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Your Taxes Paid for a Lot of Blockchain Surveillance Last Year

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Governments worldwide have been ramping up regulations for cryptocurrencies and hiring research and blockchain surveillance teams. One firm that tracks transactions on the Bitcoin Core blockchain is called Chainalysis, and this year the company has gathered over a half a million USD on record from various government and law enforcement entities. Also read: South Korean Exchange … Read more

Mt. Gox Bitcoin Missing In relation to Mysterious Death of Exchange CEO

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State owned media outlet, Russia Today (RT), reports the suicide of an exchange CEO was in actuality something more sinister and connected to Mt. Gox’ 650,000 still missing bitcoin, according to RT’s exclusive source. Also read: African Central Banks: Ditch Dollar, Buy Bitcoin RT’s Exclusive Source: CEO Death Linked to Missing Gox Bitcoin “The hundreds of … Read more

Trading Bitcoin for an Altcoin Won’t Shield You From the IRS Anymore

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Any American bitcoin investors who were hoping to avoid paying taxes for their profits this year by trading them for altcoins are in for an unpleasant surprise. New regulations have been tailored specifically to make sure U.S. taxpayers can’t use this method to avoid giving the IRS their cut. Also Read: South Africa Wants to … Read more