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The UK Law Commission proposes that cryptocurrencies fall under a new category of property with its own protections. The post UK to Label Crypto as Property: What Does It Mean? appeared first on BeInCrypto. origin »
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Bitcoin's lack of privacy is a major short coming in most ways, but in fighting government corruption can this actually be a useful and positive property?
2023-9-16 19:14 | |
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How is DeFi taxed? The Internal Revenue Service has not released any direct advice on DeFi specifically, though it does have some general guidance on cryptos. In fact, the agency has been quite clear about how it views crypto, stating that it is property.
2022-9-15 13:03 | |
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For the first time in history, bitcoin offers us a property option that does not rely on a local authority or legal system to protect it.
2021-9-29 02:00 | |
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Stablecoin Tether says it does not hold any commercial paper from Evergrande in recent a statement. Evergrande, China’s second-largest property developer by sales, recently warned that it was in danger of defaulting on massive debts.
2021-9-17 21:00 | |
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As onlookers predict that top Chinese property developer and commercial paper issuer Evergrande will default, some analysts believe the firm poses systemic risks to crypto.
2021-9-17 12:26 | |
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There are various aspects of this digital money that lend itself to revolutionizing the transfer of private property.
2021-6-24 01:17 | |
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Virtual land is already in real life: Why does virtual property attract users, and how does blockchain technology help them buy it?
2020-3-22 10:04 | |
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Special thanks to the Gitcoin team and especially Frank Chen for working with me through these numbers The next round of Gitcoin Grants quadratic funding has just finished, and we the numbers for how much each project has received were just released.
2019-10-30 04:03 | |
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Special thanks to the Plasma Group team for review and feedback Current approaches to layer 2 scaling - basically, Plasma and state channels - are increasingly moving from theory to practice, but at the same time it is becoming easier to see the inherent challenges in treating these techniques as a fully fledged scaling solution for Ethereum.
2019-9-2 04:03 | |
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In a recent property dispute case in front of a Chinese court, a judge declared that Bitcoin can be considered a virtual property with value, making it a legally protected asset. China is seen as having an antagonistic view of Bitcoin, does the new ruling change this?
2019-7-24 10:00 | |
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In this show, we discuss: Bitcoin breaking 10500 (again). Treasury Secretary Mnuchin dismissing bitcoin, and saying that it is only used by illicit users. Binance is rewarding XLM Hodlers – how can you get yours? India unbans cryptocurrencies, what does this mean for the price? China says Bitcoin is a virtual property and more! JoinRead MoreRead More.
2019-7-23 19:52 | |
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Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions.
2019-6-14 04:03 | |
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In the latest on the ongoing legal dispute between the New York Attorney General (NYAG), cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether, the New York Supreme Court has modified an April 24, 2019, preliminary injunction and now Bitfinex is allowed to continue using the Tether reserves that were loaned to it to maintain its ordinary course of business, such as paying employees and consultants.
2019-5-18 22:14 | |
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Andrei Poliakov is the CEO and co-founder of Coinberry, one of Canada’s premier digital currency platforms. His company is the first in Canada to partner with a government municipality.
2019-4-23 17:42 | |
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Special thanks to Glen Weyl, Phil Daian and Jinglan Wang for review Over the last few years there has been an increasing interest in using deliberately engineered economic incentives and mechanism design to align behavior of participants in various contexts.
2019-4-5 04:03 | |
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Depending on what country you live in, your cryptocurrency will be subject to different tax rules. The questions below address implications within the United States, specifically, but similar issues arise around the world.
2019-3-29 18:20 | |
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Entrepreneur Dominik Weil recently attended a cryptocurrency conference. While there, he observed that pen panelists questioned the audience “if they would want to lock up a gift with the value of 1m USD (2019 USD value) for the next 10 years either in” fiat/bank deposit, gold, or bitcoin, the majority of the audience chose bitcoin. […]
2019-2-21 16:14 | |
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The Wyoming state government has been expanding its status as a hub for crypto and blockchain technology by passing several new bills this February. According to Wyoming-based blockchain advocate Caitlin Long, the state of Wyoming has recently passed resolution SF0125 on February 14, 2019, claiming that Wyoming “law recognizes property rights in the direct ownership of digital assets.
2019-2-15 22:18 | |
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For those QuadrigaCX users who were fortunate enough to have withdrawal requests honored, some appear to have received their funds through unconventional means. An anonymous QuadrigaCX user who corresponded with Bitcoin Magazine said that they received a bank deposit from Robertson Nova Consulting Inc.
2019-2-15 20:28 | |
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With the 10th anniversary of Bitcoin’s launch under the industry’s belt, it’s hard to believe how far the space has traveled in that time. Bitcoin Magazine has asked a number of long-time members of the space to reflect on their experiences, and published author Simon Dixon spoke with us about some of his observations over the years.
2019-1-26 01:44 | |
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According to Elections Canada, the agency that runs federal elections in Canada, there has been “a growing interest” in cryptocurrency donations. This trend has prompted some political parties to ask for a ruling on how best to manage bitcoin and other cryptocurrency political donations and how to navigate the various reporting systems required by both Elections Canada and the parties so that they comply with the Canada Elections Act.
2019-1-24 20:28 | |
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For investors whose first time investing in bitcoin was in 2018 or after late 2017, there is a high likelihood that they have incurred substantial losses for the fiscal year of 2018 if they haven’t sold yet.
2018-12-29 02:01 | |
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The British government has recently released a policy paper clarifying the tax laws on crypto assets. This fairly straightforward document was released on Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs’ (HRMC) website, holding a sundry list of important crypto space terms, the relevant tax codes and points of intersection between the two.
