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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Rises After Recent Crash; IRS Delivers New Rules For Crypto Investors

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Ransom is demanded in bitcoin, upon threat of releasing damaging information to family, friends, and co-workers. But now the hackers are asking for alternative crypto currencies to bitcoin in their ransom demands. This latest sextortion version is using a Litecoin wallet address instead of bitcoin to evade detection,” Johnson wrote.

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Thailand to Tax Cryptocurrencies

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Taxes on cryptocurrency? 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. Taxing cryptocurrency is a way for […].

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Bitcoin Daily: Korean Commission Suggests Allowing FIs To Offer Crypto; China’s OneConnect Platform Supports New Blockchain Financing Product

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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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Dear IRS, How About An Update on That Bitcoin Notice?

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Two years ago the IRS issued a brief notice on the status of bitcoin and all its digital cousins stating that for tax purposes these items are property — not currency.

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Hedging Bets, Hedging Taxes As Taxman Cometh For Cryptos  

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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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Hedging Bets, Hedging Taxes as Taxman Cometh for Cryptos  

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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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RegTech’s Effort To Ease The Cost Of Compliance

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More than half of companies surveyed by SWIFT and Dow Jones Risk & Compliance last year said they plan to invest in RegTech in the coming years, and most agree that technology has enabled a greater ability to remain compliant with key regulations surrounding anti-money laundering , Know Your Customer and more. In the U.S.,