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New IRS Warning Letters Target Crypto Investors Who Misreported Trades
14.8.2019
The IRS is sending another round of warning letters to crypto users, this time to taxpayers who it thinks misreported income on exchange transactions
Blockchain Firm Settles With SEC Over Unregistered $6.3 Million SAFT
14.8.2019
A healthcare-focused blockchain firm has settled with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its 2017-2018 SAFT offering
UK Advertising Watchdog Upholds Complaints Against BitMEX Bitcoin Promotion
14.8.2019
The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints over a bitcoin ad placed by crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX
SEC Guidance Gives Ammo to Lawsuit Claiming XRP Is Unregistered Security
13.8.2019
Investors suing Ripple have started citing the SEC’s token guidance to back their claim that XRP is an unregistered security
Legal Expert Katharina Pistor Weighs in on Facebook’s Libra
13.8.2019
Is Facebook's Libra a "concentration of power... unmatched by any meaningful accountability to anyone?" Legal expert Katharina Pistor thinks so
ICO Issuer PlexCorps Reaches Settlement With US Securities Regulator
13.8.2019
Lacroix and Paradis-Royer each agreed to pay $1 million apiece as a civil penalty. PlexCorps must disgorge $4.56 million in addition to some $350,000 in interest
New Zealand Honors Bitcoin with Legal Status But Falls Within Tax Purview
13.8.2019
A cryptocurrency (Ethereum, Bitcoin, Litecoin, etc.) has stirred controversy worldwide. Countries around the globe have variant perspectives, notions, and most importantly are skeptical about the evolving concept, Cryptocurrency. It would be righteous to state what the Financial Markets Authority’s...
WATCH: Ted Livingston Discusses Kik’s Response to the SEC
12.8.2019
Kik CEO Ted Livingston discussed his company's legal fight with the SEC on CoinDesk Live last week
New Zealand Tax Office Makes It Legal to Pay Salaries in Crypto
12.8.2019
New Zealand's Inland Revenue Department has made it legal to receive salaries in cryptocurrency, and be taxed accordingly
New Zealand Rules Receiving Income in Bitcoin is Legal, Taxable
12.8.2019
New Zealand's tax authorities have ruled that income in cryptocurrencies is legal and provided guidance on how exactly it should be taxed
Derivatives Drama: The Unintended Consequences of Crypto Regulation
11.8.2019
Noelle Acheson points out that the LedgerX confusion highlights potential CFTC priorities regarding the regulation of crypto derivatives that could lead to the opposite of what the regulator intends
Australian Police Charge 5 Over $1.8 Million Cryptocurrency Scam
8.8.2019
Five people have been charged in Australia over a cold-call cryptocurrency investment fraud that allegedly duped investors for over $1.8 million
Man Takes Bitcoin Miner Seller to Tribunal Over Electricity Bill and Wins
6.8.2019
A Malta-based seller of bitcoin mining machines is in hot water after failing to refund a customer who complained over high power bills
Cryptocurrency in China: Over the Counter, Under the Table
5.8.2019
Primitive Ventures partner Dovey Wan breaks down the crypto situation as it stands in China today
Marijuana-focused Stablecoin Issuer Added to Arizona Fintech Sandbox
31.7.2019
Arizona's fintech program has added a controversial startup using stablecoins to evade federal regulations
QuadrigaCX Judge Approves $1.6 Million in Expenses for EY, Law Firms
31.7.2019
A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge approved more than $1.6 million in fees for the companies appointed to recover funds on behalf of QuadrigaCX's former users
Crypto Exchange Rain Raises from BitMEX, Opens Trading In Middle East
31.7.2019
BitMEX Ventures-backed crypto exchange Rain opens for business following a two-year sandbox program under Bahraini central bank
Former Mt Gox CEO Karpeles Must Face US Class Action, Judge Rules
30.7.2019
Mark Karpeles, former CEO of the early bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, must face a class action lawsuit in Philadelphia over the firm's 2014 collapse
Circle CEO Allaire to Congress: Treat Crypto as a New Asset Class
29.7.2019
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire calls for Congress to treat digital assets as their own asset class in testimony for Tuesday's Senate Banking hearing
Judge Punts on Decision in NYAG Case Against Bitfinex and Tether
29.7.2019
A New York judge has delayed making a decision on whether Bitfinex and Tether need to turn over documents to the state Attorney General