“The IRS has relied on voluntary disclosure programs to bring taxpayers into compliance rather than imposing punitive actions upfront. A similar model should be applied to crypto regulation as well, says Miles Fuller, Director of Government Solutions, TaxBit.” (CoinDesk)

Fidelity Investments rolled out an IRA plan that invests directly in crypto, giving investors another method for tapping this asset class.

Cointelegraph has published a guide to understanding the Nakamoto coefficient as a tool for measuring decentralization.

Fidelity Investments rolled out an IRA plan that invests directly in crypto on Wednesday, giving investors another method for tapping this asset class.

In Cointelegraph’s latest episode of the Clear Crypto Podcast, “Beyond the hype: How Bitcoin stays true to its values,” hosts Nathan Jeffay and Gareth Jenkinson are joined by Charlie Spears, co-founder of Blockspace Media, to unpack Bitcoin’s evolving role in the global financial system.

“Goldman Sachs, one of the world's largest investment banks, has significantly increased its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) holdings, according to its latest 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), per Street.com, as quoted on Yahoo Finance.”

Stock analysts raised price targets on Coinbase and Robinhood after the exchanges crushed expectations during fourth-quarter earnings calls, according to equity research notes shared with Cointelegraph.

“Coinbase (COIN) finished 2024 with very strong business momentum as sentiment about the wider digital asset industry improved, broker JMP said in a research report on Thursday 2/13 after the crypto exchange's fourth quarter results.” (CoinDesk)

Representing a unified voice for the digital assets industry in the U.S. and Canada, leading blockchain advocacy and education organizations joined forces on Januyary 13, 2025 to launch the North American Blockchain Association (NABA).

Barry Silbert will be the CEO of Yuma, a new DCG company focused on incubating and building new businesses within Bittensor’s decentralized AI ecosystem.

CBA is pleased to be a Platinum Sponsor of the 3rd annual Boston Institutional Digital Assets Forum, hosted by the Tabb Forum and the Boston Blockchain Association. The event will take place on December 3 at the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston. Industry leaders and regulatory experts will converge to explore the most prominent issues and strategies driving the institutional digital assets ecosystem; including insights to market appetite, regulatory navigation, and the shaping of the future of finance.

Bitcoin (BTC) prices are a little over 1% away from reaching a landmark $100,000, close to 15 years after the asset was first issued.

Julie Stitzel, CT Blockchain Association Board Member and Senior VP of Policy at the Digital Currency Group, has recently been featured on Niki Christoff’s podcast “Tech’ed Up.”

“Cryptocurrencies rose as part of a broad market rally Thursday, one day after the Federal Reserve delivered a half-percentage-point reduction in interest rates, the first in more than four years." (CNBC Crypto World)

CoinDesk reports significant cryptocurrency news from the EU: “Germany's DZ Bank is giving its 700 cooperative bank customers access to cryptocurrencies in a tie up with Boerse Stuttgart Digital."

An analysis of the presence and growth of Web3 technology in Connecticut is highlighted in a just-released “State of Web3” report by the U.S. Blockchain Coalition (USBC) and the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC).

PayPal’s US dollar-pegged stablecoin, PayPal USD, has surpassed $1 billion in total market capitalization, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

CoinDesk offers timely reporting and analysis of cryptocurrency and upcoming elections, in their series “Election Coverage 2024.”

The CT Blockchain Association continues its ongoing educational series on blockchain, with “Advancing Blockchain with Regulation.” This one-minute video presents three powerful ways that policymakers have the opportunity to shape the future of blockchain.

In a recent article in Consensus Magazine, CoinDesk presents analysis of the current convergence of technologies in its article “The Unifed Future of AI, Blockchain and Virtual Worlds in 2024.”