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Sushi taps into ZetaChain to begin testing native Bitcoin DeFi swaps

DeFi platform Sushi has partnered with interoperability platform ZetaChain to explore the possibility of native Bitcoin swaps for its users across 30 different blockchain networks.Sushi’s deployment of its decentralized exchange (DEX) on ZetaChain is touted to enable trading of BTC without wrapping across several blockchains in what the team describes

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Ethereum-Based Blockchain Kinto Aims to Bring Real-World Assets (RWA) to Decentralized Finance (DeFi) with Fresh Investment

Kinto secured $1.5 million in a pre-seed investment earlier this year from Kyber Capital Crypto, according to a press release on Tuesday. It received another $3.5 million recently in a round led by Kyber Capital Crypto, Spartan Group and Parafi. SkyBridge Capital, Kraynos, Soft Holdings, Deep Ventures, Modular, Tane and

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What the IRS Gets Wrong About DeFi and Crypto in Its Latest Tax Reporting Proposal

The APA requires a reviewing court to set aside agency action that is “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law,” “contrary to constitutional right,” “in excess of statutory jurisdiction,” or “unsupported by substantial evidence.” The proposal, if finalized, would fail each requirement. Source

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Opyn DeFi protocol founders are leaving crypto after CFTC crackdown

Zubin Koticha and Alexis Gauba, two founders of the Opyn decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, are stepping down from the project and “leaving crypto,” according to a statement from Koticha posted to social media on Nov. 14. The statement comes approximately two months after Opyn settled an enforcement action against it

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Capital Gains Tax Applies to Wrapped Tokens and DeFi, Australian Tax Authority Clarifies

“Being able to wrap tokens is a valuable and necessary cross-chain interoperability tool,” said Michael Bacina, Digital Assets lawyer at Piper Alderman Lawyers. “To have a purely technological function triggering a tax event and tax payable is not something users would expect when using crypto-assets.” Source

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