Bill Hughes

Bill Hughes is senior counsel and director of global regulatory matters at ConsenSys.

Bill Hughes

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Opinion

The IRS Should Heed This Warning

Devs are not brokers.

The IRS has issued guidance on how it intends to tax crypto staking rewards. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Ripple's Legal Win Means It's Time for Crypto to Stand Up to the SEC

The company's partial victory in court is a watershed moment for the crypto regulatory fight, ConsenSys Director of Global Regulatory Matters Bill Hughes argues.

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Opinion

SEC’s DeFi Rulemaking Do-Over Falls Short

An attempt at classifying decentralized, open-source protocols as regulated exchanges is a "gussied up ban on blockchain in the U.S.," ConsenSys lawyer Bill Hughes writes.

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Opinion

4 Reasons Why US Lawmakers Shouldn’t Back Sen. Warren’s Latest Crypto Bill

The Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act is unworkable and assuredly unconstitutional.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Opinion

2023 Should Be the Year of On-Chain User Security

If crypto does not get its house in order, regulators will do it for them.

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Opinion

Money Crypto Versus Tech Crypto

How the two faces of the ecosystem impact the regulatory discussion.

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Opinion

The Right Tax Treatment of Staking Rewards Is Clear: Taxation Only After Sale

The U.S. needs to get straight on staking rewards, or risks losing its edge on the crypto industry.

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Opinion

A New SEC Definition for ‘Exchanges’ Has Big Implications for Crypto

The crypto community should seize the opportunity to be heard as the SEC looks to expand its remit.

Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Dontworry/Wikimedia Commons)

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