Category: ICO

Abra Launches Treasury Service for Corporates That Want to Hold Crypto

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U.S. Judge Lets Most of SEC Case Against Binance Proceed, Dismisses Secondary Sales Charge

In a late Friday order, Judge Amy Berman Jackson, of the District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled that the SEC’s charges against Binance for the initial coin offering and ongoing sales for BNB, BNB Vault, staking services, failure to register and fraud charges can proceed. She granted Binance and Zhao’s motion to dismiss charges tied to secondary BNB sales and Simple Earn. Source

U.S. Treasury Issues Crypto Tax Regime For 2025, Delays Rules for Non-Custodians

The IRS said it tried to avoid some burdens on users of stablecoins, especially when used to buy other tokens and in payments. Basically, a normal crypto investor and user who doesn’t earn more than $10,000 on stablecoins in a year is exempted from the reporting. Stablecoin sales – the most frequent in the crypto markets – will be tallied collectively in an “aggregated” report rather than as individual transactions, the agency said, though more sophisticated and high-volume stablecoin investors won’t qualify. The agency said that these tokens “unambiguously fall…

Solana (SOL) ETF Applications Look Like Bets on Trump Retaking White House, Making U.S. Friendlier to Crypto

“Given that CME-traded solana futures don’t currently exist, it seems the only viable path for spot solana ETF approval would be the implementation of a legitimate crypto regulatory framework that clearly defines which crypto assets are securities versus commodities – or for the SEC to agree with solana being designated as a non-security commodity,” said Nate Geraci, president of the ETF Store, an investment advisory firm. Source