The Internal Revenue Service of the U.S. drafted a 2014 notice on «virtual currency» providing some guidance on its views of
bitcoin as capital assets that are subject to taxes.
The American Internal Revenue Service (IRS) treats
bitcoin as a capital asset.
Not exact matches
You see, although
bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are commonly referred to
as a form of digital currency, in the eyes of the IRS, cryptocurrencies are
capital assets, like stocks or commodities, and are therefore subject to
capital gains taxes.
Instead, the IRS will tax
Bitcoin as either a
capital asset or tangible
asset.
Now that
Bitcoin has defined itself
as the crypto - world's reserve
asset,
capital can be deployed in a much more rational manner.
It was perhaps only a matter of time for
Bitcoin to be endorsed at such an event
as major hedge fund investors have already begun divulging
capital into digital currency
assets.
Under one reasonable approach, a
Bitcoin should be treated
as a
capital asset (and not
as «currency»).
[13] However, if the donor held the
Bitcoin or other currency for more than a year
as a
capital asset, the deduction would be the fair market value of the gift up to 30 % of adjusted gross income.
As a result, I believe some
capital is rotating out of other crypto -
assets and into
bitcoin to make sure they receive coins on both sides of the fork,» he added.
Kyle Bass, the prominent US - based hedge fund manager and the founder and principal of Dallas - based hedge fund Hayman
Capital Management, believes
bitcoin as a digital
asset and currency is here to stay.
He even took to social media to clarify his thoughts regarding crypto
assets such
as bitcoin on Friday by stating that, «to be clear, we delayed launching a hedge fund with outside investors
capital last week because we didn't like market conditions for new investors,» and adding that he has bullish hopes for the long - term horizon.
While China has, in the past, had tightly controlled potential exits for
capital leaving the country, ICO entrepreneurs remained optimistic
as the country with the largest population of
bitcoin miners sought to crackdown on the new
asset class.
As bitcoin and security expert Andreas Antonopoulos explained, it is favorable to maintain a diversified portfolio of cryptocurrencies rather than allocating all of the
capital into a single digital
asset for risk minimization.
Koltsov believes that one should not underestimate
Bitcoin and that it will be used
as a
capital savings
asset in the future, just like gold is used today.
While some of the more popular cryptocurrencies like
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin, are considered by many investors
as extremely over-bought, some investors may even opt to start taking profits off the table and placing the realized
capital into up and coming
assets that have room for growth.