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DOGE proposes slashing Internal Revenue Service staff by 20%
13.3.2025
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reportedly proposing cutting the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) workforce by 20% in a change expected to take effect by May 15, 2025.According to CNN, the cuts would impact an estimated 6,800 employees at the government agency, in addition...
DOGE proposes slashing Internal Revenue Service staff by 20%
13.3.2025
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reportedly proposing cutting the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) workforce by 20% in a change expected to take effect by May 15, 2025.According to CNN, the cuts would impact an estimated 6,800 employees at the government agency, in addition...
Crypto's IRS Victory Reveals Reach in Congress That Demands Less Compromise
13.3.2025
As the industry moves forward with bills on stablecoins and market-structure rules, the kind of dealing lobbyists were prepared to make may no longer be needed
Brazil’s Postal Service Seeks Blockchain, AI Solutions for Operations
8.3.2025
Through a pre-selection process it aims to find blockchain and AI-based solutions to enhance its operations
TransCrypts Wins Pitchfest at Consensus Hong Kong
7.3.2025
The on-chain credential verification service beat out a host of promising startups at CoinDesk’s PitchFest at Consensus Hong Kong
Dubai Government-Owned Bank Emirates NBD Offers Crypto Trading Through Liv X App
6.3.2025
Liv is offering its crypto service using infrastructure operated by Aquanow, a digital asset platform licensed by Dubai's VARA
Sygnum Bank Expands Custody to Include Leading Crypto Options Exchange Deribit
5.3.2025
Sygnum and Deribit are now leveraging crypto custodian Fireblocks' "Off Exchange" service
Effort to Kill IRS Crypto Rule Clears U.S. Senate Hurdle
4.3.2025
With a split among Democrats, the Senate resolution to erase the IRS' DeFi-focused crypto broker rule passed with a massive majority and is now up to the House
President Warming Up His Pen to Sign Resolution to Kill IRS Crypto Rule If Passed
4.3.2025
As the U.S. Senate began its process to consider a resolution to erase the recent IRS rule that targets DeFi, the White House cheered it on
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Promises It's Not Going Full Live-Service Game After Latest Botched Event
3.3.2025
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is very much not a live-service game. That’s one of the things that felt so refreshing about the sci-fi shooter when players flocked to it last fall. But it felt eerily like one late last month when an in-game reward was locked behind a busted community event....
U.S. Senate Expected to Vote on Erasing IRS's Crypto Broker Rule That Threatens DeFi: Source
3.3.2025
Senate leaders are said to be queuing up votes to reverse two Biden-era regulations tied to digital assets: the IRS DeFi rule and a CFPB digital-payments rule
How SenseiNode Is Building Proof-of-Stake Infrastructure in Latin America
27.2.2025
Staking service provider SenseiNode operates from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica and Colombia
Cobo Launches Safe{Wallet} Co-Signing Service For Crypto Transactions
27.2.2025
Cobo, a leading digital asset custody and wallet technology provider, has announced the launch of its Safe{Wallet} co-signing…
U.S. House Committee Advances Effort to Erase IRS' DeFi Tax Rule
26.2.2025
A joint resolution in Congress seeks to reverse a December move by the IRS to impose a tax regime in DeFi, and the House has taken the first steps to do that
U.S. Marshals Service Can't Say How Much Crypto It Holds, Complicating Bitcoin Reserve Plan
21.2.2025
The agency has been plagued with procedural and organizational issues for years
Onramp and Arch Launch Bitcoin-Backed Lending Service
20.2.2025
The new lending product allows Bitcoin holders to access liquidity without selling their assets
Crypto Industry Asks Congress to Scrap IRS's DeFi Broker Rule
19.2.2025
In what may be a big test of the crypto sector's new influence over a markedly friendlier U.S. Congress, it's asking for the reversal of an incoming tax policy
Europe Proposes Evaluating Qualifications of Crypto Service Providers
18.2.2025
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has proposed new guidelines for evaluating the qualifications of crypto asset…
Rainbow Six Siege X Will 'Transform' The Live-Service Tactical Shooter
17.2.2025
The term “live-service game” has, in the last few months, become synonymous with enormous financial disasters. Hundreds of millions, possibly billions, have been lost over the past year to the hubristic concept of games people will want to keep playing, and investing in, for years to come. But it’s...
Nothing Is Safe From The Live-Service Grind, Not Even Sex Toys
14.2.2025
Sometimes I think back on the arrival of Achievements, when suddenly every minuscule or major accomplishment in an Xbox 360 game earned you a little congratulatory chime and persistent points to fuel your bragging rights. We didn’t know it then, but it now seems that was a harbinger for the modern...