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Crypto exchange OKX has launched a localized platform in Turkey featuring trading pairs denominated in Turkish Lira.
Bitcoin has reached an all-time high in 14 countries, including Turkey, Argentina, Egypt, Pakistan, Nigeria, Japan, and Lebanon, despite trading 25% below its peak of $69,000.
The Turkish government is set to establish legal definitions for key cryptocurrency concepts, regulate trading platforms through licensing, and align with the standards of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). In an interview with the Anadolu Agency on Jan. 10,…
Blockchain.com will increase its workforce by a quarter in early 2024, strategically moving into new markets such as Nigeria and Turkey.
The country seeks to get out of FATF’s “grey list” by putting more regulatory burden on crypto. Turkey is set to double down on crypto taxation and licensing to persuade the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to remove it from…
Turkey is in the final stages of introducing crypto legislation, which could lead to its removal from the FATF grey list, says Finance Minister Mehmet ÅžimÅŸek. Speaking to the nation’s planning and budget commission on Oct. 31, ÅžimÅŸek said the…
Turkey sets its sights on implementing cryptocurrency taxation and other regulatory measures as part of its 2024 Presidential Annual Program.
During a panel at the Plan B Forum 2023, a speaker discussed Bitcoin's utility in the hyperinflated economies of Turkey and Lebanon.
Turkish crypto exchange Thodex’s founder and his two siblings face over 11,000 years in jail each after being convicted of fraud, money laundering, and running a criminal organization. A Turkish court sentenced Faruk Fatih Ozer — the man behind Thodex,…
About 52% of Turkey's adult population was engaged in crypto investments as of May 2023. This rate was 40% in November 2021.
Faruk Fatih Özer, the founder and CEO of Thodex, a defunct crypto exchange in Turkey, has been imprisoned after failing to provide the necessary tax documents to the country’s Tax Inspection Board
As Turkey teeters on the brink of a pivotal election, the fate of the nation’s cryptocurrency landscape hangs in the balance. The outcome could bolster the burgeoning crypto industry or plunge it further into uncertainty. Turkey, the transcontinental titan, stands…
Major crypto exchange OKX is planning to establish an office in the Republic of Türkiye, after recently leaving Canada.
CoinTR, a local exchange in Turkey, partnered with local NGOs to assist people affected by earthquake in early February
The Turkish crypto sector has stayed afloat despite the country’s debilitating economic situation and a bleak bear market that crushed the global digital asset industry for most of last year. The negative economic trend has not stopped some crypto firms…
Ak Investment, one of Akbank's wholly owned subsidiaries, has officially applied to partner with Stablex, a crypto exchange