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Kim Nam-kuk's WEMIX holdings stood at 6 billion won ($4.5 million) between January and February 2022. (Jacek Malipan/EyeEm/Getty)
Policy
Regulations
South Korea Authorities Investigate Lawmaker Over Suspicious Crypto Transfers: Report
Local media reports Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Nam-kuk had previously co-sponsored a bill seeking to defer taxation on crypto profits.
Kim Nam-kuk's WEMIX holdings stood at 6 billion won ($4.5 million) between January and February 2022. (Jacek Malipan/EyeEm/Getty)
By Lavender Au
May 8, 2023 at 9:15 a.m. UTC
May 8, 2023
RegulationsSouth KoreaPolicyPolitics
(Israel Sebastian/GrettyImages)
Markets
Crypto long & short
Crypto Investors: Why You Need to Understand Layer 1 Protocols
There’s value in crypto, especially layer 1 protocols, even if regulators and politicians don’t dig enough to see it.
(Israel Sebastian/GrettyImages)
By Glenn WilliamsNick Baker
Apr 5, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 5, 2023
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D.-Mass) has vowed to raise an "anti-crypto" army. (Council Bluffs Town Hall 10/Wikimedia Commons)
Consensus Magazine
Opinion
Sen. Warren’s ‘Anti-Crypto Army’ Is Just the Beginning of Crypto’s Politicization
As the 2024 U.S. election cycle approaches don’t be surprised to hear politicians discussing bitcoin, crypto and CBDCs.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D.-Mass) has vowed to raise an "anti-crypto" army. (Council Bluffs Town Hall 10/Wikimedia Commons)
By George Kaloudis
Apr 3, 2023 at 5:45 p.m. UTC
Apr 3, 2023
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(John Smizada/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Consensus Magazine
Opinion
Just Saying No to Digital Dollars Means Cementing the Surveillance Status Quo
Political attacks on CBDCs give a pass to existing government and commercial oversight of financial transactions and forfeits opportunity to shape global standards in accord w...
(John Smizada/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
By J Christopher Giancarlo
Mar 23, 2023 at 4:06 p.m. UTC
Mar 23, 2023
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Consensus Magazine
Opinion
In Defense of a Digital Dollar
Fears about mass financial surveillance are real with CBDCs, but banning them, as Republicans have recently proposed, will not help. Instead, more research is needed, says Ana...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
By Ananya Kumar
Mar 22, 2023 at 8:51 p.m. UTC
Mar 22, 2023
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(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)
Consensus Magazine
Opinion
Gov. Ron DeSantis, Privacy and the Politicization of the Digital Dollar
The putative presidential candidate’s legislation to ban a CBDC at the state level is constitutionally unworkable. But it’s still worrying for the future of money in the U.S.,...
(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)
By JP Schnapper-Casteras
Mar 22, 2023 at 8:02 p.m. UTC
Mar 22, 2023
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European Parliament member Johan Van Overtveldt says crypto should be banned. (Thierry Tronnel/Corbis/Getty Images)
Policy
Regulations
Former Belgian Finance Minister Calls for Crypto Ban in Wake of Banking Crisis
Johan Van Overtveldt, economic spokesman for the right-wing ECR political party in the European Parliament, compared crypto to drugs.
European Parliament member Johan Van Overtveldt says crypto should be banned. (Thierry Tronnel/Corbis/Getty Images)
By Jack Schickler
Mar 17, 2023 at 11:27 a.m. UTC
Mar 17, 2023
RegulationsEUEU ParliamentPoliticsCrypto
U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)
Consensus Magazine
Tax
Why Tax Deferral for Crypto-to-Crypto Like-Kind Exchanges Would Be Good for Us All
The U.S. Congress should update the tax code to treat digital assets like other types of valuable property such as real estate.
U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)
By Ralph BenkoTodd White
Jan 24, 2023 at 1:50 p.m. UTC
Jan 24, 2023
TaxOpinionCongressPolitics
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announcing the Department of Justice's charges against Sam Bankman-Fried (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
Consensus Magazine
Sam bankman-fried
Who Are Sam Bankman-Fried's Politically Connected 'Wealthy Co-Conspirators'?
The FTX founder is accused of violating campaign financing laws by making illegal campaign contributions totaling “tens of millions of dollars" through "straw donors."
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announcing the Department of Justice's charges against Sam Bankman-Fried (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
By James Murphy
Jan 4, 2023 at 8:06 p.m. UTC
Jan 4, 2023
Sam Bankman-FriedFTXPolitical DonationsPoliticsOpinion
FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Finance
Sam bankman-fried
FTX Will Look to Retrieve Voluntary Payments From Third Parties, Possibly Including SBF's Political Donations
FTX said it had been "approached by a number of recipients of contributions or other payments" looking to return them what they had received from Bankman-Fried or other FTX ex...
FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
By Jamie Crawley
Dec 20, 2022 at 10:54 a.m. UTC
Dec 20, 2022
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