James Rubin

James Rubin was CoinDesk's Co-Managing Editor, Markets team based on the West Coast. He has written and edited for the Milken Institute, TheStreet.com and the Economist Intelligence Unit, among other organizations. He is also the co-author of the Urban Cyclist's Survival Guide. He owns a small amount of bitcoin.

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Markets

Senator Who Wrote Controversial Crypto Tax Rule Proposes Modest Revision

The amendment excludes only proof-of-work mining, or the selling of hardware or software that gives individuals control of private keys to access digital assets.

Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), one of the lead negotiators on the bipartisan Senate infrastructure deal.

Markets

CFTC Commissioner Says SEC Lacks Authority Over Commodities, Including 'Crypto Assets'

Quintenz's comment follows remarks by SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, who this week reiterated his view that stock and "stable value tokens backed by securities" qualify as securities.

CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz

Markets

Bakkt, Quiznos Sandwich Chain to Launch Bitcoin Payment Pilot Program

The crypto custodian and Quiznos will allow customers at select Denver locations to purchase items with the cryptocurrency.

Bakkt President Adam White

Markets

Moody’s Lowers El Salvador Rating, Maintains Negative Outlook Partly Due to Bitcoin Law

The rating agency said that the law and other policy decisions had “weakened governance” and increased tensions with other countries.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele

Markets

MicroStrategy Plans to Continue Amassing Bitcoin

The Virginia-based company now holds more than 105,000 bitcoins.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor

Markets

Bank of America, Coinbase Ventures Invested in Paxos' $300M Funding Round

The blockchain-based crypto services firm is disclosing more big names from its latest funding round.

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Markets

Bank of America Calls CBDCs ‘More Effective' Than Cash in Research Note

The second largest U.S. bank said that the rise of CBDCs was "inevitable."

Bank of America

Markets

Uniswap Labs Limits Access to Some Tokens

The software development studio cited an "evolving regulatory landscape" in making its decision.

DeFiance Capital's Arthur Cheong is raising a new liquid venture capital fund.

Markets

Crypto Lender Celsius Confirms $54M Investment in Miner Core Scientific

The announcement follows just two days after Core Scientific said it planned to list its shares on the Nasdaq via a merger.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky

Markets

Stellar Foundation Eyes Potential Acquisition of MoneyGram: Report

The supporter of blockchain-based payment services is partnering with private equity firm Advent on the potential deal.

Stellar co-founder Jed McCaleb