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Libra Forces Cryptocurrency Regulators To Reexamine Procedures

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Facebook’s Libra project has renewed focus on how cryptocurrencies are regulated, with current rules on the sector patchy and varying from country to country. The Cost of Compliance. The projected 2020 cost of AML compliance across all U.S. financial institutions (77 percent) for AML compliance.

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Hedging Bets, Hedging Taxes As Taxman Cometh For Cryptos  

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If the world of cryptocurrencies is relatively nascent, unformed, without a clear roadmap … guess what else is equally opaque? Tax policy. The investors are dozens of hedge funds, the financial publication has said, with billions of dollars invested in cryptocurrencies. A currency? Depends on which agency you ask.

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Hedging Bets, Hedging Taxes as Taxman Cometh for Cryptos  

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. If the world of cryptocurrencies is relatively nascent, unformed, without a clear roadmap…guess what else is equally opaque? Tax policy. The investors are dozens of hedge funds, the financial publication has said, with billions of dollars invested in cryptocurrencies. A currency? Depends on which agency you ask.

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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. ”

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Doubt, Confusion, Confidence: Where Crypto Stands In B2B Payments

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Cryptocurrency has come a long way since bitcoin’s emergence as an unregulated, anonymous payment technology. Perhaps the most poignant moment in this evolution came about last week when JPMorgan Chase announced the development of the JPM Coin, the first bank-backed cryptocurrency in the U.S.,

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Crypto Gets A Second Look From Corporate Investors Seeking Yield And Hedge

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The head of the country’s only licensed and publicly traded cryptocurrency broker says tighter regulation and exponentially higher yields are causing corporate treasury and cash management accounts to seriously consider this alternative asset class. This in the wake of the OCC’s Sept.

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Deep Dive: How FinTechs, FIs Can Arm Up Against Fraud

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Financial services providers that slack on regulatory compliance and fail to safeguard their operations against money laundering, terrorist financing and other criminal activities may face damaged reputations and significant fines. Financial Companies’ Security And Regulatory Obligations .

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