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Quick Take

• Founded in 2018, Delphi Digital produces analysis and research on the digital asset markets, provides consulting to token projects, and operates a podcast and an investment venture arm
• Themes/verticals within the sector that the firm has been most focused on have been decentralized finance (DeFi) and productive non-fungible tokens (NFTs)/Gaming
• In total, the firm’s active portfolio consists of at least 34 startups and protocols across six verticals, which The Block has mapped out

Crypto firm Ripple has agreed to acquire a 40% stake in Asian payments specialist Tranglo.

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against New Hampshire-based crypto startup LBRY Inc., accusing the company of selling unregistered securities in the form of its token.

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Quick Take

• The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has made it clear it’s looking to crack down on crypto with a number of actions aimed at tracking taxable crypto activity in the U.S.
• The lack of standards on which forms exchanges need to send to the IRS has created additional headaches as the IRS takes a closer look at crypto-using tax payers.
• Tax professionals say Form 1099-B has emerged as the best option for crypto reporting.

On March 29, decentralized lending startup Liquity announced the completion of a $6 million Series A investment round.

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The Oakland Athletics baseball team typically rents out its full-season luxury viewing suites for $64,800. But until April 1, the suites will be available for the price of one BTC. 

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Montana’s securities regulator ordered the operator of Forsage, an investment scheme built on Ethereum and widely viewed as a pyramid scam, to stop its work within the state. 

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An array of regulators from the United States and the European Union met to discuss financial innovations, including green finance and the ever-pressing topic of stablecoins.

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The crypto-friendly bank Silvergate announced Fidelity Digital Assets as a custodian for its collateralized lending service, SEN Leverage.

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The crypto arm of hedge fund One River Financial has added three Washington veterans as regulatory advisors.

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