Latest from Ian Allison
Coinbase says new U.S. tax-reporting rules for crypto are cluttered, confusing
The IRS’s 1099-DA tax form for reporting digital asset gains comes with a burden of over-reporting, Coinbase's tax experts warned.

Dubai crypto regulator says KuCoin exchange is operating without proper license and must stop
The VARA alert comes just a couple of weeks after Austria's financial regulator prohibited the European arm of KuCoin from conducting new business.

U.S. judge freezes BlockFills assets in dispute over 70 bitcoin with creditor Dominion Capital
A New York federal court barred the crypto trading firm from moving bitcoin tied to Dominion Capital, citing suspended withdrawals and insolvency concerns.

New York Stock Exchange owner values crypto exchange OKX at $25 billion in new partnership
ICE also made a strategic investment in OKX at a valuation of $25 billion and plans to launch new tokenized stocks and crypto futures products.

Ex-Binance communications lead joins stablecoin specialist KAST
Brad Jaffe, the former global communications leader at Binance, becomes chief communications officer at KAST.

Sui’s native stablecoin goes live with promise of Treasury yield going back to the network
Plans for a Sui Dollar, which is issued by stablecoin firm Bridge, were introduced toward the end of last year.

Visa and Bridge plan stablecoin-linked card expansion to over 100 countries
Bridge has partnered with Lead Bank, a participant in Visa’s stablecoin settlement pilot, to help businesses and fintechs offer stablecoin-backed Visa cards.

The 'stablecoin sandwich' is dead: Why the next phase of crypto payments is all about the user relationship
The real competitive advantage in stablecoins, the moat that holds competitors at bay, now lies in the distribution held by incumbents, according to the person behind Meta's abandoned Diem token.

Billionaire Alan Howard’s crypto incubator WebN closes down
WebN backed innovative digital asset firms like KAIO, Twinstake, TruFin and Geometry.

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is planning stablecoin comeback in the second half of this year
The Facebook owner’s stablecoin integration involves a third party vendor to help administer stablecoin-based payments and a new wallet to be implemented, sources said.

