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This Overlooked Crypto Tax Provision Would Be a Disaster

By Nathaniel WhittemoreOct 2, 2021, 9:00 a.m. EDT

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Powell Says No Crypto Ban as ‘Uptober’ Kicks Off

By Nathaniel WhittemoreOct 1, 2021, 3:20 p.m. EDT

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Why This Autumn Could Be Bitcoin Season

By Nathaniel WhittemoreSep 30, 2021, 4:11 p.m. EDT

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Is Kraken’s Settlement With the CFTC Actually Bullish?

By Nathaniel WhittemoreSep 29, 2021, 3:00 p.m. EDT

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Two Fed Presidents Resign After Embarrassing Trading Revelations

By Nathaniel WhittemoreSep 28, 2021, 3:00 p.m. EDT

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Did China Finally Ban Bitcoin for Real?

By Nathaniel WhittemoreSep 27, 2021, 2:30 p.m. EDT

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Is Crypto at a Socio-Regulatory Inflection Point?

By Nathaniel WhittemoreSep 26, 2021, 9:00 a.m. EDT

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Weekly Recap: What Happens When S*** Gets Real

By Nathaniel WhittemoreSep 25, 2021, 9:00 a.m. EDT

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Bitcoin Is the Most Illiquid It’s Ever Been: 12 Numbers That Tell the Current Story of Markets

By Nathaniel WhittemoreSep 24, 2021, 2:30 p.m. EDT

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The Dreaded Federal Reserve Taper Is Coming

By Nathaniel WhittemoreSep 23, 2021, 3:00 p.m. EDT

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Polygon sees Coinme acquisition as entry to payments sector dominated by Visa, Stripe

CEO Marc Boiron said the Coinme acquisition will help Polygon control customer relationships and capture revenue that previously went to payment intermediaries.

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Banks could slow stablecoin growth by paying savers more, BIS paper finds

A BIS working paper found a 1 basis point rise in U.S. bank deposit rates predicted slower stablecoin growth, cutting ten-week growth from 15% to 12%.

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‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery

Numbers the spy agency handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor, turn out to have come from a basic computer program. Bitcoin was never on that list, and its quantum problem hasn’t gone anywhere.

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Satoshi-era bitcoin faces a bigger quantum threat after Google’s new Willow breakthrough

Google says its Willow chip can prepare the special quantum states needed for advanced calculations with about 40 times fewer errors, reducing one of the hardware bottlenecks behind any future attempt to crack bitcoin wallets.

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The Breakdown

This Overlooked Crypto Tax Provision Would Be a Disaster

Powell Says No Crypto Ban as ‘Uptober’ Kicks Off

Why This Autumn Could Be Bitcoin Season

​​Is Kraken’s Settlement With the CFTC Actually Bullish?

Two Fed Presidents Resign After Embarrassing Trading Revelations

Did China Finally Ban Bitcoin for Real?

Is Crypto at a Socio-Regulatory Inflection Point?

Weekly Recap: What Happens When S*** Gets Real

Bitcoin Is the Most Illiquid It’s Ever Been: 12 Numbers That Tell the Current Story of Markets

The Dreaded Federal Reserve Taper Is Coming

Latest Crypto News

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Is Kraken’s Settlement With the CFTC Actually Bullish?