U.S. Lawmakers Urge Treasury to Revise Proposed Crypto Tax Rules
A letter by a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has urged the U.S. Treasury to revise its proposed digital-assets taxation regime. Original Source
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Tornado Cash users file appeal over judgment in favor of US Treasury
A group of Tornado Cash users has filed an appeal in federal court following a ruling upholding the United States Treasury’s decision to add the cryptocurrency mixer to its list of sanctioned entities.In a Nov. 13 filing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, lawyers representing plaintiffs
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Bim Afolami Replaces Griffith as Economic Secretary to UK Treasury, Gains Responsibility for Crypto
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been reshaping his cabinet ahead of the next general election, which must be held by 2025. On Monday, Home Secretary Suella Braverman was fired and replaced by James Cleverly, who was himself unexpectedly replaced as foreign secretary by former Prime Minister David Cameron. Source
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Arthur Hayes Dubs US Treasury Secretary ‘Bad Gurl’ of Pax Americana
Hayes predicts that Yellen’s actions, in collaboration with the US Federal Reserve, will result in a net liquidity injection of $1 trillion into global financial markets. In a recent essay titled ‘Bad Gurl,’ Arthur Hayes, a renowned crypto expert and former CEO of BitMEX delves into the intricate world of finance, spotlighting
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Coin Center losses legal fight against U.S. Treasury over Tornado Cash sanctions
Coin Center, a research non-profit blockchain advocacy firm, has lost its case against the U.S. Treasury after Tornado Cash, an Ethereum-based mixing service, was sanctioned. In a ruling on Oct. 30, the U.S. district court said the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) did not exceed its delegated authority as the International Emergency
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U.S. Treasury sanctions a money launderer tied to Russian elites
OFAC targets Ekaterina Zhdanova for laundering over $100m via crypto, evading sanctions for Russian oligarchs and aiding ransomware affiliates. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions against Ekaterina Zhdanova, a Russian national implicated in significant money laundering operations involving cryptocurrencies. Zhdanova is accused
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US Treasury Yields Mixed as Market Anticipates October Jobs Report
As investors and analysts await the official jobs report for October, the 2-year and 10-year Treasury yields moved in opposite directions. US Treasury yields came in varied on Friday as investors wait on the jobs report for October for an indication of the labor market and the effect of interest rates.
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Prisoners’ Dreams to Stash $54M in Crypto in Exotic Locales Dashed as Feds Grab Them for Treasury
Federal law enforcement has seized $54 million worth of cryptocurrencies from the leader of a notorious New Jersey drug ring, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said Thursday in a statement. Source
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Bitcoin’s (BTC) Safe Haven Appeal Strengthens as U.S. Treasury Bonds Disappoint, Allianz’s Advisor El Erian Says
At 4.9%, the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury note is at least ten basis points higher than where it was a day before Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7. In other words, the price of the 10-year note has declined, a sign of investors seeking safety in other assets.
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RWA Race Sees Tokenized Treasury Market Grows Nearly 600% as Ethereum (ETH) Overtakes Stellar (XLM)
According to real-world asset (RWA) monitoring platform RWA.xyz, the tokenized Treasury market surged to $698 million as of Monday from around $100 million at the start of the year. The expansion was spurred by new entrants into the space as well as from existing platform growth, Charlie You, co-founder of
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