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Crypto Bill Milestone: What Scott's First 100 Days Mean For You

Crypto Bill Milestone: What Scott's First 100 Days Mean For You

The crypto world is abuzz with anticipation as major legislative efforts begin to pick up steam in Washington. With Senator Tim Scott playing a central role, the potential passage of the GENIUS Act and a broader crypto market structure bill could reshape the landscape for investors and businesses alike. Token...

NFT Tax Case Shows Individual Responsibility Needed, Not More Regulation

NFT Tax Case Shows Individual Responsibility Needed, Not More Regulation

Waylon Wilcoxface, 45 of Pennsylvania, is in trouble. He claimed to have avoided more than $3.2 million in taxes by not reporting his CryptoPunks NFT sales. What’s more, he raked in an eye-popping $12.3 million selling digital avatars. Instead, he indicated zero income from virtual assets across the board. Zero!...

Trump's First 100 Days: Crypto's Wild Ride & Finance Shake-Up

Trump's First 100 Days: Crypto's Wild Ride & Finance Shake-Up

Those first 100 days of any presidential administration usually lay the foundation for everything that follows in the years ahead. For the cryptocurrency and financial sectors, the Trump administration's initial policies signaled significant shifts, blending potential opportunities with inherent risks. Token ATH! is back to break down what it all...

NFT Millionaire's Tax Dodge Exposes Crypto's Wild West

NFT Millionaire's Tax Dodge Exposes Crypto's Wild West

$3.2 million. Let that number sink in. For example, the IRS alleges that Pennsylvania’s Waylon Wilcox, 45, avoided paying over a million dollars in taxes. He racked up a huge $12.3m of profits flipping CryptoPunks, those fashionable pixelated avatars that moonwalked into the NFT-world’s collective subconscious. And he reported zero...

5 Reasons Why Crypto Regulation Could Empower the Little Guy

5 Reasons Why Crypto Regulation Could Empower the Little Guy

I've seen it happen too many times. That bright-eyed, bushy-tailed kid—thinking big and using their hard-earned savings—we’re betting on them. They dump the whole thing into some unknown cryptocurrency project that they heard about on Reddit. They’re all promised the moon, riches beyond their wildest dreams. Then, poof! The moonshot...

Robinhood & Coinbase: Regulation Could Unlock HUGE Growth!

Robinhood & Coinbase: Regulation Could Unlock HUGE Growth!

The future of the digital assets industry is on the brink of a seismic change. At Token ATH!, we are looking with hopeful eyes toward these accelerating advancements. Regulatory changes are coming down the pike. Cutting-edge bills such as the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21)...

Crypto Regulation's Opportunity Cost Is Innovation's Stifling Hand

Crypto Regulation's Opportunity Cost Is Innovation's Stifling Hand

All this bluster surrounding crypto regulations to come creates an impression facade that the industry is safe, legitimate, and protecting their investors. Sounds great, right? Before we rejoice too loudly, let’s think about what we are going to lose on the altar of regulatory compliance. Are we really so starved...

NFT Tax Scandal: A Wake-Up Call for Crypto's Wild West?

NFT Tax Scandal: A Wake-Up Call for Crypto's Wild West?

Waylon Wilcox. Remember that name. This isn’t another clickbait, headline-grabbing, bad news story. It serves as a metaphor for all that is bad – and maybe good – about the current crypto ecosystem. Wilcox, a 45-year-old of Manheim, Pennsylvania, who just pleaded guilty. His CryptoPunks NFT trading alone allowed him...

5 Ways US Lawmakers' Crypto Plan Could Strangle Innovation

5 Ways US Lawmakers' Crypto Plan Could Strangle Innovation

Thus, Congress believes it has the solution to crypto regulation. This “solution” sounds less like a promising hand to lift up innovation and more like a slow-motion strangulation. On the surface, the rhetoric sounds nice by promoting clarity and consumer protection. Scratch the surface and you’ll find a disastrous recipe...

SEC Crypto Guidance A Trap? 5 Ways It Hurts the Little Guy

SEC Crypto Guidance A Trap? 5 Ways It Hurts the Little Guy

The SEC finally offers guidance on crypto. Great, right? Wrong. After digging into it, it doesn’t really feel like a velvet-gloved crackdown, and would you believe it, guess who’s going to get squeezed hardest. The little guy. This isn’t investor protection—this is opening the door for Wall Street to devour...