It’s no secret that many relatively new investors in the cryptocurrency markets have seen massive monetary losses that have resulted from the persisting bear market that first began in late-2017 when Bitcoin began falling from its highs of nearly $20,000. The realized losses that resulted from this drop, however, are tax deductible in the United…
With Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies making huge sums of money for those adept at timing the market, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is keen to make sure it receives its cut of the profits. However, a lawyer from Morgan Lewis & Bockius states that many users do not realise that even when they have…
The IRS is hot on the trails of cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens. They see these as fertile grounds for fraud, including tax evasion, market manipulation, and money laundering. Unfortunately, whether it’s a celebrity or not, people are always susceptible to getting into the trap. The popularity of digital assets has created a new challenge for…
To soften the critical blow dealt by the coronavirus to the United States economy, the government issued stimulus checks on last month, and according to data, much of these stimulus checks made their way into Bitcoin and other crypto assets.The boost in economic activity and spare cash may be partly responsible for the recent bullish…
They say journalists never truly clock out. But for Christian, that's not just a metaphor, it's a lifestyle. By day, he navigates the ever-shifting tides of the cryptocurrency market, wielding words like a seasoned editor and crafting articles that decipher the jargon for the masses. When the PC goes on hibernate mode, however, his pursuits…
Last year, the crypto community pointed fingers at tax payers liquidating assets in order to cover inflated tax bills due to the substantial gains realized during the 2017 Bitcoin bull run as among the chief reasons the bear market had begun. In 2018, however, the inverse happened, and most cryptocurrency investors suffered massive losses as…
Privacy coin Monero presses on full steam ahead as its daily transaction count reaches all-time highs. Data from bitinfocharts.com shows the daily number of XMR transactions peaked at 20.136k on October 12, 2020. This smashes the previous all-time high of 16.689k daily transactions, achieved less than a month and a half ago. Source: bitinfocharts.com Since…