The German Federal Ministry of Finance has reportedly drafted a proposal to introduce a 25% flat-rate tax on cryptocurrency trading profits, a significant shift from the country’s current policy that exempts crypto gains from taxation after a one-year holding period. The draft, seen by German newspaper Die Welt, suggests the new tax would apply to […]
The debate over artificial intelligence safety has reached a critical juncture. In a recent episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, AI researcher and entrepreneur Connor Leahy, now the U.S. Executive Director of the nonprofit ControlAI, made a stark argument: superintelligent AI is not an inevitable milestone to be managed, but a danger to be prevented. Leahy’s […]
The European Commission is reviewing whether crypto lending and borrowing should be brought under the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework, but the decentralized nature of many lending protocols is making it difficult to determine who — if anyone — should be regulated. On May 20, 2026, the Commission launched a targeted consultation seeking stakeholder […]
A Washington state judge has ordered Kalshi, the CFTC-regulated prediction market platform, to stop offering a broad range of event contracts in the state, ruling that federal commodities law does not preempt Washington’s gambling statutes. The preliminary injunction, granted by King County Superior Court Judge John McHale, bars Kalshi from offering contracts tied to sports, […]
LAS VEGAS — At the Ai4 conference last week, three of AI’s most influential figures — Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton, World Labs CEO Fei-Fei Li, and Coursera co-founder Andrew Ng — took the stage to confront a question that has split the industry: should the most powerful AI models be freely available, or kept under […]
South Korea is tightening its anti-money laundering framework for cryptocurrencies by removing the 1 million won (about $700) threshold for Travel Rule information-sharing requirements. The Cabinet approved amendments to the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Reporting and Using Specified Financial Transaction Information on Tuesday, extending the rule to all transfers between registered virtual asset […]
Australia’s financial intelligence agency has ordered Cryptolink to switch off its Bitcoin ATMs for three months, escalating a regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrency money-laundering risks in the country. The suspension, effective from August 9, 2026, follows an earlier fine and a formal undertaking by the company to fix compliance gaps. AUSTRAC suspends Cryptolink’s VASP registration The […]
Ethereum researchers have ignited one of the network’s most heated debates since the Merge with a proposal to gradually cut staking rewards to zero once 50% of ETH’s supply is locked up. The proposal, known as EIP-8363 or “Tapered Issuance Burn,” aims to reduce what its authors describe as unnecessary security spending, but it has […]
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has formally requested that cryptocurrency exchanges introduce withdrawal delays and other protective measures as part of a coordinated effort to combat rising digital asset scams. The request, issued jointly with the National Police Agency on Thursday, responds to growing losses among exchange users and the increasing transfer of fraudulently obtained […]
A federal judge in New York has denied an emergency request by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to block the state from pursuing its enforcement action against prediction market operator Kalshi. The ruling, issued by Judge Jed S. Rakoff on Aug. 4, allows New York’s case to proceed while the CFTC considers renewing its […]
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