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IRS: Cryptocurrency is a Property & Swaps are Taxable

U.S. Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Taxes Demystified

February 1, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Commentary, Regulation

Bitcoin had a sterling performance in 2017, as the cryptocurrency effortlessly made new highs almost on a weekly basis. However, cryptocurrency enthusiasts have been dancing to an entirely different crypto tune this year. Specifically, the U.S tax authorities will no longer tolerate crypto-tax evasion. Henceforth, every bitcoin and other crypto...

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Not Taxation, Canada’s Government Is Worried About Terrorism and Money Laundering Using Cryptocurrencies

January 31, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Commentary, News, Regulation

If you’re currently living in Canada and worried about the government imposing a new tax code for cryptocurrencies, Finance Minister Bill Morneau has good news to share. In his conversation with the media on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the minister assured that his government is...

A Google Search Might Be All You Need to Predict Bitcoin’s Next Breakout

January 31, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Bitcoin, Blockchain, Commentary

Nick Colas, DataTrek Research's co-founder, has depicted a rather simple way to track Bitcoin in anticipation of the next spike. While investigating Google searches for “Bitcoin” may seem an overly simplistic methodology, Colas was the first analyst to track Bitcoin diligently, and his opinions come highly qualified. Ultimately, analyzing Google...

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Bank of Canada Looks to Regulate “Gamble” Bitcoin

January 31, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Bitcoin, Commentary, News, Regulation

The Bank of Canada’s governor Stephen Poloz has labeled trading with Bitcoin “gambling” and called for regulatory oversight. He confirmed that the Central Bank was currently looking into appropriate legislation to prevent heartache from the current volatility in the cryptocurrency melee happening worldwide. While those may seem negative sentiments, he...

Armed Robbers Attack Canadian Bitcoin Exchange

UK Businessman Robbed Of A “Fortune” In The Country’s First Bitcoin Robbery

January 30, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Bitcoin, News

City financier turned cryptocurrency trader Danny Aston, 31, on Monday faced what could easily qualify as a living nightmare for many. In presumably the first ever bitcoin robbery in the United Kingdom, four armed men allegedly broke into Aston’s home, held his family hostage at gunpoint, and got away with...

US Futures Market Executives- Bitcoin ETF is Coming

Nasdaq CEO Confirms That Bitcoin Futures Is In The Cards

January 29, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Bitcoin, Commentary, Finance, News

The second-largest stock exchange in the world has gone on record saying that it wants to launch bitcoin futures and is currently assessing how it can make its product different from the digital currency futures offered by rival Cboe and CME. Tentative ETF on the Horizon In her recent conversation...

Armed Robbers Attack Canadian Bitcoin Exchange

January 28, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, News

According to a police report, armed robbers entered the office of Canadian Bitcoins, bound workers and hit one of them on the head with the back a gun. The fifth worker alerted the police from another office as soon as he noticed they were under an armed robbery attack. The...

Zero Commision Stock Trading Platform Robinhood to Debut Crypto Trading

Zero Commission Stock Trading Platform Robinhood to Debut Bitcoin and Crypto

January 27, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News

Robinhood, the popular commission-free stock trading app will soon let users also trade cryptocurrencies with zero transaction fees. On January 26, 2018, the platform first let users track the prices of top cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, including bitcoin, ripple and several more. New Crypto Kid on the Block The hugely...

Bitcoin Meets Brothels at Nevada’s Bunny Ranch

January 26, 2018 by Andrew Weilbacher at Bitcoin, Commentary, Entertainment, News

Presently, the Bunny Ranch, the well known Las Vegas brothel, is hoping to take advantage of the new craze. The setting of the HBO show "Cathouse," The Bunny Ranch reported it "is the latest retailer to get on board the Bitcoin bandwagon," due to growing interest in digital forms of...

CEO Reveals Bank of America Has Many Blockchain Patents

January 26, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Bitcoin, Blockchain, Commentary, News

The vast majority of Wall Street-affiliated institutions have been larger promoters of the technology behind cryptocurrency: “Blockchain without bitcoin” is now the new mantra. Bank of America Remains Skeptical However, November 2017 changed a few minds as temptation rose dramatically on the back of Bitcoin’s massive growth. Other cryptocurrencies including...

Nordea Bank Forbids its Employees from Owning Bitcoin

January 26, 2018 by Akshay Makadiya at Bitcoin, Commentary, Finance, News, Regulation

Nordea Bank, one of the most reputed financial institute in Northern Europe, has banned all its 31,000 employees from owning bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The giant Northern European Bank did not stop there and is also restricting its employees from learning about the crypto space. The new policy was enacted...

Dutch Bank Explores Bitcoin and the Blockchain, Rejects Crypto-Bans

January 25, 2018 by Julia Travers at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Commentary, News, Regulation

On January 24, 2018, the central bank of the Netherlands (DNB) released a statement addressing cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. It expressed support for blockchain technology and explained it has been studying how it might best be used since 2015. While acknowledging there are inherent investment risks in the evolving cryptocurrency...

Brazil Now has More than 1.4 Million Bitcoin Investors

January 25, 2018 by Andrew O Malley at Bitcoin, Commentary, News, Regulation

Brazil’s cryptocurrency was relatively small in early 2017, but with the hype surrounding the sector seeping into the mainstream attention, more and more people got involved as the year went on. Growth Despite Warning Signs The first investors tended to be young, tech-savvy people. As the second and third quarter...

Bitcoin not yet Good Enough for Institutional Investors

January 25, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, Commentary, Finance

Bitcoin had a super bullish ride which saw the bitcoin price touch $20K price region at the end of 2017. This trend triggered massive interest in the world’s flagship cryptocurrency from a host of institutional investors. However, Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd. has said bitcoin still has a long way to...

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Bitcoin No Longer the Fraudster’s Favorite

January 25, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Commentary, News

Persistent complaints from users about slow processing, excessive fees and the volatility-exhaustion that defines the currency at present are coming to a fore. It’s a sentiment that sees users looking elsewhere for other, perhaps “better” cryptocurrencies. Difficult to Rob Hodler’s A somewhat obtuse sign of this movement is that cybercriminals...

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