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Affected Binance accounts in Europe face a year-end closure, Greece approves a crypto-gains tax, and World Liberty announces more buybacks. Also: Hyperliquid's US brokerage application, Thailand's Bitget deadline and Uniswap's proposed fee fixes.
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A Binance spokesperson told CoinDesk on 7 November that affected European accounts will close on 31 December. Customer emails also describe fees from 29 November, but CoinDesk says those emails have not been independently confirmed.
Greece's parliament approved a bill imposing a 10% tax on cryptocurrency capital gains on 5 November, Reuters reported. Annual gains of up to €500 are exempt under the bill.
World Liberty Financial announced a new buyback programme for its WLFI governance token on 5 November, Reuters reported. Funding could include fees earned from reserves backing its separate USD1 stablecoin, alongside other sources.
Hyperliquid Strategies said on 5 November that a subsidiary has applied to become a futures commission merchant. The proposed business would carry US customer accounts for permissioned markets deployed on Hyperliquid, subject to regulatory approval.
Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission said on 5 November that it had filed a criminal complaint against BG Limited, operator of Bitget, over alleged unlicensed exchange activity. It also announced that access to the platform would be blocked from 5 December.
A 6 November Uniswap Labs governance proposal would limit how long an extra swap fee can persist after a large price move on Ethereum. It also proposes repairing a separate mechanism that has prevented accrued X Layer protocol fees from being released.
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