The US said John Barksdale, a former resident of Thailand, lied about the value and profitability of Ormeus Coin's mining assets, including that the coin was backed by a $250m mining operation

Rules allow traders to offset annual losses against gains for taxes due on cryptocurrency investments, and exempt a value-added-tax of 7% for cryptocurrency trading on authorised exchanges

Russia is facing a barrage of sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine. Governments are concerned it may use cryptocurrencies to evade them

The order sets an 180-day deadline for a series of reports on "the future of money" and the role that cryptocurrencies will play in the evolving landscape

The People's Bank of China said during an annual work conference that it would maintain its crackdown on virtual currency transactions

Sotheby's has already sold NFTs, the ubiquitous digital objects that are linked to pieces of art or other items, for millions of dollars over the past year

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, announced the plan on Twitter on Thursday and said Kyiv would reveal details soon

"We should take measures to prevent listed persons and institutions from switching to unregulated crypto-assets,” Germany's finance minister said

Many of the world's largest crypto exchanges – including Binance, Kraken and Coinbase – have refused to ban Russian clients raising fears of a sanctions backdoor

CryptoTaxCalculator, founded by Shane and Tim Brunette in 2018, is a software start-up that collates data from major crypto exchanges

Volumes jumped more than 67% in the quarter with retail trading accounting for 32% of volumes and crypto assets contributing 68% of total trading

Only 3% of private equity firms with more than $15 billion of assets under management have invested in cryptocurrency, according to an E&Y survey