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Laos military says country’s crypto operators owe $20M in unpaid taxes

In an effort to boost state revenues, Laos appears to be turning its attention to the country's crypto sector.According to a Nov. 9 report by China's state news agency Xinhua News, citing a report from Laos People's Army News, cryptocurrency operators in the Southeast Asian country owes $20 million in

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Worldcoin to cease paying Orb operators in USDC as early as November

Worldcoin is set to begin paying its Orb Operators — those rewarded for scanning people's eyes — with its native Worldcoin (WLD) token, phasing out USD Coin (USDC) as early as next month.According to an Oct. 22 announcement, Worldcoin says Orb Operators — who are “independent ecosystem participants” tasked with scanning

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Vitalik Buterin voices concerns over DAOs approving ETH staking pool operators

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has expressed worries regarding decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) exerting a monopoly over the selection of node operators in liquidity staking pools.In a September 30 blog post, Buterin issues a warning that as staking pools adopt the DAO approach for governance over node operators—who are

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KC Fed tracks healthy growth of crypto ATM industry despite predatory operators

The crypto ATM business is thriving in the United States, despite criticism for illegal or predatory behavior, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Crypto ATMs have a growing customer base that could sometimes benefit from better education about crypto, the report concluded.Crypto ATMs

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UK FCA unveils guidelines for crypto operators ahead of ‘Travel Rule’ enforcement

Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied From Sep. 1, 2023, crypto businesses in the UK will be legally required to collect, verify, and share transfer information, under the so-called “Travel Rule.” This directive, endorsed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), seeks to

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Node operators urged not to upgrade to the latest version of a Bitcoin lightning network node implementation

Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied The technology product manager of Lightning Labs, one of the development companies behind the Lightning Network, has pointed out a memory leak bug in the recent Lightning Network Daemon (LND) version 0.16.3, and is now urging

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Gensler suggests staking token operators should ‘seek to come into compliance’

United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler has again suggested that proof-of-stake coins may be securities. He expressed his view on March 15 after a commission meeting on cybersecurity issues.Gensler was asked by reporters about his reaction to statements made by Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Rostin

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