Cryptocurrencies Have ‘No Way’ to Comply With US Anti-Encryption Bills
U.S. Senate bills meant to crack down on encryption could have negative effects for privacy-oriented tech, including cryptocurrencies, entrepreneurs and critics say.
U.S. Senate bills meant to crack down on encryption could have negative effects for privacy-oriented tech, including cryptocurrencies, entrepreneurs and critics say.
Nearly a year after the IRS sent intimidating letters to crypto holders, the agency’s watchdog says the campaign violated its Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
Many tax professionals claim the recent guidance didn’t provide much clarity and created more confusion than it dispelled.
Donating crypto means it won’t be taxed, say The Giving Block and TAXbit, which published a guide to facilitate such donations.
Have questions about filing your crypto taxes? CoinDesk dives into what we know (and what we don’t) about how the IRS is approaching the asset class.
The financial regulators both found fault with Abra offering security-based swaps without first checking to see whether investors were eligble.
Crypto-dollarization is the world's next best hope to meet its insatiable demand for U.S. dollars.
The banking group has joined crypto industry body Global Digital Finance to help develop best practices for custodial firms and wallets.
The U.S. sanctions on financial institutions in Hong Kong could put the city’s growing crypto brokerage businesses in jeopardy.
Konstantin Ignatov has again had his sentencing date adjourned while he continues to cooperate with U.S. prosecutors.
The international financial watchdog will meet in October to discuss creating a stronger global framework for the regulation of cryptocurrencies.
The order is the regulator’s first public stance on cryptocurrency derivatives trading.
Recent moves by social media companies to outlaw certain types of content raise big questions about the future of free speech in the modern internet era.
The subsidiary of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has obtained a U.K. license allowing it to operate its derivatives platform in the EU.
The CEO of cryptocurrency investment firm VaultAge Solutions has forced into bankruptcy while on the run from angry investors.
A Russian court convicted two men for extortion, but did not force them to return over $900,000 in crypto since crypto has no legal definition as property. Other courts have taken a different view.
Germany's finance and accounting agencies seem to have missed their chance to spot a $2.1 billion black hole in Wirecard's accounts.
A court filing alleges federal government suppression of an OFR review led to crypto businesses being defined as money transmitters.
Police said the man is the first to be charged under the Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Selling (Prohibition) Act.
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka is about to decide which firm will develop a blockchain platform that could speed the processing of bank users' ID information.
The District of Columbia Bar has approved crypto payments for lawyers' fees.
The Swiss government is making key legislative changes to financial laws to improve legal conditions for blockchain businesses.
Witnesses will discuss stablecoins and tokenized dollars during Tuesday's Senate Banking hearing on the digitization of money.
A new international rule requiring digital asset operators to report transactions could spilt the crypto industry in two, argue two researchers.
The future of the U.S.’s federal securities regulator, and perhaps the direction of cryptocurrency policy, is up in the air. We game out the scenarios.
The regulator hopes the new three-strike rule will encourage BitLicense applicants to ensure they've taken its feedback on board.
The planned regulatory regime could include stricter rules for projects deemed "global stablecoins," a subtle reference, possibly, to Libra.
Telegram has settled its six-month court case with the SEC, agreeing to pay $18.5 million in penalties and to notify the agency if it plans to issue another digital asset in the next three years.
A Florida judge threw out a motion for sanctions against Wright saying the lawsuit over 1.1 million BTC would be better decided by a jury.
Monaco’s Office of Digital Affairs has signed a memorandum of understanding with Luxembourg-based blockchain startup Tokeny.