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Why Banks and Payment Processors Shun Perfectly Legal Businesses

Porn, gambling and even furniture sales are deemed “high-risk” merchant categories. Sometimes the risk is financial; other times it’s just bad publicity.

“We would usually advise our clients to steer clear of a lot of these things," says one consultant. "Whether it's financial, reputational or regulatory [risk], who needs this headache?” (Illustration: Yunha Lee/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Tax Compliance Remains Minefield as IRS Leaves Key Questions Unresolved

A lack of guidance on everything from staking rewards to NFTs means there’s a certain amount of guesswork involved in tax filings. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Tax Week.

(Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

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Few Crypto Firms Even Trying to Comply With FATF's ‘Travel Rule’

Two years on, FATF is getting impatient. But privacy-conscious crypto users are in no hurry to see the regulation implemented.

(Yunha Lee for CoinDesk)

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Crypto Learns to Play the DC Influence Game

The infrastructure bill was the first shot in a long battle on Capitol Hill. But do lobbyists in Washington really understand crypto?

(Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

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