Germany's finance ministry proposes a flat 25% tax on crypto gains, ending the one-year holding exemption; the draft applies to assets acquired after 2027.
Block Inc. has applied for a US national trust bank charter to offer regulated custody for bitcoin and stablecoins.
Jacob Coxon resigns from Anthropic, warns of superhuman AI and calls for regulation. A colleague gives a 10% chance AI kills all humans.
Liqi and XDC raise tokenization target to $2 billion, while Brazil's CVM sets up a working group on DLT for securities.
Mexico intensifies search for illegal crypto mines after busting a dam-powered operation, and probes a murder tied to bitcoin.
Germany's finance ministry draft would end Bitcoin tax-free rule by 2027, imposing a 25% flat tax on gains.
Malone Lam pleaded guilty to leading a $245 million crypto theft ring that used social engineering and home invasions over two years.
Chainlink gains 51% weekly, breaks key resistance, technical pattern targets $18 as fundamentals strengthen.
The US Treasury has classified Iran's digital asset sector as sanctionable, with roughly $1 billion in Iran-linked crypto frozen or sanctioned.
Block applied for an OCC national trust bank charter covering bitcoin and stablecoin custody; bitcoin traded in a narrow range on the news.
Sen. Cynthia Lummis slammed Democrats over the Clarity Act but expressed confidence it can pass. The Senate will hold a cloture vote next week.
Crypto.com is reducing CRO lockup rewards by 25% or more starting Sept 10, the latest in a series of broken promises that have hurt token value.
Republican senators say the CLARITY Act is likely to fail, but the crypto lobby views the pessimism as a bargaining tactic.
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk says AI that escapes testing or blackmails developers is too powerful; both scenarios have occurred.
Australia’s financial crime agency removed 45 remittance and crypto firms from its registers over the past year, referring some individuals to law enforcement.