Two federal agencies of the United States — the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) — have released a set of cryptocurrency regulations proposal detailing brokers’ reporting requirement. The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration revealed that the proposal around crypto regulations for brokers was released on Aug.
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Cryptocurrency self-custody platform Casa has rolled out new functionality for its recently launched Ethereum (ETH) vaults that will allow users to transact via a relay for added privacy. Casa added a multisignature Ethereum self-custody vault to its initial Bitcoin (BTC) custody offering in June 2023, allowing users to manage the self-custody of their ETH holdings with
While Nigeria appears to have a high level of blockchain and crypto awareness, the country is still facing issues related to public education in the field. A group of local blockchain experts discussed blockchain education’s challenges in Nigeria at the Stakeholders in Blockchain Technology Association of Nigeria (SIBAN)’s Digital Assets Summit 2023, held in Abuja, the
Australian investors will be left exposed to unregulated markets and investments will be driven away from the country if the Digital Assets (Market Regulation) Bill is rejected by parliament, the bill’s author Senator Andrew Bragg has warned. On Sept. 4, the Senate Committee on Economics Legislation recommended the Senate reject Bragg’s bill and suggested the
The United States Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new rules for crypto accounting will eliminate the “poor optics” that plagued companies holding digital assets, according to analysts from Berenberg Capital. On Sept. 6, the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) approved new rules for cryptocurrencies with regard to how companies report the fair value of their
The United States’ legal system is set to bring the crypto industry “back in the game” after the Biden administration “screwed up” its crypto policy, says Ripple Labs chair and co-founder Chris Larsen. Speaking to Bloomberg on Sep. 7 about his firm’s July partial win against the Securities and Exchange Commission, Larsen argued the regulator
The race for the United States’ first spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund has officially begun after new 19b-4 filings by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), which will “ultimately start the clock” for an SEC decision. On Sept. 6, the CBOE filed two 19b-4 applications to the United States securities regulator, requesting for the ARK 21Shares Ethereum
Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network has filed a complaint against lending firm EquitiesFirst Holdings in a bid to recoup assets. According to a sealed adversary complaint filed on Sept. 6, Celsius is seeking injunctive relief and a declaratory judgment associated with the “recovery of money/property” — according to the title of the docket. The filing
Roman Storm, the co-founder of controversial cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash arrested in August, has reportedly pleaded not guilty to all charges related to money laundering and violations of United States sanctions. According to an Sept. 6 X thread from Inner City Press, Storm pleaded not guilty before a judge in U.S. District Court for the
Bitcoin (BTC) price action suggests that the asset remains in a precarious position and a recent report from ARK Invest said that short-term Bitcoin investors had no choice but to capitulate in August as the percentage of Bitcoin supply in profit fell by 14 percentage points. Bitcoin market sentiment and monthly valuation change in August.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has unanimously approved rules for accounting for the fair value of companies’ cryptocurrency holdings, according to media reports. The rules will go into effect in 2025. The FASB is the United States organization that sets accounting and reporting standards for organizations that follow U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Amid the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) delaying a decision on Ark Investment Management’s spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund, the firm has proposed an investment vehicle with exposure to Ether (ETH). In a Sept. 6 filing, Ark Invest and 21Shares requested the SEC approve the listing of shares of a spot ETH ETF
The sharp increase in global interest rates may have limited investors’ appetite for crypto ventures, but new projects are still flourishing and attracting capital to speed up growth. Data from the Cointelegraph Research Venture Capital Database shows June closed out with a 29.73% decrease in venture capital investments, with just $779.32 million secured in 62
Blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence claims to have identified the addresses of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. The trust consists of more than 1,750 addresses holding a total of over $16 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC), according to a Sept. 6 thread on X (formerly Twitter). Arkham claimed that Grayscale is “the 2nd largest BTC entity
Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms mined fewer Bitcoin in August than July but received over $31 million in power credits. That is the equivalent of around 1,136 Bitcoin (BTC), CEO Jason Les pointed out in a statement. Riot received an estimated $24.2 million in power curtailment credits under its contract with Texas grid operator Electric Reliability Council
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, lost an initial appeal to return to being free on bail prior to his criminal trial. In a Sept. 6 filing in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Clerk of Court Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe said a circuit judge had denied a motion
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has published a research paper diving into privacy pools systems as a tool to achieve more privacy in financial transactions, allowing users to prove dissociation from illicit funds through zero-knowledge proof technology. The document initially discusses one of the most popular privacy-enhancing protocols, Tornado Cash, which allows users to deposit and
Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading between $25,333 and $26,156 since Sep. 1. Typically, a volatility squeeze is followed by an expansion in volatility but it is difficult to predict the direction of the breakout with certainty. CoinGlass data shows that Bitcoin has fallen for six consecutive years in September. This historic data could keep the
Federal Reserve Governor Philip Jefferson has won confirmation from a majority of members of the United States Senate, placing him in position to become the Federal Reserve’s next vice chair. In an 88-10 vote in the U.S. Senate on Sept. 6, Jefferson won a majority of support needed for his confirmation as the next vice
Base network’s “Onchain Summer” promotion in August resulted in over 700,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) minted by over 268,000 unique wallets, according to a Sept. 6 announcement from the team. Coinbase launched Base, its Ethereum layer-2, on Aug. 9. To spur adoption, the network’s team implemented a month-long launch event. It partnered with over 50 companies,