Cody Carbone, CEO of The Digital Chamber, said in a statement that through collaboration with nonprofit Future Caucus, the initiative hopes to develop leaders ready to introduce and support crypto legislation. Crypto advocacy group The Digital Chamber has launched a new initiative to drive digital asset policies at the state level across the US and educate lawmakers in the lead-up to the 2026 midterm elections. Called the State Network, the initiative is aimed at establishing a collaborative ecosystem connecting policymakers, regulators and people in the industry who want to advance blockchain adoption across the US, The Digital Chamber announced on Monday. Inaugural members of the network include Michael Saylor’s company Strategy, proof-of-stake public distributed ledger Hedera and blockchain infrastructure research company Input Output, according to The Digital Chamber. Read more
The White House is reviewing a proposal to join an international crypto tax standard that could deter Americans from moving their digital assets to offshore exchanges. The White House is reviewing the Internal Revenue Service’s proposal to join the global Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, which would provide the tax department with access to Americans’ foreign crypto account data. Adoption of the “Broker Digital Transaction Reporting” proposal — submitted to the White House last Friday — would put the US crypto tax system in line with 72 other countries that have committed to implementing CARF by 2028. While the proposal wasn’t categorized as “economically significant” by the IRS, the rule would force Americans to be far more stringent in reporting capital gains tax from foreign crypto platforms. Read more
LevelField could become the first crypto-friendly FDIC-insured bank to offer crypto services after receiving approval from the Illinois financial regulator to acquire Burling Bank. Digital asset-focused fintech firm LevelField Financial said it has secured conditional regulatory approval to acquire Chicago-based Burling Bank, marking one of the most notable crypto-banking acquisitions in recent months. The move could see LevelField become the first Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-insured chartered bank to offer certain crypto-integrated banking services across all US states and territories, LevelField said in a statement on Monday. Details of the deal weren’t disclosed. The approval from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation puts Burling Bank one step closer to being renamed LevelField Bank. The parties are still awaiting approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve to become a bank holding company. Read more