US


Policy

IRS Seeks to Tax NFTs Like Other Collectibles

NFTs will be taxed like the underlying assets until final rules are agreed on how to treat digital proofs of ownership held in retirement accounts

(Piotrekswat/Getty Images)

Finance

Core Scientific Bankruptcy Judge Approves Transfer of Over $20M of Equipment to Its Exclusive Energy Negotiator

Core Scientific had stopped paying Priority Power Management in May 2022.

Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

Finance

Coinbase No Longer Supporting Signature Bank’s Signet Network: WSJ

The fate of Signet has been unclear since Signature Bank was shut down by New York State regulators last weekend.

(Chesnot/Getty Images)

Policy

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Proposes Law to Ban CBDCs

The Biden administration is studying the possibility of introducing a central bank digital currency.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Policy

Signature Bank Noncrypto-Related Deposits to Be Assumed by New York Community Bancorp Unit: FDIC

The 40 former branches of Signature Bank will operate under New York Community Bancorp's Flagstar Bank, N.A., from Monday. The FDIC will provide digital-banking business deposits directly to those customers.

(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Finance

Coinbase Is Weighing Setting Up Non-U.S. Trading Platform: Bloomberg

The search comes as the U.S. accelerates actions against the crypto sector in the wake of FTX’s collapse and the shutdown of three crypto-friendly banks.

Coinbase (COIN) reports fourth quarter earnings on Thursday and is expected to post strong numbers as trading volume picked up in the last few months of the year. (Piggybank/Unsplash)

Policy

FDIC Denies Report Signature Bank Purchaser Must Divest Crypto

Reuters reported the FDIC wanted Signature’s buyers to “give up” the bank's crypto activities.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 6:  The entrance to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), located across the street from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, is viewed on June 6, 2017 in Washington, D.C. The nation's capital, the sixth largest metropolitan area in the country, draws millions of visitors each year to its historical sites, including thousands of school kids during the month of June. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Orca to Block U.S. Traders From Website

The top decentralized exchange on Solana will restrict U.S. trading activity on orca.so beginning on March 31.

Orca founders Yutaro Mori (left) and Ori Kwan (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Voyager-Binance.US Pause Denied by Bankruptcy Judge

A New York court denied the government’s request to halt the $1 billion deal, saying delay would harm customers.

(Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images)

Policy

Signature Bank’s Prospective Buyers Must Agree to Give Up All Crypto Business: Reuters

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. later denied Reuters' reporting.

(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)