Kollen Post

Kollen Post is Cointelegraph's policy editor. He specializes in mapping the intersections of regulation, law and blockchain, especially as they cross national borders. Outside of crypto, he likes languages, rock climbing and bad horror movies.

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As new U.S. election nears, the Treasury adds new names and crypto addresses to its specially designated nationals list

New US sanctions target crypto addresses of Russian hackers accused of election interference

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2020-09-10T16:47:42+01:00

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A new analytics firm scores a major contract with the U.S. tax agency, which has been upping its crypto engagement left and right.

IRS doubles down, investing another quarter million dollars into tracking crypto transactions

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2020-09-09T18:50:31+01:00

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New documents in Epic Games v. Google show the gaming company attacking Google for misusing the Android ecosystem — once touted for its openness — to muscle out...

Fortnite creator attacks Google’s chokehold on Android market in lawsuit over V-Bucks payments

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2020-09-08T17:21:00+01:00

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In light of newly expanded qualifications for accredited investors, Law Decoded looks at recent interactions between crypto and public companies.

Law Decoded: Public companies, private markets, crypto offerings and you, Aug. 28–Sept. 4

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2020-09-04T19:11:00+01:00

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A U.S. circuit court has concluded its review of a terrorism financing case that begin in 2010, saying that the NSA's phone tapping was illegal but that it was ...

US federal court calls NSA’s mass phone data collection illegal

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2020-09-02T21:53:40+01:00

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As protests rage in Belarus and Alexei Navalny remains in a coma, we look at new developments in crypto across the former USSR.

Law Decoded: Blockchains and the Eastern Bloc, August 14–21

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2020-08-21T20:09:00+01:00

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Every American filing taxes for 2020 will have to tell the IRS whether they used crypto this year, according to new drafts from the tax agency.

IRS Plans to Ask Every American Worker if They Used Crypto in 2020

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2020-08-21T17:04:00+01:00

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While nobody can find the man behind alleged ponzi scheme Control-Finance, the CFTC is asking the court to throw the book at him.

CFTC Seeks $429M Penalty Against Ponzi Operator Who Ghosted Them

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2020-08-21T16:48:00+01:00

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