White House wants to ‘make miners pay’ for wasteful energy usage
The White House proposes the Digital Asset Mining Energy (DAME) excise tax on such operations, which would phase in to equal 30% of their total energy costs.
The White House proposes the Digital Asset Mining Energy (DAME) excise tax on such operations, which would phase in to equal 30% of their total energy costs.
Blockchain is a technology that does more than just tracking and tracing transactions, but could also have massive impacts on the environment, social responsibility, and governance.
The NYAG filed charges against exchange KuCoin last week over failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer while ETH was expressly labeled a security in the charges.
In an interview with CoinGeek, Ian Grigg explains how Triple Entry Accounting enhances the centuries-old methods of double-entry bookkeeping by introducing a third ledger.
A Senate hearing focusing on block reward mining in the U.S. debated the benefits of increased disclosures for miners while witnesses pointed to the real-world impacts of mining operations.
To be classified as a security, the "investment," the "efforts," and the "third party" identified in the Howey test should not be completely unrelated to any interest in the "common enterprise."
Security researcher James Edwards posted a four-part description of how the AvalancheGo vulnerability works, noting that it is only present in the Golang implementation of the Avalanche Protocol.
A digital currency rumor on Twitter speculating that the SEC would ban staking for retail speculators in the U.S. rocked Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, ranting another rant of spewing misinformation.
The first session of The Bitcoin Masterclasses Day 2 reviewed the issues surrounding blockchain, the law, and how human and code rules interweave and interact.
Paxful CEO Ray Youssef announces Ethereum's banishment from the digital asset trading platform, noting that the system's tokens were nothing but scams that have robbed billions of people.
This latest theft, resulting from deliberate manipulation of price mechanisms, again raises questions about the viability of DeFi among serious investors, and what action could be taken to recover funds.
Kurt Wuckert Jr. took the stage at the Unbounded Capital Summit to discuss the history of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto's vision, and clarify misconceptions in the digital asset space.