Year: 2026

Nigeria’s revenue authority has issued detailed crypto tax rules requiring exchanges and P2P marketplace operators to collect, report and remit taxes arising from virtual asset transactions. Summary Platforms must withhold…

BitGo Holdings launched BitGo Link on Aug. 3, giving institutional trading and treasury teams one interface for viewing and moving capital held across BitGo and connected cryptocurrency exchanges. Summary BitGo…

Bitcoin recovered above $63,000 on Tuesday, Aug. 4, after falling to an intraday low near $62,227. Summary Bitcoin rebounded above $63,000 after falling near $62,250, while broader crypto markets mostly…

George Santos has settled CFTC case over Kalshi prediction market trades by accepting penalties and a three-year trading ban after regulators found he made misleading public statements while betting on…

South Korea has finalized its 2026 tax reform package while keeping the planned 22% tax on cryptocurrency investment gains set to begin on Jan. 1, 2027. Summary South Korea has…

South Korea’s two largest crypto exchanges announced four new trading markets on Aug. 4, expanding local access to the HOME, META2 and USDG tokens. Summary Upbit will open HOME trading…

Jump Capital has closed its eighth institutional fund with $350 million in capital commitments, with the new vehicle dedicated to backing founders building AI applications, enterprise infrastructure, and cybersecurity technologies.…

Galaxy Research has estimated that losses tied to the Coldcard hardware wallet vulnerability have reached 1,596 Bitcoin across confirmed attack waves and could climb to about 2,055 BTC, or nearly…

Tyler Williams, one of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s senior digital asset advisers, left the U.S. Treasury Department on July 31 as Congress struggled to advance the CLARITY Act before its…

NEAR Protocol co-founder and NEAR Foundation CEO Illia Polosukhin proposed creating a protocol sovereign fund on Aug. 3, using roughly 30 million NEAR as its initial capital base.  Summary 30…