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The Crypto Industry Responded to the IRS Proposed Broker Rule

A few months ago, the U.S. Treasury Department put out its long-awaited proposed rule for enforcing broker reporting standards on cryptocurrency entities. The proposal suggested capturing hosted wallet providers, payment processors, some decentralized finance (DeFi) entities and others as "brokers," meaning these groups would be subject to specific crypto tax

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Biden AI executive order ‘certainly challenging’ for open-source AI — Industry insiders

Last week the administration of United States President Joe Biden issued a lengthy executive order intended to protect citizens, government agencies and companies through ensuring AI safety standards. The order established six new standards for AI safety and security, along with intentions for ethical AI usage within government agencies. Biden said the

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Kraken looking to ‘solve’ industry challenges amid layer-2 rumors

Crypto exchange Kraken neither confirmed nor denied rumors of the company’s plans to potentially release a layer-2 solution similar to what its competitor Coinbase did with the Base network earlier this year.The rumors were fueled by reports citing anonymous sources and a job posting from Kraken highlighting that the organization

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Is Web3 really improving mainstream industry and products?

Web3 has been gaining ground in mainstream industries with the rise of Web3 business models based around nonfungible tokens (NFTs), blockchain technology and crypto. But it’s still an open question whether it’s actually improving mainstream industry and products. According to a June Coinbase study, over half of the top 100 United

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SEC’s Gary Gensler advises crypto industry in Bitcoin whitepaper anniversary post

Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), called for compliance from an industry he has frequently tagged as “rife with fraud”. Gensler advised cryptocurrency operators and service providers to stop tricking investors in his message to the digital industry on the Bitcoin white paper’s 15th anniversary.  Rhetoric from

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