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The U.S. Is Weighing Crypto Tax Rules: What Could Happen Next?
The U.S. Is Weighing Crypto Tax Rules: What Could Happen Next?
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a public hearing slated on Monday about proposed regulations for digital asset transactions. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Ma...
The U.S. Is Weighing Crypto Tax Rules: What Could Happen Next?

Ether Tops $2K as BlackRock’s Ethereum ETF Plan Is Confirmed in Nasdaq Filing
Ether Tops $2K as BlackRock’s Ethereum ETF Plan Is Confirmed in Nasdaq Filing
BlackRock wants to create an ETF that holds Ethereum's ether (ETH), a plan that deepens the world's largest asset manager's commitment to cryptocurrencies. Following the news,...
Ether Tops $2K as BlackRock’s Ethereum ETF Plan Is Confirmed in Nasdaq Filing

SEC Fires Back at Binance's Motion to Dismiss its Lawsuit in New Filing
SEC Fires Back at Binance's Motion to Dismiss its Lawsuit in New Filing
Binance's efforts to dismiss a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit do not have a basis in the law, the federal regulator said in a filing Wednesday. This com...
SEC Fires Back at Binance's Motion to Dismiss its Lawsuit in New Filing

How Companies Like PayPal, Jack Dorsey's Block Could Be Impacted by CFPB Plan
How Companies Like PayPal, Jack Dorsey's Block Could Be Impacted by CFPB Plan
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) wants to expand its oversight to cover nonbank payment providers and some subsectors of crypto transactions. While the pro...
How Companies Like PayPal, Jack Dorsey's Block Could Be Impacted by CFPB Plan

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Here’s How Sam Bankman-Fried’s High-Stakes Trial Could Play Out
Nik De, CoinDesk's managing editor for global policy and regulation, discusses the importance of jury selection in the trial and how many years Sam Bankman-Fried may face if f...
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Sam Bankman-Fried's Request for Temporary Release Denied by Judge Again
Sam Bankman-Fried's Request for Temporary Release Denied by Judge Again
A federal judge ruled on Thursday that Sam Bankman-Fried will have to remain in jail for the duration of his trial, denying the FTX founder's third attempt at being released f...
Sam Bankman-Fried's Request for Temporary Release Denied by Judge Again

Binance Sells Its Russian Unit to Day-Old Crypto Exchange
Binance Sells Its Russian Unit to Day-Old Crypto Exchange
Crypto exchange Binance is gearing up to fully exit the country of Russia over compliance concerns, as the company agrees to sell the entirety of its Russia business to CommEX...
Binance Sells Its Russian Unit to Day-Old Crypto Exchange

Prosecutors Blast FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Proposed Jury Questions
Prosecutors Blast FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Proposed Jury Questions
The U.S. Department of Justice argues FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s proposed jury questions are “unnecessarily intrusive” and may be intended to support his defense, accordi...
Prosecutors Blast FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Proposed Jury Questions

SEC Accuses Binance.US of Not Cooperating With Probe: Court Filings
SEC Accuses Binance.US of Not Cooperating With Probe: Court Filings
According to court filings unsealed on Thursday, Binance.US has been accused of not cooperating in a probe by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which has said...
SEC Accuses Binance.US of Not Cooperating With Probe: Court Filings

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Push Back Against DOJ’s Motion to Block Proposed Witnesses
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Push Back Against DOJ’s Motion to Block Proposed Witnesses
In a Monday night filing, defense attorneys for Sam Bankman-Fried fired back against prosecutors wanting to disqualify proposed expert witness testimony, claiming that the U.S...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Push Back Against DOJ’s Motion to Block Proposed Witnesses