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Continue ReadingMOSCOW — No government can stop bitcoin transactions, which suggests the cryptocurrency is an ideal way for dissidents and activists to raise funds. This should be especially true in Vladimir…
Continue ReadingThe crypto space has reacted positively to the new changes made to the BitLicense, Linda Lacewell, superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), said Tuesday. Discussing recent…
Continue ReadingThe main thrust of the bulletin, dated May 1, is that criminals and foreign adversaries of the U.S. “likely” use hedge funds, private equity and other investment vehicles to circumvent…
Continue ReadingMultiple bills that threaten encryption are moving through the U.S. Senate and could pose a threat to technology that protects users’ privacy, industry pros say. These bills include the Lawful…
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Continue ReadingCryptocurrency users in the U.S. remember July 26, 2019, as the day the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) came out swinging. It now turns out the agency may have been hitting…
Continue ReadingKirk Phillips is an entrepreneur, certified public accountant (CPA) and author of “The Ultimate Bitcoin Business Guide: For Entrepreneurs & Business Advisors.” You need to be nimble to be a…
Continue ReadingWith the tax deadline just around the corner, crypto holders are stressing over the dreaded capital gains tax. But they can write it off by donating to a worthy cause…
Continue ReadingRoughly four hours into a phone call with a TurboTax representative, in which she had to sort through the company’s own internal resources in order to answer my questions, I…
Continue ReadingCrypto financial app Abra has settled charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) relating to its offering of swaps deemed unlawful by the…
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Continue ReadingA blockchain project from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and state investor Temasek has completed its final development phase and is now being considered as the basis for commercial…
Continue ReadingPascal Hügli is the Chief Research Officer at Schlossberg&Co, in Switzerland, and author of the book Ignore at Your Own Risk: The New Decentralized World of Bitcoin and Blockchain. Tribal…
Continue ReadingKik’s proverbial day in court may last a lot longer than Telegram’s. That’s the takeaway from a federal judge’s response to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission during a hearing…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Federal Reserve’s balance sheet is contracting, but despite popular opinion, that’s not necessarily bad news for bitcoin. The central bank’s balance sheet declined by $88 billion to $6.97…
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Continue ReadingDutch banking firm ING has taken a seat at the table of an organization working to develop best practices for the cryptocurrency industry. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk…
Continue ReadingChinese police have seized over $15 million in crypto and supercars worth $2 million from the alleged operators of a novel scam that sold counterfeit tokens. In an article published…
Continue ReadingChicago based firm Ceres wants to build a “seed to sale” transaction network for cannabis on the blockchain using its dollar-backed stablecoin – if the digital security is approved for…
Continue ReadingThe Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) on Wednesday ordered Mirror Trading International (MTI) to cease operations immediately, alleging the South African bitcoin and forex trading network is a multilevel marketing…
Continue ReadingU.S. sanctions in response to Hong Kong’s national security law – and Beijing’s tighter grip over the city’s financial system – could pose challenges for local crypto brokerage firms. The…
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Continue ReadingThe Taiwanese startup Bitmark, which participated in a government-sponsored hackathon in May, was unable to promote its blockchain solution due to Apple’s pandemic moderation policy. “We were trying to essentially…
Continue ReadingThe Financial Action Task Force (FATF), whose advice is heeded by more than 200 countries, will meet in October to discuss ways to create a stronger global framework for the…
Continue ReadingAs the U.S. moves to pass legislation that threatens to weaken end-to-end encryption, Unstoppable Domains is planning to give users full control over their chat data with a new decentralized…
Continue ReadingThe crackdown on alleged hate speech is intensifying as social media platforms either expand their policies or step up enforcement of their terms of service. Reddit banned over 2,000 subreddits…
Continue ReadingThe Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) on Monday ordered cryptocurrency exchange Binance to immediately cease offering derivatives trading services in the country. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk…
Continue ReadingMore than 40 companies in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry collected at least $18 million in payroll loans from the U.S. government. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) published details…
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Continue ReadingWillie Breedt, CEO of cryptocurrency investment firm VaultAge Solutions, has been officially declared bankrupt while on the run from angry investors. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a…
Continue ReadingRussian courts are making conflicting rulings on whether bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies count as property. In one new case, Saint Petersburg’s district court has refused to force bogus law enforcement…
Continue ReadingGermany’s accounting watchdog reportedly had only one person checking Wirecard’s books in the months before the company admitted to the massive accounting irregularities that led to its insolvency. Disclosure The…
Continue ReadingB21, a recently launched mobile app aimed at first-time cryptocurrency investors, has expanded its service to the India market. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet…
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Continue ReadingA 52-year-old Singapore man has been found guilty of promoting OneCoin, the multi-level marketing, or Ponzi, scheme based around its own cryptocurrency. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is…
Continue ReadingA vulnerability in a blockchain-based system used in Russia’s recent poll meant users’ votes could be decrypted, journalists found. On Wednesday, the final day of a vote on constitutional amendments,…
Continue ReadingThe Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka is close to starting development of a blockchain platform expected to speed up the processing of bank users’ ID information.…
Continue ReadingWhen India’s Supreme Court overturned the banking restrictions for crypto exchanges back in March, everything changed. Since then, Binance joined the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), which played…
Continue ReadingThe top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee plan to introduce legislation this week that would direct the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study virtual currency’s role in…
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