The criminal investigation division of the IRS says it is preparing hundreds of crypto-related cases for the upcoming tax season. The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) criminal investigation division is ramping up for tax season with its sights set on the crypto community. According to a report from Bloomberg Law, the division chief Jim...Continue Reading

$21,000 is looking tricky as sell orders mount, while buy walls dry up, taking potential support with them. Bitcoin (BTC) headed toward $21,000 on Nov. 4 as bulls attempted to reclaim lost ground. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it rose overnight to put...Continue Reading

The top 10 white hats in Immunefi’s community have generated over $42 million in total earnings since 2020 by disclosing critical vulnerabilities. Bug bounty platform Immunefi has released its Whitehat Leaderboard — a scoring system that showcases the top 20 most elite white hats in Web3. The rank will measure a given white hat’s skills...Continue Reading

Elon Musk previously won a similar class-action lawsuit brought by Tesla employees, calling the case “trivial.” Amid Twitter beginning mass layoffs, the company employees are launching a class-action lawsuit against the new Twitter CEO, Elon Musk. According to multiple sources, Musk started massive layoffs at Twitter on Nov. 4, reducing the company’s workforce of 7,500...Continue Reading

The Circle Reserve Fund is managed by BlackRock under the custody of Bank of New York Mellon. Circle, the issuer behind USD Coin (UDSC), announced that it has now begun to invest part of its funds in Circle Reserve Fund, created earlier in a partnership with the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock. The move came as...Continue Reading

There are still pockets of hope, however, with some companies looking to expand despite the market conditions. The crypto and tech industry has seen a slew of staff cuts this week against a backdrop of difficult market conditions, though on a positive note, some are bucking the trend. Crypto companies, including crypto exchanges, venture capital...Continue Reading

Gala Games said the unusual activity of its pGALA token was actually part of efforts to safeguard it from potential attack. Blockchain gaming company Gala Games urged its community for calm after misplaced fears of a  multi-billion dollar rug pull or hack caused the GALA token to temporarily crash 25.6%. The initial panic, which Gala...Continue Reading

A DappRadar report found that despite a fall in NFT trading volumes and sales counts throughout October, monthly unique traders increased. October may have seen a decline in nonfungible token (NFT) trading volume and sales, but analytics firm DappRadar says an 18% growth in monthly unique NFT traders shows the market is still in “great...Continue Reading

The evidence is mounting as “friends of the court” line up in support of Ripple Labs. Fintech firm Ripple is garnering more support from the crypto and finance industry in its ongoing battle with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). On Nov. 4, Ripple chief executive Brad Garlinghouse proudly tweeted that the number...Continue Reading

While poor market conditions have resulted in revenues falling for the crypto exchange in Q3, its effort to reduce expenses has led to some streamlining. Crypto exchange Coinbase saw a huge fall in its transaction revenues in the third quarter after activity fell amid a broader market downturn, but managed to cut its losses in...Continue Reading