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If passed the bill would amend tax laws to recognize digital currencies as a form of property.Feb 16, 2021 at 12:16 p.m. UTCRussia’s Lower House to Consider Bill on Crypto Taxation This WeekThe Russian State Duma, the country’s lower house of government, will consider draft legislation on the taxation of cryptocurrency on Wednesday.The Federation's government…

news Fairfax County Retirement Systems has released details about its investment in a blockchain fund, seemingly to quell fears about the Virginia municipality’s two pension funds taking on exposure to cryptocurrency. “Given that this technology is what has been used to create and run the cryptocurrency markets, you may be concerned that these are investments…

Jul 12, 2020 at 12:00 UTCUpdated Jul 12, 2020 at 12:13 UTCEuros (Imelda/Unsplash, modified using Photomosh)Hyper-Stablecoinization: From Eurodollars to Crypto-DollarsTribal fighting between Bitcoiners and Ethereans is unabated. Bitcoin is understood as “money crypto,” while Ethereum is labeled “tech crypto.” Bitcoin is sound money that will make all other monies obsolete. Ethereum, on the other hand,…

It used to be that Wall Street dictated the big stories around finance. It’s unclear whether that’s still the case.(Moe Na/CoinDesk)Jan 29, 2021 at 5:11 p.m. UTCMoney Reimagined: Narratives Wall Street Can’t ControlWelcome to Money Reimagined. This was the week the internet finally defeated Wall Street – at least for a few days. The wild rally…

news Many litecoin (LTC) miners working to secure the blockchain and compete for block rewards have been unplugging their machinery following the cryptocurrency’s recent “halving” event, network data shows. Litecoin’s mining difficulty – a coded-in measure of how hard it is to solve the mathematical puzzles used to write blocks on the network – has…

Noelle Acheson is the former head of research at CoinDesk and Genesis Trading. This article is excerpted from her Crypto Is Macro Now newsletter, which focuses on the overlap between the shifting crypto and macro landscapes. These opinions are hers, and nothing she writes should be taken as investment advice.This week, to no one’s great…

Casey Rodarmor is not starving, but he is an artist. And like many intellectuals, he cuts a decisive figure. It's not that Rodarmor is looking to anger; he simply found something that he thought needed doing. Unfortunately, many of his contemporaries have simply not caught up.If you're not up to speed: This year, Rodarmor, a

Sandali Handagama is a CoinDesk reporter with a focus on crypto regulation and policy. She does not own any crypto.Blockchain company Ripple's legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to cost the firm around $200 million, Cointelegraph reported Monday citing, the Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse.Garlinghouse reportedly told onlookers at the…

The Financial Conduct Authority issued 450 consumer alerts on firms illegally promoting crypto between Oct. 8 and Dec. 31 last year.The regulator warned it will continue to take robust action.The U.K. financial regulator said it issued 450 consumer alerts in the last three months of 2023 against firms illegally promoting crypto and called on authorizing