This brings us to a key question: what is
the fair value of a bitcoin?
Not exact matches
So perhaps the
fair market
value of Bitcoin could be something like $ 2,000 per
Bitcoin in analogy with the gold mining.
Your tax deduction will be equal to the
fair market
value of the donated
bitcoin as determined by a qualified appraisal.
[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.
Bitcoin BTC = BTSP is in a bubble and its
fair value should be around $ 100, or about 99 percent below the current level, Katsunori Sago, chief investment officer
of Japan Post Bank (7182.
«When Coinbase's customers» trades were finally executed, it was only after the insiders had driven up the price
of BCH, and thus the remaining
bitcoin customers only received their BCH at artificially inflated prices that had been manipulated well beyond the
fair market
value of BCH at that time.»
A
fair warning, though: With the
value of Bitcoin soaring, initial coin offerings are breeding like rabbits, yet the real - world
value of these altcoins remains suspect, as does the motives
of some
of the individuals announcing these ICOs.
Martin Tillier
of the Nasdaq's trading blog believes
bitcoin's
fair value lies somewhere in the $ 140 region, at a slight premium to the level it was trading at, around $ 120, before the bull - run in the autumn
of 2013.
A look at how the Google search trends chart correlates with a chart
of bitcoin's
value over the last year implies that the
fair - weather investors who helped propel it into the stratosphere may have moved on.
I think it is
fair to point out that
Bitcoin's trading volume was 972,867 in the last 24 hrs, which would mean Silk Road contributed around 10 days
of total trading
value \ volume to the
Bitcoin economy which has been going for 6 years.
On December 5th, Bank
of America's foreign exchange strategist David Woo declared a projected market capitalization for
Bitcoin of $ 15 billion and a projected
fair value of $ 1,300.
Overall after rallying for over 45 solid days and almost touching $ 20K, it seems
bitcoin core and a score
of other digital assets are trying to find their
fair market
value.
In a televised interview with Bloomberg today, Gatecoin's marketing chief and head
of business development for Asia Pacific Thomas Glucksmann was led onto the subject
of bitcoin's «
fair value», at a time when prices are nearing $ 10,000 — a remarkable 10x gain since the turn
of the year.
To be
fair, the
value of the world's mined gold dwarfs
bitcoin at approximately USD 7.5 trillion, but gold and
bitcoin may be more acceptable opponents than
bitcoin and the dollar.
It's undoubtedly true that
bitcoin doesn't have any
fair value to support its price on exchanges; the cost
of mining each coin stands below $ 1000 in some countries — which depends mainly on electricity prices.
For example, if the
value of Bitcoin jumps up a
fair amount, you'll see more loot drops with higher chances
of rare loot, along with more difficult enemies.