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Indonesia's Crypto Tax Revenue Falls 63% in 2023 Despite Bitcoin's Surge

The country's tax revenue in 2023 was substantially lower than 2022, when the tax regime was introduced.

Indonesia flag (Bisma Mahendra/Unsplash)

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Tornado Cash Developers Storm, Pertsev Raise Over $350K for Legal Defense With Support From Snowden

Tornado Cash developers Alexey Pertsev, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov face allegations of money laundering.

Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Semenov (Roman Semenov)

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'Lord, You Told Me to Do This': Pastor Defends Taking $1.3M From Failed Crypto

Eli Regalado said God told him to start the INDXcoin project and he's waiting on further guidance after Colorado securities officials accused him of running a crypto scam.

This is not a picture of Pastor Eli Regalado (Michelangelo/Wikimedia Commons)

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Abra to Open Withdrawals After Settling with Texas Regulators

More than 12,000 investors could be able to withdraw roughly $13 million worth of crypto, according to a new settlement between Abra and state regulators.

Abra CEO Bill Barhydt speaks during SALT 2022

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SEC Shut Off Extra Security on X For About 6 Months, Letting Hacker Breeze In

The U.S. regulator confirmed it didn't take its own security advice through much of 2023, leaving it open for a costly social-media hack that's still under investigation.

Gary Gensler's SEC must now decide what to do about multiple applications for BTC and ETH ETFs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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FTX Affiliate Alameda Research Drops Grayscale Lawsuit

FTX liquidators are scrapping a costly legal battle to secure money for FTX creditors, following GBTC's conversion into a spot bitcoin ETF.

The now-former FTX Arena (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk archives)

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U.S., U.K., Australia Sanction Hamas-Affiliated Crypto Transaction Facilitators

The U.S. designated two companies that helped move crypto for Hamas, according to a Treasury Department press release.

The U.S. is weighing crypto tax rules, and a hearing today will hear from industry representatives worried about the government going too far. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk.)

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Crypto Backers B. Riley and Nomura Entangled in SEC Probe: Bloomberg

A statement from B. Riley said it was unaware of any such investigation from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

SEC logo (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Why Indonesia’s Upcoming Elections Could Make or Break the Country’s Vibrant Crypto Sector

Not all leading candidates have been vocal about crypto – but scattered remarks offer clues about where the industry might be headed under their leadership.

Indonesia flag (Bisma Mahendra/Unsplash)

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The SEC Goes Back to Court

A week after approving many spot bitcoin ETFs, the SEC faced Coinbase and Binance in court.

SEC logo (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)