2018-12-21 23:09 | |
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The UK‘s tax office, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, published details that outlines its stance on cryptocurrency and digital assets, obviously in the name of taxation. In a document titled “cryptoassets for individuals,” spotted by Coindesk, the HMRC highlights how it does “not consider cryptoassets to be currency or money.
2018-12-19 15:03 | |
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Finnish tax authorities have handed over information on 2,700 bitcoin traders to its Danish counterpart, Skattestyrelsen (SKAT). According to a press release, the traders used an undisclosed Finnish exchange to collectively purchase and sell some $15.
2018-12-14 03:12 | |
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Disclaimer: The parent company of Bitcoin Magazine, BTC Media, LLC, is an affiliate of Po. et. Today, November 27, 2018, the Po. et team has taken its next step toward the verifiable web as it officially launches its proof-of-existence protocol on the Bitcoin mainnet.
2018-11-28 17:40 | |
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The market for cryptocurrency tax services is growing rapidly, and it is providing forward-thinking tax professionals with an opportunity to capture oversized profits.
2018-11-15 16:58 | |
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Chinese arbitrary court has ruled that Bitcoin’s legal status as a non-currency does not mean it is not a property.
2018-10-29 20:05 | |
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The Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA) has recently affirmed that cryptocurrencies, specifically bitcoin and several of its hard forks, are considered legal property and Chinese citizens have a right to own and transfer them.
2018-10-27 19:22 | |
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Chinese court confirms Bitcoin protected by law. This news was reported on October 25 by Chinese cryptocurrency news commentator cnLedger. Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration ruled a case involving cryptos.
2018-10-26 12:18 | |
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Nouriel Roubini, an economist best known for his predictions of the 2008 housing bubble, and Peter Van Valkenburgh, Coin Center’s director of research, testified before the U.
2018-10-12 18:06 | |
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Listen Here – https://soundcloud. com/cryptodaily/how-monero-are-improving-human-rights-with-xmr Monero is considered to be the privacy coin, the currency of choice for absolute privacy. Now, privacy doesn’t necessarily mean security and we should remember that 2018 has seen a tonne of ‘Monero mining’ hacks, calling into question some of the projects integrity.
2018-10-12 17:00 | |
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Index funds have more than proven their worth as a preferred option for those with an eye on retirement. But now there is conversation about the value of adding bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to this investment mix.
2018-9-11 16:58 | |
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Capital gains on crypto transactions are easy to track, one at a time. What about when there are thousands?Cryptocurrency capital gains taxes are becoming a point of interest for governments.
2018-7-31 20:04 | |
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Special thanks to Eli ben Sasson for his kind assistance, as usual. Special thanks to Chih-Cheng Liang and Justin Drake for review. Trigger warning: math and lots of python div. foo { color: white; } div.
2018-7-22 04:03 | |
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The following is a diagram from a slide that I made in one of my presentations at Cornell this week: </img> If there was one diagram that could capture the core principle of Casper’s incentivization philosophy, this might be it.
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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One kind of token model that has become popular among many recent token sale projects is the “network medium of exchange token”. The general pitch for this kind of token goes as follows. We, the developers, build a network, and this network allows you to do new cool stuff.
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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The blockchain technologies research and development firm, Nchain, has acquired three new patents that have been issued by the European Patent Office. The company’s latest intellectual property invented by Nchain’s chief scientist, Dr.
2018-7-14 23:30 | |
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As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name.
2018-7-13 17:16 | |
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Last year, growing problems of Bitcoin mining centralization came to light with the controversy of an AsicBoost scandal. As a largely centralized hash rate began to threaten the software’s magical property, concerns were raised that incentives at the crux of Bitcoin’s game theory had broken away.
2018-6-29 16:42 | |
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Recently I had the fortune to have received an advance copy of Eric Posner and Glen Weyl’s new book, Radical Markets, which could be best described as an interesting new way of looking at the subject that is sometimes called “political economy” - tackling the big questions of how markets and politics and society intersect.
2018-7-21 04:03 | |
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Legendary analyst Peter Brandt has provided a bearish outlook for the Bitcoin price. He predicted it could crash to as low as $78,000 and explained why he holds such a bearish sentiment. Peter Brandt Predicts Bitcoin Price Crash To $78,000 In an X post, Peter Brandt predicted that the Bitcoin price could crash to $78,000.
FTX’s $16B creditor repayments in 2025 could spark a crypto bull run, but doubts remain over payout timelines and liquidity impacts. The post Will FTX Repayments Spark a Crypto Bull Run in 2025? Analysts Weigh in appeared first on BeInCrypto.
Crypto All-Stars, the unified staking ecosystem for meme coins, has announced that its native token, $STARS, will soon be listed on its first centralized exchanges (CEXs). Since its debut on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) on December 23, 2024, $STARS has generated 2x returns for presale investors despite initial profit-taking.
Ai16z's ambitious plan ties its token to ecosystem products and agent transactions, aiming to lead decentralized AI as an L1 blockchain. The post Ai16z Plans to Propel AI Agents with Strategic Tokenomics Reformation appeared first on BeInCrypto.
Robert Le at PitchBook predicts crypto VC funding to hit $18B in 2025. That’s 50% more than the $12B the industry saw in 2024 but still far from the $30B invested in 2021. A year of crypto 2023 was not.
The LinkedIn scammers use professional tools, including the Willo Video Interviewing platform, to gain victims' trust and manipulate them into compromising their devices. The post Hackers Turn LinkedIn into a Tool for Scamming Crypto Users appeared first on BeInCrypto.
As Donald Trump prepares to take over the White House next year, expectation surrounding David Sacks’ role as US crypto czar grows. The post Crypto Czar: What Does David Sacks’ New White House Role Mean for the Market? appeared first on BeInCrypto.