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AUGUST 12, 2020

Venezuela may be going forward with a plan to allow the use of the Petro (PTR) cryptocurrency to pay taxes, according to Cointelegraph. Because of the new campaign, Petro’s usage has seen a surge in recent days, according to the report.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

to allow businesses to pay their corporate taxes in bitcoin. While B2B use cases of blockchain are plenty (and gaining greater traction in use cases such as trade finance and cross-border corporate payments), adoption of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies themselves remains muted in the business community.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

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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OCTOBER 14, 2019

In other news, the Marco Polo Network has announced that it has secured its first Russian-German import-export operations financing project. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) now has a question on crypto ownership on its 1040 income tax form.

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MAY 23, 2019

On Tuesday (May 21) it was reported that the agency had awarded self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright registrations for a white paper and early computer code related to the cryptocurrency. “As attorney’s office in San Francisco, according to the transcript from a civil Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) case obtained by CNBC.

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MARCH 12, 2020

Meanwhile, as the tax authority in Australia puts digital currency traders in its sights, many people in the country will get a warning in the following weeks from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), news.com.au Digital currencies, for their part, are seen as a property type and an asset when it comes to capital gains tax.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Companies that opt to pay employees in crypto will be able to deduct tax under the country’s pay-as-you-earn income tax scheme. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) has delayed a decision on approving two bitcoin exchange-traded funds. The ruling excludes the self-employed from earning incomes in digital currencies.

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APRIL 30, 2019

A venure that would make it easier for consumers to pay for purchases in bitcoin is applying for a license from New York state regulators. bitcoin will be stored at a regulated custodian, and traded and cleared on a federally regulated exchange and clearinghouse. Suspension, Taxes and a Breach.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

In other crypto news , cryptocurrency tax automation software TaxBit has raised $5 million in funding. TaxBit was founded by software developers, tax attorneys and CPAs to automate and simplify tax compliance for crypto users. ” TaxBit will use the funding to speed up customer growth, and make its products better.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

and South Korea clamp down on cryptocurrencies, and investors question the stability of digital coins, bitcoin may see its worst monthly decline in value since January 2015. 31), bitcoin was trading at $9,975.42, according to Coindesk. Bitcoin hit a low of $9,627.89 Bitcoin hit a low of $9,627.89 As regulators in the U.S.

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AUGUST 13, 2018

Tax policy. The marquee names are there, of course, in terms of cryptos, including bitcoin and Ethereum. The move to grab billions of dollars in holdings amid wild speculation has come against a backdrop where tax policy remains unsure. The upshot may be taxes owed, or penalties looming … or both. A currency?

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JULY 16, 2019

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin believes that Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency could pose as a national security threat. In a press conference on Monday (July 15), Mnuchin warned that Libra “could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financiers” and that it was a “national security issue.”.

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AUGUST 13, 2018

Tax policy. The marquee names are there, of course, in terms of cryptos, including bitcoin and Ethereum. The move to grab billions of dollars in holdings amid wild speculation has come against a backdrop where tax policy remains unsure. The upshot may be taxes owed, or penalties looming…or both. A currency?

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Malaysia’s initial coin offering (ICO) regulations are said to take effect on Tuesday (January 15) per a notice from the Securities Commission (SC) in the country, Coindesk reported. million between 2015 and 2017 through the Finnish bitcoin exchange. With the order, exchanges and offerings for tokens would need the SC’s approval.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Bitcoin has been riding a bit of a rollercoaster in the past few weeks since hitting an all-time high of more than $4,800 per digital coin on Aug. To continue the rollercoaster analogy, the cryptocurrency’s value has been on a steep climb all year, and it stands to reason that bitcoin’s skyrocketing value must eventually slow and reverse.

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MAY 19, 2020

BlockFi said it was “able to confirm that no funds, passwords, social security numbers, tax identification numbers, passports, licenses, bank account information, nor similar non-public identification information was exposed as a result of this incident.”. dollars and Ukrainian hryvnias.

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MARCH 2, 2018

Bitcoin mining, like its real-world counterpart, uses a lot of power. The most accepted answer comes from cryptocurrency tracking site Digiconomist , which estimates bitcoin mining eats up about 3.4 However, some say that puts the power consumption needs of bitcoin at half the Digiconomist figure, and some say that nearly doubles it.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

20,000 | Cryptocurrency bitcoin finally managed to break the barrier after all, reaching a value of more than $20,000 per coin before the end of 2017. The opening of the Cboe Futures Exchange for bitcoin had a hand in making it happen. Of those, only 3.35 Of those, only 3.35

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APRIL 16, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is cracking down on exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that misleadingly use blockchain in their names. According to Bloomberg , issuers cannot use “materially deceptive or misleading” names under the Investment Company Act of 1940. In other news, Corporate Traveller , a U.K.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Who knew that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, known for their early involvement in Facebook, were in love with bitcoin? You might, when you find out that they were the first to file for a bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). And do you care?

