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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has been poised to propose major tax rules for crypto. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Policy
Analysis
A Long-Awaited Crypto Tax Rule Was Written Months Ago. Why Isn’t it Proposed?
Senators have told the IRS to hurry its regulations on brokers reporting crypto transactions while crypto lobbyists question whether the delay is a White House strategy.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has been poised to propose major tax rules for crypto. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
By Jesse Hamilton
Aug 7, 2023 at 4:29 p.m. UTC
Aug 7, 2023
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What the Federal Reserve's 'FedNow' Instant Payment System Could Mean for Crypto
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What the Federal Reserve's 'FedNow' Instant Payment System Could Mean for Crypto
The U.S. Federal Reserve launched a new instant payment service called FedNow. The central bank has also denied it is tied to any digital U.S. dollar initiative. Aaron Klein,...
What the Federal Reserve's 'FedNow' Instant Payment System Could Mean for Crypto
By CoinDesk Staff
Jul 25, 2023 at 2:35 p.m. UTC
Jul 25, 2023
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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)
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Leading House Democrat Solicits Feedback From Gensler and Yellen on Crypto Bill
The bill would provide guidelines for U.S.-based crypto exchanges to register with regulators.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)
By Elizabeth Napolitano
Jun 26, 2023 at 7:31 p.m. UTC
Jun 26, 2023
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U.S. Treasury Examining How Using Digital Dollars Could Be Kept Private
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U.S. Treasury Examining How Using Digital Dollars Could Be Kept Private
The U.S. Treasury Department has been studying how it might keep retail transactions in a potential digital dollar as private and anonymous as possible, said Graham Steele, th...
U.S. Treasury Examining How Using Digital Dollars Could Be Kept Private
By CoinDesk Staff
Jun 14, 2023 at 4:51 p.m. UTC
Jun 14, 2023
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Regulations
World Regulators Are Looking at DeFi
The U.S. Treasury Department and French central bank published reports looking at DeFi risks and providing recommendations for mitigating them.
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By Nikhilesh De
Apr 11, 2023 at 11:02 p.m. UTC
Apr 11, 2023
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Nellie Liang (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Top U.S. Treasury Official Says Crypto Had No ‘Direct Role’ In Bank Failures
Treasury Under Secretary Nellie Liang told House lawmakers the crypto industry wasn’t a central factor in the wipeouts of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
Nellie Liang (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
By Jesse Hamilton
Mar 29, 2023 at 7:19 p.m. UTC
Mar 29, 2023
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Opinion
U.S. Banking Collapse Doesn't Necessarily Make Crypto Trustworthy
The fall of Silicon Valley Bank had a convenient deus ex machina to fix collateral damage. Crypto cannot expect the same, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati partners Jess Cheng...
(Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images)
By Jess ChengAmy Caiazza
Mar 16, 2023 at 9:13 p.m. UTC
Mar 16, 2023
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Elizabeth Rosenberg (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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U.S. Treasury Poised to Release View on How DeFi Used in Illicit Finance
The department has reviewed decentralized finance’s role in such incidents as North Korean ransomware attacks, and will issue a risk assessment, a senior official said.
Elizabeth Rosenberg (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
By Jesse Hamilton
Mar 14, 2023 at 8:05 p.m. UTC
Mar 14, 2023
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Is This a Crypto Banking Bailout?
It depends on who you ask, but this round of government interventions doesn’t yet resemble the large-scale, taxpayer-involved rescue in the wake of the 2008 financial meltdown...
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By Jesse Hamilton
Mar 13, 2023 at 7:21 p.m. UTC
Mar 13, 2023
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(Silicon Valley Bank)
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Yellen Says No to SVB Bailout, but Says Government Is Working to Help Depositors
The Treasury Secretary sought to ease concerns that the bank’s collapse could lead to a domino effect.
(Silicon Valley Bank)
By Elizabeth Napolitano
Mar 12, 2023 at 4:04 p.m. UTC
Mar 12, 2023
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