Widely circulated reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating $20 billion crypto exchange Coinbase are just the tip of the iceberg, according to a staffer from U.S.
Is the Crypto Market Bouncing Back? Here’s What You Need to Know
In July, the cryptocurrency market bounced back to a $1 trillion market capitalization (the total dollar market value of crypto today) for the first time in recent months. But while the market looks ...
Sometimes, stealing crypto is the moral choice
The world of crypto moves quickly and sometimes, when there’s an ongoing heist, the best thing that technically savvy but ethically sound users can do is join in on the pillaging. That’s what happened ...
How crypto tokens became as unsafe as payment cards once used to be
Crypto tokens are as unsafe as payment cards. Crypto tech and the blockchain industry must catch up with standards and technologies.
Crypto hack attacks, banning stock trading in Congress, and J.Crew cool again? Welcome to ‘Nightcap’
Software engineer Molly White talks to Nightcap's Jon Sarlin about the recent high-profile crypto hacks. Plus, Project on Government Oversight's Liz Hempowicz argues it's crucial to ban members of ...
Currency or Witchcraft?: Crypto Goes Farm-to-Table
Instead, it is working with a pioneer of the farm-to-table movement to use a technology often associated with unfettered global capitalism for a different end: radical localism. The launch this spring ...
Japan may see a reduced 20% tax on crypto earnings with new proposal
The proposal calls for a separate 20% tax on crypto earnings and exemptions of any tax on crypto gains, with losses carried forward for up to three years.
New crypto oversight legislation arrives as industry shakes
The latest bipartisan proposal would hand the regulatory authority over bitcoin and ether to the Commodities Futures Trading Commission.
‘Exclusive’ Oversight—Senate Introduces A Radical Crypto Bill As Price Of Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Dogecoin Swing
A Senate committee has introduced a bill that would give the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) "exclusive" oversight over a newly-created asset class called digital commodities that includes ...
Burned by big losses, crypto investors are going to court. Legal experts break down the top tactics being used to win some of that money back.
Insider spoke to experts about legal options to recover crypto losses, from securities class actions to shelling out for a confidential arbitration.
After four years, Japan brings back its first crypto ATM
The crypto ATMs will allow users to withdraw a max of $747 (100,000 yen) per transaction, with a max withdrawal cap of $2,243 (300,000 yen) per day.
Japan’s Nikkei gains despite Toyota’s plunge on earnings
Japanese stocks gained on Thursday despite an afternoon plunge in Toyota Motor Corp as the country's biggest automaker posted a large drop in quarterly earnings. Japan's Nikkei share average closed up ...
Japan must prepare for eventual end to BOJ’s yield cap, says MOF executive
Japan must prepare for the time the central bank abandons its 0 per cent cap on long-term interest rates and when private investors become the dominant player in the government bond market, said a ...
A pair of hacks rattle an already jangly crypto industry
A pair of crypto hacks totaling nearly $200 million in losses and likely more than 10,000 users has prompted worry in an industry already unsettled by falling prices. On Wednesday, Solana, a popular ...
Another crypto bridge attack: Nomad loses $190 million in ‘chaotic’ hack
Heists continue to plague the crypto world, with news of large sums stolen from digital currency firms seemingly every month. But while crypto exchanges were once the main point of attack, hackers now ...
It has been a miserable August for crypto — and it’s only the third day of the month
It's been a rough week for crypto, from cross-chain bridge hacks draining hundreds of millions of dollars to the SEC coming after crypto Ponzi schemes.