Cryptocurrency Blog

A quick look at crypto sales, the Build Back Better Act, and the possibly closing wash sale rules.

CityCoins, a project launched on the Stacks blockchain (STX) allowing investors to support cities with a crypto revenue stream, announced recently that New York City will be next in line to have its own cryptocurrency.

Further discussion of FATF’s implementation of the new requirements for the provisioning of personal identifiable information (PII) regarding users involved in crypto transactions totaling more than $1000 USD/EUR, as well as Virtual Asset Service Pro…

Brief analysis of the IRS’s updates to FAQs related to a charity’s donor acknowledgement responsibilities when accepting virtual currency donations and a charity’s IRS reporting requirements.

A discussion of cryptocurrency as a world-changing technology and how the country that effectively builds a regulatory framework for digital assets and blockchain will have an advantage as we move forward.

An examination of the new regulations from the inter-governmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) that have been imposed upon crypto exchanges globally as part of an effort to make digital transactions over blockchain more transparent and designed…

Unlike the Bitcoin blockchain, the Libra blockchain is presently what is known as a “permissioned blockchain” where only a select group of entities control the governance of the blockchain. This structure is more vulnerable to attacks and censorship.…

The SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance released a long-awaited – yet “unofficial” – staff guidance on the treatment of digital assets. Token issuers in the U.S. should err on the side of caution and assume that their token is a security.

Andreessen Horowitz, one of the most prestigious names in venture capital and notably the first VC firm to raise a significant cryptocurrency fund, recently announced that it will be relinquishing its status as a venture capital firm.