Daily View | Friday March 18

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【LAT】

Total issuance	Circulation	Pledge rate	Total pledge	Number of addresses
10,250,000,000	2,405,160,000	27.69%	1,309,345,964.77	79,039

Data source: https://scan.platon.network/

【Quotes】

Trading pair	24 hours high	24 hours low	24-hour trading volume
LAT/USDT	0.0468	0.0438	115,931
BTC/USDT	41481.59	40235.30	6,114
ETH/USDT	2836.57	2746.80	57,437

Data source: Huobi Exchange

【10 days node data】

2022	Active	Candidate	Exiting	Exited
March 18	201	18	3	145
March 17	201	18	3	145
March 16	201	18	4	144
March 15	201	19	4	144
March 14	201	19	4	144
March 13	201	19	4	144
March 12	201	19	5	143
March 11	201	19	6	142
March 10	201	19	6	142
March 09	201	19	6	142

Data source: https://scan.platon.network/

【Industry News】

South Korean Government Considers Delaying Implementation of Virtual Currency Levy until Early 2024

March 18 – South Korea’s President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol’s Presidential Transition Committee is considering delaying the implementation of a virtual currency tax for another year, until early 2024. This is because the ruling party and opposition parties generally believe that market rules must be established before a virtual currency tax can be implemented. The South Korean government had planned to impose a 22% tax on income from virtual currency transfers of more than 2.5 million won per year, starting in January this year. However, the ruling party and the opposition party agreed to postpone the taxation of virtual currencies for one year (until 2023), saying in late November last year before the election that “a taxation system has not yet been formed”. This time the Presidential Transitional Council is considering another 1 year extension of this. (Korea Daily News)

US Gaming Retailer GameStop Plans to Launch NFT Marketplace by End of July

US gaming retailer GameStop said in its fiscal fourth quarter earnings report that it plans to launch an NFT marketplace by the end of July, Coindesk reported on 18 March. GameStop had announced in February that it was partnering with ImmutableX, an NFT two-tier solution, to launch an NFT initiative.GameStop said in its earnings report that the partnership will provide it with up to $150 million in IMX tokens to achieve certain milestones. In the ImmutableX partnership announced in February, GameStop said it expected its NFT marketplace to include “billions of easily tradable, low-cost in-game assets,” with specific reference to digital real estate and in-game skins.