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Becoming a “Bahama Mama” Crypto-Style: A Closer Look at The Digital Asset Landscape in The Bahamas

Perficient

Members of Perficient’s Digital Asset Team have advised followers in multiple online articles about the digital asset revolution and relevant regulations affecting the same in the United States. Highlights From Federal Bank Regulators’ Joint Statement on Cryptocurrency Assets – Perficient Blogs.

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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 This past week saw a wild ride. For someone in the U.S.,

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Bitcoin Daily: Investors Reimbursed For $2M Hacker Losses By IOTA Exec; Australia To Focus On Crypto Holders For Audits; France Wants Testing Ground For EU Security Tokens; ICOBox Fined $16M For Selling Unlicensed Securities

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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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Blockchain Unchained: Paxos CEO Sees Expanded Role For Token-Based Digital Assets

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For its part, Paxos describes itself as a regulated financial institution that builds infrastructure to enable movement between physical and digital assets. There’s also the fact that different federal agencies are simultaneously drafting and enforcing conflicting regulations. We need capital for three reasons really,” he said.

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Experts: US House Examines Legislative Actions To Combat Cybercriminals

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Cybercriminals are capitalizing on COVID-19, and they are doing so in tandem with the news cycle,” he said during the virtual hearing. Additionally, Kellerman called for a tax credit to encourage firms in the financial vertical to set aside 10 percent of their information technology (IT) budgets at a minimum toward cybersecurity.

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Closing the gate: House adopts ENABLERS Act amendment to 2023 NDAA

CFPB Monitor

If ultimately enacted as law, even a scaled-back version of this amendment could significantly alter the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (“BSA/AML”) regulatory framework in the United States. financial system adopt anti-money laundering procedures that can help detect and prevent the laundering of corrupt funds.”.

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Dangerous Road Ahead On Auto Loans?

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And in the United States, auto loans are growing as a class of consumer credit. In a look at how some of those loans are trending and how they may be impacting lenders, consider that Ally Financial reported that pre-tax income slid by 11 percent last year, and the decline stemmed from auto loan losses and delinquencies.