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Tezos Co-Founder Sanctioned By US Financial Watchdog

Arthur Breitman, co-founder of cryptocurrency project Tezos, has been barred by FINRA from any association with broker-dealers for two years.

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Major Investors Met with SEC to Discuss Crypto Exemption

VC firms Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures reportedly met with the SEC in March to request that tokens be exempted from SEC oversight.

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Markets

Kraken CEO: Crypto Exchange Won't Answer New York AG's Inquiry

An exchange that left New York in 2015 has been contacted by the state's Attorney General. They're not happy about it.

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Finance

Craig Wright Moves to Dismiss 'Shakedown' Bitcoin Lawsuit

The man who claimed to be bitcoin's founder won't stand for this "attempted shakedown" in U.S. federal court.

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Markets

Riot Blockchain Has Been Subpoenaed By the SEC

Riot Blockchain has received a subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Markets

What Crypto Exchanges Are Saying About New York's New Inquiry

Some of the cryptocurrency exchanges named today in the New York Attorney General's "inquiry" into the ecosystem say they welcome the move.

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Markets

Prosecutors: Options Seller Duped Investors With 'Worthless' Crypto

A New York resident has been indicted on fraud charges for tricking residents into investing in worthless binary options and a proprietary token.

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Markets

Crypto Hedge Funds Face Tough Choices on Tax Day

Like elsewhere in crypto taxation, the rules for funds are far from straightforward, and discrepancies may lead to non-intuitive outcomes.

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Finance

CFTC Chairman: I Am Not a Cryptocurrency Evangelist

A flood of misplaced Twitter love has pushed the #FUDBuster to set the record straight.

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Markets

A Hobbyist Crypto Trader's Life in Tax Hell

The spreadsheet got more and more complicated, until one day it took two minutes to load.

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