U.S. Senator Pat Toomey has called on Congress to stop the Treasury Department from maximizing its ability to regulate and tax crypto by...
Treasury Secretary Yellen Privately Lobbies Against Tax Amendment Crypto Industry Wants: Report
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has reportedly raised objections to lawmakers about the cryptocurrency tax amendment to the $1 trilli...
Uncollateralized Lending Platform Truefi Raises $12.5 Million From A16z, Alameda and Blocktower
Truefi, an uncollateralized loan platform, has raised $12.5 million from three important investors. The token sale was led by Blocktower...
Genesis Report Highlights 'Emerging Role' of Ethereum and Defi in Q2 2021
Genesis Digital, a leading cryptocurrency trading, lending, and custody desk, released its Q2 reports, where it confirms what it calls t...
Hip-Hop Star Megan Thee Stallion Creates 'Bitcoin for Hotties' Video to Educate Millions of Fans About Crypto
Award-winning hip-hop artist Megan Thee Stallion has published a video of herself explaining the basics of bitcoin, including what it is, ...
Crypto space weighs in on proposed amendments to US infrastructure deal
Some are urging U.S.-based crypto users to contact their representatives in support of the amendment from Wyden, Lummis and Toomey.
SEC claims first enforcement action in $30M fraud case involving DeFi project
A Cayman Islands-based company and two individuals may be the first subjects in decentralized finance, or DeFi, to face enforcement action ...
JPMorgan Quietly Offers 6 Crypto Investments Despite CEO Jamie Dimon's Anti-Bitcoin Stance
Global investment bank JPMorgan is now offering six cryptocurrency investment funds to clients despite its CEO, Jamie Dimon, continually a...
White House Backs Crypto Tax Amendment Endorsing Proof-of-Work in Infrastructure Bill
The White House has endorsed an amendment to the $1 trillion Infrastructure bill that supports proof-of-work over all other consensus me...
New bill in Ukraine to allow payments in cryptocurrency, says official
The deputy minister of Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation believes that crypto payments will be allowed in Ukraine similarly to ...
Cambodia explores cross-border transactions of CBDC-like Bakong
Launched in late 2020, Cambodia’s digital money project Bakong reached 200,000 users in June, doubling from three months earlier.
Crypto Gambler Wins $75,000 with a $31 Bet on ‘Book of Aztec’ at Bitcoin.com’s Casino
Book of Aztec dishes out a massive round win worth a little under 2 BTC , leaving the player ecstatic!
US Government Has Seized Cryptocurrencies Worth $1.2 Billion So Far This Year
The U.S. government has seized cryptocurrencies worth $1.2 billion so far this year, according to an Internal Revenue Service director. Th...
Invesco files with SEC for Bitcoin ETF without direct BTC exposure
The Invesco Bitcoin Strategy ETF may “at times” invest in Bitcoin ETFs listed outside of the United States.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says proposed crypto tax rule makes no sense
The crypto exchange boss is the latest to decry plans to enact sweeping changes to cryptocurrency tax reporting in the United States.
Fans Can Buy Game Moment NFTs In Person at the NBA Summer League Games in Vegas
Attendees of the upcoming NBA Summer League games in Las Vegas at the Thomas & Mack Center will be able to purchase NBA Top Shot non-f...
SEC Has No Authority Over Pure Commodities Like Crypto Assets, Says CFTC Commissioner
Both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have claimed jurisdiction ove...
Ethereum is becoming ultrasound money, ConsenSys founder says
“With $13 billion worth of Ether locked up in Ethereum 2.0 and $70 billion locked up in decentralized finance, we have enormous demand for ...
Nifty News: NFTs in space, defunct CryptoPunks, Ernst & Young gets in on the act
NFTs have been streamed from and to the International Space Station, Unifty decentralizes its governance, and 342 CryptoPunks may be lost ...
Bitcoinsv Chain Suffers 51% Attack: Analyst Claims BSV Network Experienced a 100-Block Reorg
Reports show that the Bitcoinsv blockchain suffered from a 51% attack on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, as the founder of Blockchair, Nikita Zha...
Monero Developer Arrested in US on Fraud Charges at Request of South African Government
Former lead maintainer of Monero Riccardo Spagni, aka Fluffypony, has been arrested in the U.S. and is now waiting for his extradition t...
Russia grants $200K to build tool for tracing crypto transactions
A Russian company indirectly backed by Russia's largest bank will build a crypto tracking platform as part of a $200,000 procurement c...
Victory Capital files SEC application for crypto ETF
The firm first announced its intention to launch a private fund for accredited investors tracking the Nasdaq Crypto Index in June.
FTX and Entertainment Giant Dolphin to Launch NFT Marketplace
On August 2, West Realm Shire Services Inc., the owner and operator of FTX.US, revealed the company has partnered with film and televisi...
Venezuela's Maduro Wants to Offer Crypto-Based Loans to Agricultural Producers
Nicolas Maduro, president of Venezuela, stated the country could offer cryptocurrency-based loans to the agricultural sector, in additio...
