Crypto

Viele Krypto-Anleger tauschen regelmäßig eine Kryptowährung gegen eine andere – etwa Bitcoin gegen Ethereum oder einen Altcoin gegen einen Stablecoin. Solche Transaktionen werden häufig als Token-Swaps oder Crypto-to-Crypto-Trades bezeichnet. Steuerlich sind diese Tauschgeschäfte jedoch nicht neutral. In Deutschland gilt der direkte Tausch von Kryptowährungen grundsätzlich als Veräußerungsgeschäft. Das bedeutet: Auch ohne Auszahlung in Euro oder…

A dispute over stablecoin rewards has delayed crypto legislation, with banks warning unequal rules could shift risk outside the regulated system. Coinbase’s withdrawal from the CLARITY Act vote highlights tensions over whether stablecoin yield products resemble insured deposits. Dimon says firms paying interest on token balances must meet bank-level capital, liquidity and compliance standards. As…

Melbourne-based Cortical Labs has trained living human neurons to play Doom using its CL1 biological computing platform. The achievement builds on a 2021 Pong experiment that required 18 months of development. Gameplay is translated into electrical signals and decoded from neural spikes, though the cells do not understand the game. Cortical Labs has advanced its…

In brief Polymarket has archived a nuclear detonation market hours after posting the odds on X. Analyst Dustin Gouker warns war betting is “grotesque” and threatening the sector’s legitimacy. The CFTC has advanced formal rulemaking for prediction markets as overseas bans mount across more than a dozen jurisdictions. Polymarket has pulled a controversial market that…

Indiana has enacted a bill protecting Bitcoin rights and permitting the use of crypto assets for its retirement plans. This is as different states across the US continue to embrace crypto use in their investment policies. Indiana Boosts Crypto Policy with Bitcoin Rights Bill Governor Mike Braun has signed into law the House Bill 1042,…

A delegation from Coinbase, led by CEO Brian Armstrong, was at the White House on Tuesday, according to Crypto in America’s Eleanor Terrett. The visit was reported hours after President Donald Trump issued a statement on Truth Social, urging banks to make a deal with crypto firms over the key crypto market structure bill. It…

A new study from the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) suggests that artificial intelligence models prefer Bitcoin over stablecoins and other forms of money for different financial situations, with very few showing a preference for fiat currency.  The BPI tested 36 models generating more than 9,000 responses, and the AI agents “overwhelmingly chose to use Bitcoin…

President Donald Trump has publicly lashed out at the U.S. banking sector over its opposition to cryptocurrency market structure legislation, escalating what has become one of Washington’s most consequential — and commercially charged — regulatory battles of 2026. In a post on Truth Social on March 4, Trump accused banks of actively working to undermine…

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi publicly disavowed a cryptocurrency bearing her name and likeness. The token crashed 58% within hours, and regulators moved to investigate the issuer. The episode is the latest in a string of political memecoins that have burned retail investors worldwide. PM’s Denial Triggers Crash Takaichi is Japan’s first female prime minister…