The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has put out a call for information about potential tools it can use to track different types of cryptocurrency transactions as part of an investigative pilot program. Information about the pilot is contained in a newly-published request for information made public by the agency on June 30. As described, the pilot features several areas of focus, including privacy coins and layer-2 transaction protocols like the Lightning network. Prospective bidders have until July 14 to submit their responses. As the IRS explains: "This RFI is associated with a pilot IRS Criminal ... (full story)