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Cryptoasset Exchanges Respond to New York Attorney General’s Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative

By Brett Schwab on Posted in Digital Assets, Exchanges, Government, Regulation: State
On April 17, 2018, the New York Attorney General’s Office (“OAG”) launched a Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative and sent letters to thirteen cryptoasset trading platforms requesting, through a questionnaire, disclosures on their operations, internal controls, and safeguards to protect customer assets.  The questionnaire focused on six major topic areas, including: 1) Ownership and Control, 2) … Continue Reading

U.S. Court Orders Coinbase to Share Information about Account Holders with the IRS but Limits to Transactions over $20,000

By Kathleen R Semanski on Posted in Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, IRS, Litigation: Civil, Tax
A U.S. federal district court judge on Tuesday, November 29 ordered Coinbase Inc., the largest cryptocurrency exchange and storage platform in the world, to provide information about certain of its account holders to the U.S. Internal Revenue Services (IRS).  Information pertaining to as many as 14,355 account holders and 8.9 million transactions could be covered … Continue Reading
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