Human Rights Foundation launches Finney Freedom Prize to reward contributions to Bitcoin for 110 years

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) unveiled the Finney Freedom Prize on Bitcoin’s fourth halving day to celebrate the flagship crypto for enabling greater financial freedom for the world. The award is designed... Read more »

How MiCA affects your company

The following is a guest post by Mark Gofaizen, Senior Partner at Gofaizen & Sherle. As the MiCA regulation that will reshape the crypto industry approaches, crypto companies need to ensure compliance... Read more »

IRS draft tax form for crypto defines unhosted wallets as brokers

The IRS published a draft version of its 1099-DA reporting form and controversially included unhosted crypto wallets among its targets on April 19. Ji Kim, Chief Legal and Policy officer at the... Read more »

AI and blockchain: A match made in heaven or hell

The following is a guest post by Kadan Stadelmann, CTO of Komodo Blockchain. From AI Models on Bitcoin to AI training data on a layer 2 blockchain, coins linked to AI crypto... Read more »

FTX investors agree to drop civil lawsuit against SBF if he snitches on celebrity promoters

FTX investors may drop claims against the company’s co-founder and former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, in return for his support. Bloomberg reported on April 19 that, under a proposed settlement, Bankman-Fried would cooperate... Read more »

Hedgey Finance hit by $44.5 million crypto theft across Arbitrum and Binance networks

Token infrastructure platform Hedgey Finance lost approximately $44.5 million of digital assets within two hours across Ethereum’s layer-2 network Arbitrum and Binance Smart Chain. In an April 19 statement shared with CryptoSlate,... Read more »

SEC claims Justin Sun’s alleged visits to US grant it personal jurisdiction to pursue legal action

The US SEC filed an amended complaint in its case against Justin Sun and other defendants on April 18, arguing that Justin Sun’s alleged visits to the US should grant it the... Read more »

Polkadot introduces JAM upgrade and 10 million DOT prize to enhance network capabilities

Gavin Wood, Polkadot’s founder, introduced the Gray Paper outlining the upcoming Join-Accumulate Machine (JAM) upgrade for the network. This announcement was made during Wood’s presentation on Polkadot’s future at the Token2049 crypto... Read more »

New Zealand’s CBDC roadmap enters design consultation stage

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand opened a new consultation period on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) on April 17. The current stage of development seeks input on “high-level design options... Read more »

US senators propose bipartisan stablecoin bill opening door to FDIC insurance in US

US senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand have jointly unveiled bipartisan legislation aimed at creating a clear regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, according to an April 17 statement. Dubbed the Lummis-Gillibrand Payments... Read more »