Tag: Crypto

Harry Jung Appointed to Guide CFTC’s Crypto and Digital Asset Strategy

In a leadership shakeup at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Acting Chair Caroline Pham appointed Harry Jung as Acting Chief of Staff on Wednesday. Jung, who previously served as Pham’s Counselor and Senior Policy Advisor, will lead the agency’s crypto and digital assets engagement and will build on...
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SEC Withdraws Controversial Crypto Tax Accounting Bulletin

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published a new Staff Accounting Bulletin Thursday withdrawing its controversial SAB 121. SAB 121 directed banks and other public companies that they had to mark any customers’ crypto assets on their own balance sheets. SAB 122 “rescinds the interpretive guidance” and instead directs...
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Crypto IPO Boom On The Horizon, Says NYSE Listings Chief

The US initial public offering (IPO) market is anticipating a substantial recovery in 2025, with a noticeable emphasis on listings pertaining to crypto, as the global economy continues to change. Favorable legislative reforms and increased institutional interest in digital assets are expected to fuel a boom in initial public...
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The Protocol: Ethereum Foundation Fracas

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Ben Schiller, CoinDesk’s Opinion and Features editor. In this issue: DAO governance tool merger Ethereum Foundation drama Stablecoin USDh comes to Bitcoin $25 million grant program for DePIN Network News DAO GOVERNANCE...
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