The U.S. Treasury letter says that coders, stakers, and miners wouldn't have access to information about the sales of securities by taxpayers, so they aren't covered by the regulations.
Judge Beryl Howell has revoked the bond which had been granted to Ilya Lichtenstein, agreeing with prosecutors that he was a flight risk but has released Heather Morgan.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an investigation into Binance.US over its relationship with two trading firms said to be trading against Binance.US customers.
The U.S. securities regulator announced that BlockFi had agreed to pay the penalties and “pursue registration” of its lending product paying an initial $50M penalty to the regulator and a further $50M to 32 states.
Jason Powell wants the state to allow politicians to accept digital assets for campaign funds and to formulate and implement blockchain-friendly regulations.
A bipartisan group in the U.S. Congress has proposed the "Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act," which aims to make smaller profits on personal transactions exempt from capital gains tax.
As more people begin to accept that a prolonged bear market is likely upon us, the fear that the U.S. government could dump 94,000 BTC on the market has few people worried.
Enterprise blockchain services provider TAAL made history this week when it mined the biggest Bitcoin block at 3.87GB, which had 188,000 transactions and collected 9.7 BSV in fees.
Both Rep. Emmer and Paul Jossey fear that a CBDC issued directly to U.S. residents is more likely to be a tool used to invade privacy than it is a tool that creates a more efficient economy.
The arrests, reportedly linked to the 2016 Bitfinex hack, "show that cryptocurrency is not a safe haven for criminals" according to Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco.
The U.S. Department of Treasury elaborated that the portable nature of NFTs, which can be moved internationally and instantly, makes them susceptible to being used in money laundering schemes.
The U.S. regulator is requesting for public feedback on the ETF application, which seeks to convert shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into a spot ETF, the first of its kind in the U.S. market.