Binance to bring Bitcoin payments to Shopify via new partnership
Binance Pay users will be able to pay across merchants of Alchemy Pay’s partners, including e-commerce giant Shopify and software technolog...
Rothschild’s trust led funding round for Aspen Digital's London expansion
Aspen Digital aims for the Europe, Asia and Middle Eastern markets, leading the initiative by establishing headquarters in London and Sing...
Selling Lord Kek Dust — 2016 Rare Pepe NFTs See Fresh Demand Going for Thousands on Opensea
During the first half of the year, non-fungible token (NFT) sales surged to $2.5 billion in 2021, and trade volume shows the trend hasn’...
Court Orders Russia’s Sberbank to Unblock Crypto Trader’s Accounts
A court has ordered one of Russia’s largest banks to lift restrictions imposed on the accounts of a Russian citizen who was selling digita...
BTC payments coming to certain Quiznos shops, thanks to Bakkt collaboration
Quiznos customers will soon be able to pay in Bitcoin via Bakkt's app at certain Colorado locations.
DeFi attracts 2.91M Ethereum addresses, according to ConsenSys
The DeFi economy continues to be built on Ethereum. A new report from ConsenSys highlights the extent to which the Ethereum network drives ...
Cryptopunk Owner Hopes to Sell Punk for $91 Million — Pixelated NFT Punks Outshine the Competition
While traditional crypto assets have seen market sentiment drop to a level of uncertainty, non-fungible token (NFT) assets have continued ...
Bank of America Sees Benefits in Adopting Bitcoin as Legal Tender in El Salvador
Bank of America has outlined some benefits to be had from adopting bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador. The opportunities include low-co...
ETH 2.0 will help Ether outpace Bitcoin, Pantera Capital CEO predicts
Ether has more potential than Bitcoin as a newer cryptocurrency, and the latest EIP 1559 will help the token trade more like a fixed asset,...
SkyBridge buys 38,500 tons of carbon offsets
SkyBridge Capital has purchased 38,436 tons of tokenized carbon offsets.
While Chinese Bitcoin Miners Escaped Crackdowns, Sichuan's Hydropower Plants Were Not So Lucky
Regional reports from China indicate that government officials have been reviewing over 5,100 small-sized hydropower plants in order to ge...
Jihan Wu's Matrixport Raises $100 Million — Singapore Startup Joins Growing List of Crypto Unicorns
Matrixport, the digital currency financial services company co-founded by the former Bitmain CEO Jihan Wu, has revealed the company has ra...
Voyager Digital acquires crypto payments company Coinify
"As the adoption of cryptocurrency payments gains momentum, the acquisition of Coinify brings a global payment infrastructure to Voya...
Crypto funds see 4th consecutive weekly outflows as institutions diversify holdings, says CoinShares
Institutional investors are diversifying into altcoins amid the latest market downturn. Multi-asset investment products registered another ...
Buda Exchange Starts Requesting Selfie Verification for Withdrawals to New Bitcoin Addresses
Buda, a Chile-based cryptocurrency exchange, has started requesting selfie verification every time a user needs to withdraw funds to a n...
Paypal Hiring Over 100 Crypto Positions as Global Cryptocurrency Adoption Rises
Payments giant Paypal is hiring more than 100 crypto-related positions as demand for cryptocurrencies grows. Paypal’s CEO recently reveale...
Cash App’s quarterly Bitcoin revenue triples despite BTC impairment loss for Square
Jack Dorsey’s Square made more than 90% more gross profit than the same period last year, with $546 million coming from Cash App’s Bitcoin ...
Nigerian crypto adoption rises despite govt crackdown
Nigerians are still hungry for crypto despite the central bank's efforts to quash it.
Analysts Discuss Bitcoin Over-the-Counter Desks Bubbling With BTC Demand
Digital currency markets have been gathering gains again moving past the lows seen a few weeks ago. This week crypto traders have been dis...
IT Specialist Caught Mining Cryptocurrency at Police Headquarters in Poland
Polish police have uncovered a secret crypto mining operation at their headquarters in Warsaw, local media reported. An IT specialist ac...
PayPal reportedly assembling crypto team in Ireland as Bitcoin adoption grows
The new hires will help PayPal expand its crypto-focused business offering at a time of rapid adoption of Bitcoin and Ether. Global payments...
India Reportedly Investigating Binance in Chinese Money Laundering Case
Indian authorities are reportedly investigating cryptocurrency exchange Binance in connection with an ongoing Chinese money laundering cas...
Ukrainian President Signs Law Opening Door for Digital Hryvnia, Regulatory Sandbox
President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law that will allow the National Bank of Ukraine to issue its own digital currency. The new le...
Shark Tank’s Kevin O'Leary Won't Invest in Dogecoin, Says 'I Don’t Understand Why Anybody Would'
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, says he does not consider dogecoin an investment. “I don’t participate in that kind of...
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