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UST Meltdown Hasn't Spurred US Financial Stability Council Meeting: Sources

U.S. federal officials aren’t getting together to follow the game plan that’s typical when mainstream financial firms flounder.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury hasn't yet held any cross-agency meetings to discuss the fallout of UST's struggles. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Germany Publishes First Nationwide Tax Guide for Crypto

The finance ministry's letter deals with the income tax treatment of mining, staking, lending, hard forks and airdrops.

The German finance ministry in Berlin (Karl-Heinz Spremberg/Getty Images)

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Global Financial Stability Watchdog FSB Says It Could Write Crypto Rulebook

The Financial Stability Board joins tax and money-laundering bodies in responding to calls for coordinated international action to regulate the industry.

Klaas Knot (Horacio Villalobos/Corbis/Getty Images)

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EU Ban on Tax-Haven Crypto Firms Could Breach Trade Law, Commission Warns

Lawmaker proposals to blacklist non-compliant firms are getting a rough ride as landmark MiCA legislation reaches its final stages.

The European Commission (Walter Zerla/Getty Images)

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UST Woes Draw Spotlight in Janet Yellen's Senate Hearing on Financial Risks

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen highlights latest news on UST algorithmic stablecoin losing its dollar peg during Senate Banking Committee hearing.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen highlighted the difficulties of UST during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on risks to the financial system. (Elizabeth Frantz-Pool/Getty Images)

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Chilean Digital Peso Would Need to Work Offline, Central Bank Governor Says

Design principles are due out later this week, though no final decision has been taken on the digital peso.

Chilean pesos (Buenaventuramariano/Getty Images)

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New Fed Report Repeats Warning About Stablecoin Run Risks as UST Loses Peg

The Federal Reserve's biannual report came out on the same day Terra's dollar-pegged UST stablecoin fell below $0.85.

U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Domestic Finance Nellie Liang is among U.S. officials warning about run risks in stablecoins. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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The Bahamas’ ‘Sand Dollar’ Needs Improved Cybersecurity, IMF Says

The CBDC represents just a tiny fraction of the available currency in the Caribbean nation, the international organization noted.

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US Officials Add North Korea-Linked Bitcoin Mixer, More BTC and ETH Addresses to Sanctions List

The U.S. Treasury Department is ramping up efforts to ice the flow of stolen crypto from a historic $620 million hack.

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US Court Orders BitMEX Founders to Pay $30M for Illegal Trading

Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo and Samuel Reed will each pay $10 million for their role operating BitMEX.

Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes might surrender to U.S. officials on April 6, a federal prosecutor said last month.