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Bitcoin Daily: Hackers Contribute Crypto To Charities; Bitcoin Crests $12K

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A hacking organization released receipts for $10,000 in charitable contributions to two groups made through bitcoin, the BBC reported. The hackers published the contribution in addition to tax receipts for 0.88 in bitcoin ( valued at approximately $10,515 as of 7:04 P.M. The price of bitcoin was $11,954.07

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Ohio Treasurer Suspends Bitcoin Business Tax Payment Program

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The state of Ohio has decided to end its support for bitcoin tax payments, state Treasurer Robert Sprague announced this week. In a statement published on Sprague’s official website this week, the treasurer said “OhioCrypto.com,” the website that allows businesses to pay their taxes in cryptocurrency, would be suspended immediately.

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Crypto Fails To Impress For Corporate Tax Payments

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to allow businesses to pay their corporate taxes in bitcoin. In an interview with CNBC at the time, Ohio’s then-State Treasurer Josh Mandel said the initiative would increase “options and ease” for businesses, and support the local tech startup community.

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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: Lukka Launches TurboTax For Crypto, Crypto Exchange Bottle Pay Shuts Down

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Cryptocurrency accounting firm Lukka has released a new service that will figure out the taxes on crypto assets, according to a report by CoinDesk. The new service comes on the heels of an announcement by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that it was changing the guidelines for how taxes were calculated. In other bitcoin news, U.K.-based

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Fizzle Of The Week: Bitcoin — The Bad Neighbor

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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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The Beginning Of The End For Bitcoin?

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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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