Cryptocurrency

A hacker uses both a smartphone and a computer.

Crypto hacker who stole $600 million ‘for fun’ keeps nearly half the loot

Zach Halaschak · August 12, 2021 3:37 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gestures while speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. Warren wants a lifetime ban on members of Congress from getting hired as lobbyists after they leave public office. She also wants to prohibit lawmakers from owning or trading individual stocks while in office.

SEC chief tells Warren agency should have more authority to regulate crypto

Zach Halaschak · August 11, 2021 3:31 pm

Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., joined at left by Rep. Tom Rice, R-S.C., makes a point as the House Ways and Means Committee continues its debate over the Republican tax reform package, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017.

Cryptocurrency advocates rally for second push to fix tax provision that poses major threat

Nihal Krishan · August 11, 2021 10:08 am

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., discuss details of a bipartisan agreement to fix the digital asset reporting requirements in the infrastructure bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021.

Amendment to fix cypto tax provision fails ahead of Senate infrastructure vote

Zach Halaschak · August 9, 2021 5:40 pm

Bipartisan infrastructure bill includes billions for tech

Christopher Hutton · August 6, 2021 3:00 am

Bipartisan group of lawmakers offers amendment to fix threat to cryptocurrencies in infrastructure bill

Zach Halaschak · August 4, 2021 7:33 pm

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2013, before the Senate Banking Committee as lawmakers examine how to mitigate systemic risk in financial markets through Wall Street reforms.

SEC chief asks Congress to help rein in ‘Wild West’ of cryptocurrencies

Zach Halaschak · August 3, 2021 6:46 pm

Bitcoin and other new types of cryptocurrency exist only in the virtual world and are traded outside the traditional banking system on digital ledgers called blockchain, making them hard to regulate and enticing to rogue regimes and terror groups alike.

Biden’s infrastructure tax would hogtie miners and developers, industry warns

Zach Halaschak · August 3, 2021 10:22 am

Bipartisan plan to raise revenues from cryptocurrencies faces implementation obstacles

Zach Halaschak · July 30, 2021 10:05 am

Indiaâs Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Biden,Â June 2023.

Bipartisan Senate group looks to cryptocurrency tax revenue to pay for infrastructure package

Zach Halaschak · July 28, 2021 9:52 pm

Understanding Bitcoin requires a proper frame of reference.

Bitcoin drops below $30,000 as regulatory fears simmer

Zach Halaschak · July 20, 2021 4:13 pm

Yellen-led regulators plan stablecoin recommendations within months

Zach Halaschak · July 19, 2021 8:58 pm