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Federal prosecutors have shared more information about their case against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Between two new indictments and civil suits against another former FTX executive, we now have a much clearer picture about what the Department of Justice thinks it has. Original Source
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The need for comprehensive crypto tax reform will only become clearer as people start interacting with blockchains – and incurring capital gains taxes – without realizing. Source
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"Compare that with Singapore which has a licensing framework, token taxonomy laid out, and much more. They can appropriately regulate crypto b/c they've done the work to define what 'good' looks like, and know all tokens aren’t securities (despite what Chair Gensler insists)," he added. Original Source
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The filing in August said Grayscale received a memorandum from its “external securities lawyer,” which led the company to feel comfortable in saying those three cryptocurrencies aren’t securities, but nevertheless, based on what the SEC has said, Grayscale “acknowledges that ZEC [etc.] may currently be a security, based on the
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A commissioner with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Dawn Stump, has voiced concerns about cryptocurrency regulation through enforcement — the approach taken by both the CFTC and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). CFTC Commissioner Stump on Crypto Regulation CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump has raised concerns regarding the approach her
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Coinbase Custody and Bison Trails have joined the Proof of Stake Alliance (POSA), a lobbying organization hoping to push regulators to clarify the legal treatment of staking services.Announced Thursday, the lobbying group said having the two companies on board adds weight to its mission of advancing the proof-of-stake (POS) industry.
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This post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Dr Gina C Pieters is an Assistant Instructional Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago, and a Research Fellow at
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It seems like China is finally ready to take the bull by the horn. Instead of running away from the emerging technology and missing out on all it has to offer, the government of China has devised a safe means to leverage its untold potential, without necessarily getting burnt.Impossible, you
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