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JANUARY 19, 2018

The saga over bitcoin and its relationship to various regulators has become something of the payments answer to a romantic comedy. So, time to panic in bitcoin land? All in, bitcoin and its crypto cousins lost (then regained, then lost again) a lot of value this week. Fizzle of the Week: Cryptocurrency Regulation.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

However, recently the People’s Bank of China pointed to irregularities in the operations of bitcoin exchanges BTCC, Huobi and OKCoin as the cause of the recent rollercoaster ride in bitcoin’s price, said Reuters. The developments are still ongoing, so PYMNTS’ Bitcoin Tracker will keep watch for new details in the coming weeks.

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AUGUST 15, 2018

Bitcoin: the marquee name, the shorthand for the cryptocurrency space, the 800-pound gorilla in a barrel full of monkeys (and there’s little fun to be had in this barrel right now). And here, bitcoin stands out because it is down a relatively paltry 57 percent. The best performer over the same time frame? A stampede can gather steam.

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JULY 14, 2019

And the operator of BitFunder, a defunct trading platform that was denominated in bitcoin, and WeExchange was sentenced for obstruction of justice as well as securities fraud, CoinDesk reported. The slide deck was reportedly leaked through social media by an accountant. at the World Bank.

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MAY 5, 2017

Bitcoin’s value keeps breaking through ceilings again and again. Wednesday night into Thursday morning, trading saw bitcoin fly by another milestone: $1,500. Wednesday night into Thursday morning, trading saw bitcoin fly by another milestone: $1,500. What looks like a record high one day is left in the dust the next.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

Amid rising interest and investment in digital currencies like bitcoin, some countries are issuing new warnings about the volatility involved in cryptocurrency trade. In today’s bitcoin roundup, regulatory bodies in the U.S. In today’s bitcoin roundup, regulatory bodies in the U.S. According to Tuesday (Dec.

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MAY 13, 2016

Stop ISIS, bring peace to the Middle East, clean up the economy, create more jobs, fix the education system, lower taxes, etc., Promoting bitcoin. Of course, when the former commissioner, Bart Chilton, says bitcoin, he’s talking blockchain and all digital currencies. So, why digital currencies? Just like the Internet.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

And finally, there’s bitcoin, which has seen its use, transacting, trading and popularity fall off of late — except for among one group: criminals. And, speaking of things that may not be the future of financial services… Bitcoin, The Currency Of Digital Crime . But that future won’t be built by bitcoin.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

Bitcoin is getting used to a new, and reset, pricing order as investors worldwide say they aren’t concerned about the coming regulatory wave (or the army of hackers stealing cryptocurrency), but the sluggish pricing tells a different story. Following The Bouncing (And Stolen) Bitcoin. And while $1.2 As for Amazon?

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MAY 19, 2020

The Security Service of Ukraine is reportedly holding a hacker for allegedly selling a database with 773 million email addresses and 21 million unique passwords, CoinDesk reported. The agency claims that it seized phones, computer equipment and cash, with the inclusion of U.S. dollars and Ukrainian hryvnias.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

The filing process only takes about 45 days, but Sberbank is also still debating how Sbercoin will be taxed, according to Cointelegraph, citing news agency Interfax. Russia’s Sberbank could roll out its stablecoin as early as this spring after filing with the Bank of Russia to launch a blockchain platform, Cointelegraph reported.

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JULY 24, 2018

Turns out the debate over whether it is or isn’t a security is having a knock-on effect: It’s making the XRP token’s price less than … well, secure. Rumors that the token can and will be classified as a security here in the States. Rumors that the token can and will be classified as a security here in the States.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Following a five-day trial in the Western District of Washington, Kvashuk was convicted of five counts of wire fraud, six counts of money laundering, two counts of aggravated identity theft, two counts of filing false tax returns, and one count each of mail fraud, access device fraud, and access to a protected computer in furtherance of fraud.

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DECEMBER 13, 2020

1 to June 30, 2021, and must include all digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, digital securities and utility tokens, and also include such assets owned by spouses or children of those reporting, CoinDesk writes. The order signed Thursday (Dec. The first reports must be provided from Jan.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

CryptoTrader.Tax lets users put trades into its system from dozens of digital currency exchanges and automatically create tax reports that can be brought into TurboTax, according to the report. He noted that the attacker could view support center information and took a file that had data with the inclusion of 1,082 email addresses.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Coverage includes Amazon opening up voice applications for iOS users, Overstock’s blockchain unit nabbing a huge investment, Intuit securing a bitcoin processing patent, Facebook and L’Oréal using augmented reality for makeup tests and Dish accepting Bitcoin Cash as payment. Dish, one of the leading providers in the U.S.,

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AUGUST 5, 2016

Visa also announced that it had extended the real-time, ubiquitous capability to other disbursement types as well including insurance claims, contractor payments, tax refunds and even merchant account real-time funds settlement. The culprit is said to be the use of the BitGo wallet and the structure of the bitcoin accounts itself.

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