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Welcome to Monday, its the start of another week and that means its time for Hard Forks wrap-up of the weekends top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines.

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According to CNBC, the US Internal Revenue Service has released a new tax form, asking cryptocurrency traders to declare their holdings.

The IRS new Schedule 1 for the 2019 tax season, asks tax payers if they received, sold, sent, exchanged, or acquired virtual currency by any other means over the past year.

Earlier this year, the IRS started sending letters to known cryptocurrency traders telling them to fess up about their trading habits.

In a similar move to the IRS, the government in South Korea is looking to levy taxes on citizens that trade cryptocurrency.

The Korea Times reports that the countrys Ministry of Economy and Finance is exploring a revised bill to tax capital gains from cryptocurrency transactions. The bill is reportedly going to be drawn up early next year.

The that the countrys Ministry of Economy and Finance confirmed that its exploring a revised bill to tax capital gains from cryptocurrency transactions. The bill is reportedly going to be drawn up early next year.

The latest Ethereum network update went live over the weekend. Dubbed Istanbul, the update was actioned at block number 9,069,000,Ethereum tweeted yesterday.

Istanbul features six major upgrades designed to improve the Ethereum networks efficiency and operational speed. Read more about it here.

Chinas central bank is reportedly going to test its digital currency in Shenzhen and Suzhou, The Block reports.

Four state-run commercial banks, in collaboration with three state-owned telecom companies, are reportedly working to find the best way to introduce the digital currency.

Earlier this year, Bank officials from the country said it had no timeline for the roll-out of its digital currency, but according to the latest report claims Chinas central bank has accelerated the project in response to Facebooks announcement of its own cryptocurrency Libra.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is now looking to question messaging app Telegrams former chief investment advisor. The SEC is asking John Hyman to testify and hand over documents about Telegrams suspicious token sale, writes CoinDesk.

The SEC had to ask the High Court of England and Wales to get hold of the information.

Telegram was supposed to distribute its blockchain-based token TON back in October, but has put that on hold to maintain the status quo until it settles the legal battle with the SEC.

Well there you have it, another weekends headlines caught up with. Now go get on with your week!

Published December 9, 2019 10:17 UTC

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