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Overstock To Pay Some Ohio Business Taxes With Bitcoin

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3) that it will pay a portion of its state business taxes in Ohio in bitcoin, becoming the first major U.S. company to pay state taxes in bitcoin. state to offer this way of paying for business taxes, noted Overstock in the press release. Ohio is the first U.S. Ohio is the first U.S.

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Bitcoin Daily: OCC: US National Banks Can Hold Digital Assets; S. Korea Eyes 20 Pct Tax On Crypto Trading

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The governmental body said that thrifts, along with state and national banks, have a lengthy history of offering custody and safekeeping for digital assets as well as tangible property. In other news, South Korea intends to levy a two-tenths tax on income made via digital currency transactions, The Block reported. 1 of next year.

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Bitcoin Tracker: Bitcoin Black Friday

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In this week’s Bitcoin Tracker, bitcoin soars, then settles down and plans for its yearly sale abound. Switzerland gives bitcoin a hand by way of rail ticket machine sales, an Australian startup banks on the aptly named Dash and Zcash fervor fades. But as markets saw their prices fall, bitcoin’s numbers went up.

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Bitcoin Daily: Russian Government Bans Officials From Holding Crypto; BuyUCoin Hack Leaks Private Data Of 325,000 Users

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The data leaked included names, email addresses, phone numbers, bank account details and tax ID numbers, the report stated. Lastly, while cryptocurrencies might never replace fiat currencies as a medium of exchange, they could replace gold as a store of value, according to research from the Bank of Singapore , The National reported.

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Bitcoin Daily: Binance Tells US Users To Take Out All Funds; OKEx To Reportedly Restart Withdrawals; S Korea Seeks To Postpone Crypto Tax Law; Coinbase To Only Provide IRS Form 1099-MISC

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On another note, the national assembly of South Korea is advocating for the debut of certain taxation for crypto assets to be postponed, Coindesk reported. And Coinbase will not be providing a Form 1099-K for trades on the Coinbase exchange as of the 2020 tax year, according to a post from the company.

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Bitcoin Daily: S. Korea Eyes Crypto Capital Gains Tax; Crypto Lawyers See Rise In Demand

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South Korean crypto users might soon see 20 percent taxes on their currency, according to Cointelgraph. ” But Sung Tae-yoon , an economist with Yonsei University, warned that taxing cryptocurrencies could slow the country’s tech markets. Abra, which works by letting users bet on price movements of listed U.S.

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Bitcoin Daily: S Korea Eyes New Crypto Income Tax; Less Network Traffic Causes Drop In Bitcoin Fees

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Bitcoin transaction fees are simmering back down to ordinary levels after a heavy wave of them in early May, reports suggest. South Korea is pondering a modification to its tax law which could place taxes on cryptocurrencies. The transaction fees are now around 80 BTC paid to miners on Tuesday (May 26).

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