26 | Latest Cryptocurrency News, Bitcoin & Crypto Updates 2026

Boerse Stuttgart’s Crypto App Grows 40% This Year + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Adoption newsBoerse Stuttgart Group’s crypto app BISON, launched more than a year ago, has hit the 100,000 active...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Good News For Crypto Traders in the U.S. as IRS Extends Tax Deadline

The tax deadline in the USA has been extended due to the Covid-19 outbreak, and this concerns crypto as well. (Updated at 16:05 UTC: updates in bold.)The U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued guidance extending the tax deadline 2020 for all individual and other...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

2 Japanese Business Giants to Offer Crypto Margin Trading + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Exchanges newsSBI VC Trade, the crypto exchange run by the Japanese financial giant SBI, will follow suit as e-commerce...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

XRP Might Get Neighbours on XPR Ledger + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Blockchain news Ripple, an American blockchain company focusing on payments technologies, is working on new features that will...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Boerse Stuttgart’s Crypto Arm Aims at New Institutional Investors + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Adoption news Blocknox, a subsidiary of the second-largest German stock exchange Boerse Stuttgart, will offer...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

IRS Says No Taxes on Gaming Cash, Crypto Regulation Remains Hazy

U.S. taxpayers have been freed from tax obligations on gaming transactions carried out with virtual cash, according to recent language modifications to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) webpage. However, confusion still remains in the IRS tax regulations for real cryptocurrencies. The website...

, by Jon Buck

Blockchain Group Asks IRS to Exempt Small Crypto Payments + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Tax newsA blockchain trade group, the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, asked the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

South Korean Bankers, Crypto-advocates Hope to Drive Crypto Tax Law

South Korea is inching closer to crypto tax legislation after a gathering of bankers, politicians and blockchain industry officials appeared to reach a consensus at a meeting held at the country’s parliament in Seoul.Per Jose Ilbo, the event was co-chaired by the Korea Blockchain Association,...

, by Tim Alper

Spanish Tax Agency to Step up Bitcoin and Altcoins Monitoring Efforts

A Spanish tax agency says it intends to intensify its scrutiny of cryptocurrencies in 2020.In an official communiqué released by the Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria (AEAT), the nation’s top tax authority, called monitoring cryptocurrencies “one of this...

, by Tim Alper

Another Competitor To Libra Might Come From Japan + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Digital fiat newsA group of about 70 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers in Japan are working on a proposal for the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Uzbekistan to Throw its Doors Open to Tax-free Cryptocurrency Trading

Uzbekistan’s president has produced a draft decree that will see tax authorities in the country waive taxes on cryptocurrency trading and transactions – for both Uzbeks and non-nationals living in the country.As previously reported, the government has been keen to implement the new...

, by Tim Alper

Britain’s Tax Agency Cracking Down on Crypto Tax Evasion

Britain’s highest tax authority, Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC), has issued a request for blockchain analysis tools. The main goal, per the request, is to find and implement technology that allows the government to track and tax cryptocurrency users. The problem facing the...

, by Jon Buck

South Korea Mulls 20% Crypto Tax Plan, Russia Also Wants to Tax Tokens

The South Korean government is reviewing a proposal that could see it introduce a tax on cryptocurrencies. Meanwhile, new Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin appears keen to see the government adopt a crypto tax law by spring 2020.Per news agency Yonhap, the Korean finance ministry is...

, by Tim Alper

Proof of Trust, BTCX Consider IPOs, KyberSwap Leaves Malta + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.IPO newsProof of Trust Ltd said Friday it is planning to float its shares on the Main Market of the London Stock...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Legal Wrinkles Could Blight Taxman’s USD 67m Bithumb Ruling

Lawyers and politicians in South Korea have been debating the legality of the tax service’s recent decision to effectively serve crypto exchange Bithumb with a USD 67 million tax bill.As previously reported, South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) has attempted to force Bithumb to pay...

, by Tim Alper

First Blockchain Free Trade Zone in China + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Adoption newsThe Chinese island province of Hainan is set to create the nation’s first blockchain free trade zone...

, by Tim Alper

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