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Trade groups seek to block Illinois crypto tax before January effective date
Following on their earlier lawsuit, CCI and the Blockchain Association seek to block Illinois’ 0.2% crypto tax, arguin…
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Tether pushes into private credit with $400 million fund with Fasanara
The USDT issuer will help source lending opportunities and provide stablecoin payment infrastructure for Fasanara's priv…
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Hunter Biden's LAPTOP Meme Coin Crashes 99% on Debut
LAPTOP hit a $190.81 peak within minutes of launching on Base, then shed roughly 99% as thin liquidity met a wave of sel…
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Bitcoin and Ethereum race quantum clock as U.S. backs $300 million hardware push
The threat is not here yet, but fault-tolerant machines and crypto’s migration plans are starting to converge on the s…
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Consensys to split MetaMask into its own firm while staying silent on IPO
The existing company, Consensys Software Inc., will rebrand as MetaMask under Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin as chairman …
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Tether, Fasanara launch $400M private credit fund targeting $3B
The evergreen fund will use USDT infrastructure to support asset-backed lending through fintech platforms in more than 6…
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Prediction Markets Abandon Cheap Oil as Brent Passes $100
Myriad's $120 side overtook $55 at the start of September, while Polymarket puts WTI reaching $100 this month at 59%.…
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Consensys Is Splitting in Two as MetaMask Goes Its Own Way
Consensys Software Inc. will become MetaMask, while a newly formed Consensys will take over the firm's Ethereum protocol…
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Crypto Long & Short: Inside the 300-to-1 onchain gap between the dollar and euro
Ryan Connor of RockawayX writes that the dollar leads the euro about 3 to 1 across the offchain economy and more than 30…
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German Finance Ministry Drafts 25% Tax on Crypto Gains From 2027
Anything bought before 2027 keeps the twelve-month exemption, so the change lands only on Germany's future crypto buyers…
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Kalshi election data goes live on DoubleZero ahead of U.S. midterms
The expansion gives institutional and automated traders access to full-depth political prediction-market order books ahe…
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PayPal expands stablecoin rails with custom token issuance platform
The PYUSDx stablecoin developer platform, backed by PayPal USD (PYUSD), is built with the help of M0 and MoonPay.…
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Hunter Biden's new LAPTOP token lost 98% of its value in under an hour after $1.6 billion debut
LAPTOP swung from $190 to under $4 within minutes of opening on Base. Onchain records show tokens had been distributed t…
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German finance ministry proposes 25% crypto tax starting 2028: Report
The German Ministry of Finance is reportedly seeking to impose a 25% tax on cryptocurrencies, departing from current law…
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10 of the greatest unsolved crypto mysteries
From the whereabouts of the CryptoQueen to a mysterious death involving a DeFi builder paranoid about the “pedo elite,…
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Morning Minute: Venice’s VVV Token Soars After OpenAI Dispute
Concerns over frontier AI labs stealing user data has driven demand for private inference (or at least tokens tied to pr…
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BitMart misses roadmap deadline, appoints financial adviser
BitMart provided no asset figures or withdrawal timetable and will launch a feedback portal within five working days dur…
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KYC data is an irresistible honeypot for hackers, and we must change how it is collected
Privacy-preserving identity verification systems could allow individuals to prove only what a service needs to know whil…
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Algorand names former Chainlink executive William Herkelrath as CEO
The former Chainlink and Curv executive will lead the blockchain organization’s push into institutional finance and qu…
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Italy’s central bank orders sanctions screening for crypto transfers
Banca d’Italia ordered crypto service providers to implement internal controls to screen for crypto transfers tied to …
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Germany moves to tax bitcoin like stocks as new draft bill targets tax-free gains
Existing holdings would keep the current tax treatment, which can allow tax-free sales after a 12-month holding period.…
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Crypto lobbying orgs ask court to suspend Illinois tax as legal case continues
The motion for a preliminary injunction comes a few weeks after the Crypto Council for Innovation and Blockchain Associa…
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What could happen if the CLARITY Act fails to pass in 2026
The US Senate has a limited window to pass a crypto market structure bill, but if it were to fail, the legislation could…
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UK Crime Agency Warns of 'Innovative Use' of Crypto by Launderers
The agency ranks cryptoassets third among nine economic crime priorities, and says it wants to generate its own targets.…