John Deaton files amicus brief in support of Coinbase appeal against SEC

Estonia is withdrawing permits from hundreds of crypto companies following Europe’s biggest money laundering scandal. 1730 Total views 37 Total shares Estonia, one of the European Union’s most crypto-friendly countries, is cracking down on hundreds of licensed crypto companies in response to a $220 billion money laundering scandal, according to Bloomberg. Estonia was among the first…

Tuesday, Feb. 26: after a brief recovery attempt yesterday, crypto markets have lost more than $2 billion in terms of total market capitalization today, with the top 20 cryptocurrencies seeing mixed signals.While the market is overall trading sideways, most of top 20 coins are in the red at press time.Market visualization from Coin360The largest cryptocurrency,…

“Owning a Mt. Gox NFT proves you’re OG... you were there in the early days of Bitcoin, and now you can prove it on the blockchain," said the project's whitepaper. 454 Total views 14 Total shares The former CEO of thnow-defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox has announced that certain users will be eligible to receive…

Can BitMEX and Bitcoin beat Elon Musk and Dogecoin to launch the first crypto asset into lunar orbit? 1152 Total views 2 Total shares A 21st-century space race appears to be brewing between Elon Musk and BitMEX, with both parties pledging to launch their respective crypto of choice to the literal moon first.On June 4,…

Singapore’s plans to exempt certain digital currencies from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) would benefit cryptocurrency-related businesses, according to a partner in PwC Hong Kong’s corporate tax practice.As reported by Hong Kong’s English language newspaper South China Morning Post on July 29, Gwenda Ho argued that the Singapore government’s proposal to drop the seven…

The world knows the public internet as the best transport network and the backbone of their daily routines. However, if one looks closely, the internet is far from perfect, with many considering the network untrusted and its usage synonymous with poor reliability and performance issues. Although these faults were once overlooked, the impending Web3 revolution…

The era of unintelligible contracts written in legalese by lawyers in $2,000 suits with degrees from Ivy League schools is over. The contracts of the next century will be hybrid smart contracts, written in code by programmers wearing $20 hoodies and living in their NYC-shared apartment.What is a hybrid smart contract?Smart contracts are self-enforcing contracts,…

Tor digital privacy software is now accepting donations in various cryptocurrencies, as a new crypto donational portal appeared on the project’s website on March 18.The site now accepts nine major cryptocurrencies, namely Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Dash (DASH), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Monero (XMR), Stellar Lumen (XLM), Augur (REP) and Zcash (ZEC).Tor’s crypto donation…

In August 2022, Michael Saylor faced allegations of tax evasion. He has since reportedly made the largest income tax fraud settlement in the history of the District of Columbia.