Starting in 2026, taxpayers will be able to report digital asset transactions using an updated draft form provided by the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published a revised Form 1099-DA, “Digital Asset Proceeds From Broker Transactions,” on August 8th. The form would enable US
August 11, 2024 2 mins read
Notable crypto market activity occurred on August 9 when Ark Invest, run by Cathie Wood, sold off a large chunk of its Ethereum futures exchange-traded funds. The outcome of this judgment can be bad news for Ether ETPs on the market. Also, in light of the increasing withdrawals from spot
August 10, 2024 1 min read
Wednesday saw a return to positive flows for the U.S.-based spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds, which reported net inflows of $45.14 million. In the previous three trading days, over $554 million departed from spot bitcoin ETFs. Among yesterday’s inflows, $52.52 million went to BlackRock’s IBIT, according to SoSoValue statistics. Then, WisdomTree’s
August 8, 2024 1 min read
Final clearance for the $12.7 billion repayment to FTX creditors as part of the settlement with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) was given by a New York court for the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX and its sister trading business Alameda Research. Judgment on the $12.7 billion settlement agreement
August 8, 2024 1 min read
A significant cyberattack has hit the blockchain platform Nexera. Theft of 47 million NXRA tokens occurred as a consequence of this security compromise. The blockchain security company Cyvers Alert uncovered this flaw when it saw an unusual transaction utilizing Nexera’s proxy contract. An unidentified address gained control of Nexera’s proxy
August 7, 2024 1 min read
A Hong Kong-based virtual bank is considering expanding into spot trading markets after launching crypto exchange-traded fund trading for clients. The first virtual bank to provide direct trading of spot Bitcoin ETFs and Ether ETFs on its platform, Mox, a subsidiary of Standard Chartered, made history on August 7 when
August 7, 2024 2 mins read
Unexpected equipment failure and the bitcoin halving event in April were the key factors that affected Marathon Digital’s operations, leading to larger losses in the second quarter of this year. This year’s second quarter had a net loss of $199.7 million for Marathon, which was renamed as MARA not long
August 2, 2024 1 min read
Today, the spot Bitcoin ETFs saw significant inflows, reviving their previous surge in popularity. With an incredible $191 million inflow, Grayscale’s Mini BTC Trust ETF stands out among the others. As for the spot Ether ETFs, they kept seeing market volatility, with Grayscale’s ETH ETF seeing ongoing withdrawals. As of
August 2, 2024 1 min read
Ark Invest, which is headed by Cathie Wood, has sold off a substantial number of Coinbase (COIN) shares just before the cryptocurrency exchange reports its Q2 results. The recent sale of more than 12,000 COIN shares, according to data made public today, has sparked fears of a potential price decline
August 1, 2024 2 mins read
In Q2 of this year, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms suffered an additional $4.5 billion loss on its metaverse division, Reality Labs. Revenue for Meta’s second-largest quarter ever came in at $49 billion, up 22% year over year, according to an earnings call held on July 31. Moreover, Zuckerberg pointed out
August 1, 2024 1 min read