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Ohio To Let Businesses Pay Taxes With Bitcoin

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Ohio is leading the charge in terms of accepting bitcoin as a payment method, as it is the first state to accept bitcoin to cover tax bills. The state will eventually open it up to individual tax filers as well. The state will eventually open it up to individual tax filers as well.

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Bitcoin Daily: ECB Tightens Scrutiny On Crypto Transactions; Tax Bill Would End Double Crypto Tax

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The European Central Bank (ECB) said in a report that fixing cryptocurrency asset data gaps still presents a sizable challenge for financial institutions as well as regulators, Cointelegraph reported. Ted Budd (NC) has reintroduced the Virtual Value Tax Fix Act, Coindesk reported. Budd’s legislation comes after 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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Bitcoin Daily: City In Spain Debuts ‘Elio’ Crypto; OKCoin Halts XRP Trading

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On another note, professional football player Russell Okung will be the first player from a significant American sports league to get paid via "bitcoin," CoinDesk reported. Half his salary is going to bitcoin and the other half is going to fiat, the athlete told CoinDesk. In other news, GMO Internet Inc. dollar.

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Bitcoin, Peers Slammed On South Korean Tax Fears

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Bitcoin, the marquee name and poster child for cryptocurrencies, had a rough go of it on Monday (Jan. The financial publication Barron’s reported that regulations — new ones, rumored to be in the offing — were the impetus that sent the price skidding. If Korean market falls, so might bitcoin, as it’s one of the largest in the world.

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Thailand to Tax Cryptocurrencies

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Taxes on cryptocurrency? That’s what regulators in Thailand are planning to institute. According to a report by Nikkei Asian Review, after a cabinet meeting suggested that crypto traders could be charged with as much as 7% value added tax as well as up to 15% tax on capital gains.

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Bitcoin And The Bitter Tax Bite

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And lest you think changes in tax policy sow confusion only in the United States, think again. Bitcoin breeched a key psychological barrier on news that the South Korean government would tax income earned by virtual currency exchanges to the tune of 24.2 Thus, bitcoin traded below $10,000, and cryptos traded down in sympathy.

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