DOJ, IRS Target Tax-Evading Clients of Crypto Broker SFOX
A California court has given the U.S. Internal Revenue Service permission to issue a “John Doe” summons to prime brokerage...
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Nasdaq-Listed Eqonex Shuts Down Crypto Exchange Due to Low Volume, ‘Intense Competition’
Publicly traded blockchain services company Eqonex Limited (EQOS) announced on Monday that it will shut down its cryptocurrency exchange operations,...
This Week on Crypto Twitter: Tornado Cash Sanctions Slammed, Vitalik Criticizes MakerDAO Proposal
This week in coins. Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt. It should also be noted that Github—the code platform that...
Coinbase posts $1.1B loss, Polygon dApps rocket 400% in 2022 and Elon Musk says inflation is on the decline: Hodler’s Digest, Aug 7-13
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best...
OpenSea Changes Stolen NFT Policy Following User Outcry
In brief NFT marketplace OpenSea is changing its tactics around assets that are reported as stolen. Users have complained about...
Sam Bankman-Fried: ‘Disappointing’ Others Haven’t Helped Us Give Bailouts
Sam Bankman-Fried has handed out some $750 million in lifelines to BlockFi and Voyager after the two lenders went insolvent...
Ripple Is Considering Buying Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius’ Assets: Report
Ripple Labs—the blockchain payments company behind XRP—may be interested in purchasing assets belonging to the insolvent crypto lending company Celsius. ...
Circle’s USDC Will Not Support an Ethereum Proof-of-Work Fork
Stablecoin provider Circle announced its intentions to fully support Ethereum’s shift to a proof-of-stake (PoS) chain following the highly-anticipated merge...
How Secure Is the Ethereum Sitting in Your MetaMask Wallet?
It’s been an unrelenting week for MetaMask developers. Reacting to the news that $4.5 million worth of funds had been...
CFTC Targets Election Betting Platform PredictIt
The Commodities Futures Trading Commission withdrew a letter granting PredictIt permission to operate its not-for-profit online marketplace, where users can...
Beanstalk Celebrates Anniversary With ‘Safe Replant and Unpause’ Months After $182M Exploit
Beanstalk, a credit-based stablecoin, has rebooted on the one-year anniversary of its launch—and not quite four months since it was...
The Ethereum Merge Resistors: Can They Succeed?
Ever since a prominent Chinese Ethereum miner announced his intention to resist the upcoming Ethereum merge and create a new,...
Why Musician and Ethereum NFT Artist Jimmy Edgar Is Skeptical of Music NFTs
For musician and visual artist Jimmy Edgar, NFTs are intangible—but that’s not a bad thing. In the music world, Edgar...
Coinbase Ex-Product Manager Pleads Not Guilty to Insider Trading
A former Coinbase product manager has pleaded not guilty to insider trading. Ishan Wahi, 32, pleaded not guilty in a...
Bitcoin Fanatic Michael Saylor Steps Down as MicroStrategy CEO
Cloud software company MicroStrategy today announced that Michael Saylor, a Bitcoin advocate who has served as the company's chief executive...
Magic Eden Rivals Say NFTs on Solana’s Biggest Marketplace Are at Risk
In brief Leading Solana NFT marketplace Magic Eden has faced growing criticism about recent platform changes and its escrow-based trading...
Tiffany’s Reveals First NFTs—at $51,000 Each
Tiffany & Co., one of the most prominent names in luxury goods for over a century, is launching a series...
Crypto pumps after Fed rate hike, Zuck pins hopes on Metaverse making hundreds of billions, and Tesla posts $64M BTC gain: Hodler’s Digest, July 24-30
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best...
Bitcoin Rises 19% in July in Best Trading Month Since Last Year
Bitcoin may be down over 65% from its November 2021 all-time high of just above $69,000, but it’s having a...
Senator Prompts Regulators to ‘Do More’ to Combat Crypto Scams and Fraud
The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee called out the risks of crypto on Thursday, expressing a need from regulators...
El Salvador to Buy Back Bonds After Bukele’s Bad Bitcoin Bets
El Salvador’s president wants to buy back $1.6 billion in sovereign debt as the country’s finances look increasingly strained after...
Treasury Investigating Kraken for Alleged Iran Sanctions Violations: Report
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is investigating cryptocurrency exchange Kraken for allegedly violating economic sanctions against...
