AvatarKamilFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe IRS Just Issued Its First Cryptocurrency Tax Guidance in 5 Yearscoindesk.com - Anna BaydakovaFor the first time since 2014, the IRS is detailing how it will tax cryptocurrency holdings. Here's what you need to know. The U.S. Internal Revenue …
AvatarKamilAvatarAvatarThis blockchain-based card game shows us the future of ownershipMIT Technology Review - Mike OrcuttGods Unchained is riding a wave of hype because of the way it lets players own digital cards. But the core concept could reach beyond games. Gods …
AvatarKamilAvatarAvatarThere's No Good Reason to Trust Blockchain TechnologyWIRED - Bruce SchneierOpinion: Cryptocurrencies are useless. Blockchain solutions are frequently much worse than the systems they replace. Here's why. In his 2008 white …
AvatarKamilFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSEC announces cryptocurrency ether is not a securityyahoo.com - Ethan Wolff-MannAre bitcoin and ether securities? Finally, one of the biggest questions and debates in crypto has been answered by the SEC, officially. In an …
AvatarKamilAvatarAvatarBlockchain is crappy technology and a bad vision for the futureverified_publisherTNW - Kai StinchcombeThis December I wrote a widely-circulated article on the inapplicability of blockchain to any actual problem. People objected mostly not to the technology argument, but rather hoped that decentralization could produce integrity. Let’s start with this: Venmo is a free service to transfer dollars, and …
AvatarKamilAvatarAvatarDespite Bitcoin's 'Sell-Off,' The Cryptocurrency Space Continues To Attract InvestorsForbes - Roger AitkenVolatility, volatility, volatility. Traders certainly love it. But the volatility witnessed of late among many leading cryptocurrencies - including the "Big Daddy" of them all in the shape of Bitcoin as well as Ethereum - has been a "double-edged sword," according to some pundits. Price swings can …
AvatarKamilAvatarAvatarBitcoin's Biggest Winners—or Losers—Are Likely to Be Menverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Conor FriedersdorfA thought experiment about risk-taking, equity, and gender. After a long struggle for equality, it’s no longer controversial in the United States that women are owed equal rights, equal dignity, equal protection of the law, and the same economic opportunities as men. Yet disagreements remain about …
AvatarKamilFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTrump’s New Economic Adviser Hints at Friendly Tax Policy for Crypto Investorsccn.com - Josiah WilmothPresident Donald Trump’s new economic adviser has his sights set on lowering the capital gains tax rate, a move that would prove to be a huge boon to …
AvatarKamilAvatarAvatarBill Gates warns cryptocurrency, bitcoin have deadly sidesverified_publisherCNET - Steven MusilMicrosoft co-founder says criminals, terrorists and tax evaders benefit from cryptocurrencies' anonymous transactions.
AvatarKamilAvatarAvatarIf you own bitcoin, here’s how much you owe in taxesverified_publisherCNBC - Kyle WalshFor many, though, bitcoin is just an investment. If you've held those bitcoins for less than a year and sell them, that cash will be taxed as income. …
AvatarKamilAvatarAvatarWhat Is Blockchain?verified_publisherLifehacker - Jacob KleinmanAll of a sudden, blockchain is everywhere. The technology, which was invented in 2008 to power Bitcoin when it launched a year later, is being used …
AvatarKamilAvatarAvatarEveryone Is Getting Hilariously Rich and You’re Not (Published 2018)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Nellie BowlesSAN FRANCISCO — Recently the founder of something called Ripple briefly became richer than Mark Zuckerberg. Another day an anonymous donor set up an $86 million Bitcoin-fortune charity called the Pineapple Fund. A Tesla was spotted with a BLOCKHN license plate. There’s a surge in people looking to …