Hindsight In 2020: Bitcoin Brings Investors 16x Returns Over The S&P 500
Bitcoin has for several months now, captured the crown for 2020 as the most profitable mainstream asset of the year. Whatever the reason is behind the unstoppable momentum, the recent divergence between crypto and stocks, and even precious metals, has the leading cryptocurrency by market cap reaching over 16x times the return of the S&P […]
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Taxpayers in Brazil have only a couple of days left to file their annual tax returns. Investors who had more than 5,000 reals worth of cryptocurrency in 2020, a little less than $1,000, are obliged to report the funds on their income tax declarations this year. Brazilians who fail to do that on time face hefty fines. Deadline for Tax Filing in Brazil Expires Midnight May 31 Brazilian citizens are required to file their 2021 income tax returns before June 1. This year, the deadline was extended by a month due to the coronavirus pandemic which took a heavy toll on South America’s....
March 12, 2020, will go down in history books as Black Thursday. That day began a two-day, more than 50% collapse in Bitcoin. It also shook the stock market, precious metals, and crypto. But yet, that fateful day in hindsight was the best thing to happen to Bitcoin all year and was a crucial factor in the asset achieving a new all-time high and trading near $30,000 currently. Here are all the reasons why. […]
Just remember, the IRS is quite interested in crypto and is taking steps to unearth those who do not report. This year was like no other. Now that it has limped to a close and we look at the promise of a better 2021, it is time to think about taxes. Although there were many other notable things about 2020, there were some tax points to savor — and some to fear.Gains and lossesIt is hard to look at crypto and 2020 without commenting on gains and losses. Bitcoin (BTC) ballooned in price, making a lot of investors happy. Of course, if you had taken short positions, you are less content. And....
2020 is no exception to the rule that putting $1 into Bitcoin nets investors more than traditional assets. Bitcoin (BTC) still beats gold as an investment in 2020 despite the precious metal generating its biggest returns in a decade.In a knock to gold bugs, data shows that despite gold’s run this year, Bitcoin still trumps every macro asset when it comes to investment profits.Bitcoin “quietly eating the financial world”Fresh off its second best quarterly close on record, Bitcoin is up almost 50% in 2020, while gold has managed just half of that — 25.6%.The S&P 500, an index with which....