate balances for different segments, users can trade through a single trading balance across equities, F&O, and commodities, making fund management more convenient.One of Groww’s key advantages is its…

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