More IRS crypto reporting, more danger
The U.S. authorities are becoming seriously interested in crypto, making unreported crypto more dangerous. The United States Internal Revenue Service classifies crypto as property, meaning you can trigger taxes every time you use crypto to buy something. You might be using it to pay for a Tesla electric vehicle — oh, sorry, that’s not possible anymore — a cup of coffee or even a castle in Europe. You might be paying someone for services, either as an independent contractor or as an employee. But no matter what the transaction, you may have a gain or a loss, something quite apart from the....
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New Crypto Scam Reporting Platform Launched
A number of crypto firms have joined forces and launched a new, multi-chain scam reporting platform. TRM Labs, Circle, Solana Foundation, the Aave Companies, Hedera, Binance.us, and Civic announced last week “the launch of a new community-powered scam reporting platform,....
Grayscale Investments now has three SEC reporting funds, with the newest addition being the Digital Large Cap Fund. The company has also filed to make three other funds SEC reporting companies. Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest crypto asset manager, made two announcements Monday. The first was that the registration statement on Form 10 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the Digital Large Cap Fund (OTCQX: GDLC) has become effective. The fund is, therefore, an SEC reporting company, the company confirmed, elaborating: The fund is....
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