Kraken recovers $3 million from CertiK, ending bug bounty saga

Among the crypto advocacy group's suggestions included a De Minimis exemption for crypto transactions and having the IRS provide guidance on block rewards, airdrops, and hard forks. Cryptocurrency advocacy group Coin Center has provided suggestions for United States lawmakers to consider in potential legislation related to taxation of digital assets.In an Aug. 21 letter to…

This edition of Cointelegraph’s VC Roundup features Parfin, Andrena, Blockscout, and Cartridge.

The bill is a response from the Alabama Senator to Senator Warren and the Department of Labor’s bid to block Bitcoin investments in self-directed 401(k) investment plans. 264 Total views 4 Total shares Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville from Alabama has unveiled a new bill he calls the Financial Freedom Act to allow Americans to add…

DoJ lawyers said the decision came following litigation filed by the FTX co-founder in the Bahamas protesting the additional charges, which could be lengthy. 335 Total views 15 Total shares The criminal trial of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried will be going ahead with the eight charges he was initially pinned for by United States prosecutors…

France’s Minister for the Economy and Finance has announced that the government has accepted an article of the Business Growth and Transformation bill (PACTE) dedicated to Initial Coin Offerings (ICO), according to a tweet posted Wednesday, September 12.As finance Minister Bruno Le Maire states, the French stock markets regulator Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is…

While acknowledging the need for collaboration in reshaping the financial services to accommodate metaverse, the FSC Mauritius asked seven questions to the public. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) of Mauritius started collecting feedback from industry stakeholders and the general public regarding the inclusion of metaverse within the financial services industry.The FSC Mauritius dedicated the entire

A trader acquires a rare Ape-themed CryptoPunk valued at $1.5M for just 10 ETH using a smart contract mechanism that allows a shotgun buyout.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz says that Bitcoin’s 2019 rally could have “real legs” given today’s turbulent macroeconomic and geopolitical landscape. In a tweet posted on August 5, Novgoratz remarked that:“With the yuan over 7.0, an FX war, instability in HKG and the beginnings of capital flight, $Btc rally could have real legs.”‘May you live in interesting…

J.W. Verret is a Harvard-educated attorney who teaches corporate finance and accounting at George Mason University. His work has increasingly intersected with the cryptocurrency sector in recent years, as his legion of Twitter followers — who know him as “BlockProf,” or the Blockchain Professor — are poignantly aware. Aside from his work at GMU, Verret