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The Thodex founder fled the country in 2021 only to be detained in Albania in August 2022 and extradited to Turkey in April 2023.
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Turkey News
Turkey is a southwestern Asian country with a population of 80 million people and an area of 783 thousand kilometers. Turkey is a big and influential developed economy with the 17th largest nominal GDP and has a leading position in exports of such goods as agricultural products, vehicles, construction materials and consumer electronics. The strongest companies in Turkey are mostly from financial, telecommunication and construction industries. The Turkish banking sector is one of the most robust and widespread financial sectors in the Middle East. Bitcoin is not regulated in Turkey. Turkish authorities don’t consider Bitcoin to be a currency or electronic money. However, Bitcoin is pretty popular in Turkey, as both its usage and demand are growing. The Turkish lira-Bitcoin exchange BTCTurk offers the exchange of Bitcoin and foreign currency in the Istanbul airport in Bitcoin ATMs.
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Istanbul Blockchain Week made some necessary modifications this year to reflect the change in the overall crypto market.
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Binance Blockchain Week will bring together the Web3 ecosystem in Istanbul, Turkey, during the second week of November.
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Faruk Fatih Özer failed to submit the requested documents to the Tax Inspection Board. He denied being Thodex’s official at the time, which prevented him from presenting the requested books.
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Cointelegraph analyst and writer Marcel Pechman explains how China’s economic weakness and Turkey’s interest rate hikes could impact the cryptocurrency market.
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Bitcoin price strength continues into a weekly close that analysis says should stay above $30,000.
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At the Bitcoin Builders Conference, Daniel Fogg from IOV Labs spoke with Cointelegraph about how emerging markets are shaping the future of the crypto space.
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Founder and former CEO of Thodex is finally brought to Turkey after two years since the exchange halted operations.
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A bitter dispute between Paxful's co-founders in Delaware courts may have led to the crypto marketplace's sudden closure.
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Cryptocurrencies are proving useful in facilitating fast and unencumbered donations during crises, as recently seen during earthquake relief efforts in Turkey and Syria.
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The Ethereum co-founder has sent around $227,000 in ETH to two Turkish earthquake relief organizations.
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The Web3 ecosystem came together to offer all possible help and aid to the victims of the Turkish-Syrian earthquake — one of the worst natural disasters in recent history.
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The partnership with Metaco will include using its digital asset custody and orchestration system, Harmonize, to safeguard the custody and governance of Togg’s digital assets.
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Shortly after its central bank completed its first CBDC tests, Turkey announced a blockchain-based digital identity application.
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After recently completing its first payment transactions using a central bank digital currency, the Turkish central bank is pushing ahead with more tests over 2023.
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