Christine Parker, partner at Reed Smith, summarizes the slew of regulatory headlines facing Binance and how such scrutiny may affect the exchange going forward. Show highlights: which countries are investigating Binance why it has been...
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House Representative Tom Emmer, of Minnesota, is one of the most active voice for crypto and blockchain in the US government. In this episode, he discusses: what book made Tom fall down the crypto rabbit hole why Tom believes the Financial...
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A tax enforcement proposal from the Biden administration may compel businesses to report bitcoin transactions exceeding $10,000 to the IRS.A tax enforcement proposal from the Biden administration would compel businesses accepting bitcoin transactions of more than $10,000 to report them to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).“Cryptocurrency already poses a significant detection problem by facilitating illegal...
The US Treasury Department today announced a major clampdown on crypto transactions in the US as it set an upper limit of $10,000 to be reported to the Internal Revenue Services (IRS). The department said that the...
What is the current outlook on bitcoin taxes, and what might the future hold as the network and asset grows?While many joke about that unfortunate boating accident that magically makes all bitcoin disappear, the vast majority of us know that as the popular meme goes, “One does not simply not pay taxes.” This article is geared toward the U.S. tax code, as...
Crypto exchange giant Binance is allegedly under investigation by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as well as the Department of Justice (DOJ) for money laundering and tax evasion. BREAKING: Binance, the world's biggest crypto exchange, is under investigation by the Justice Department and IRS...
Binance, one of the most important cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, could be facing an investigation by both the United States Justice Department (DOJ) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) according to Bloomberg. The investigation would be the result of the US efforts to stop illegal activities that have found a way to take advantage of [...] The post Binance Collaborates with IRS &...
The world’s largest bitcoin exchange, Binance, is reportedly being investigated by U.S. authorities.The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service (IRS), according to a report from...
In comments at a virtual conference, an IRS counsel indicated the agency would seize virtual currency like bitcoin to satisfy tax collection.According to comments made at a virtual conference this week by U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) deputy associate chief counsel Robert Wearing, the agency would seize cryptocurrency assets like bitcoin from individuals it deems to be in violation of tax requirements....
PLUS: Buy bitcoin right from your bank It was a frothy week in crypto as Dogecoin made it two-thirds of the way to a dollar, and Ethereum Classic raced past $100 per coin in a 280% gain in just seven days, perhaps riding the momentum of ether, which also hit an ATH at $3,500+. The market was not all froth. Underneath the head-shaking...
The IRS has been authorized to seek information on users of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, to ensure they are paying their taxes.A court in Northern California has empowered the IRS to serve a “John Doe summons” to Payward Ventures Inc., which does business in the U.S. as...
Judgement day could be coming for early crypto investors who thought that the government had no chance in tracing Bitcoin and other blockchain transactions. According to a Senior Washington Correspondent for CNBC, the "taxman" is coming "for crypto" and the IRS has been authorized to serve a request...
The United States Department of Justice has granted the country’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) permission to submit a request for transaction information on users who have transacted more than $20k during the 2016 to 2020 period. The requests, commonly known as a “John Doe summons,” are designed to find information about any US taxpayer who [...] The post United States Government Demands Kraken...
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NFTs volume is dropping after an initial bubble-like storm of interest and millions pouring into the emerging digital goods market. But it could be because crypto investors are realizing as they wrap up last year's taxes – extended to May 17 in the United States – that buying such tokens with Ethereum results in a taxable transaction. Here's some of the tax pitfalls...
An IRS summons compelling Circle to provide data on customers who made significant cryptocurrency transactions has been authorized.According to an April 1, 2021, release from the U.S. Department of Justice, a federal court in Manhattan has entered an order authorizing the IRS to...
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