Lee's firm estimates that the American authorities may gain as much as $ 25 billion in capital gains taxes this year.According to him, capital gains
from trading of cryptocurrencies and stocks last year amounted to $ 1.04 trillion.
Not exact matches
The system only allows exchanges that have applied for a license, known as a «Bitlicense,»
from New York State's Department
of Financial Services to
trade cryptocurrencies.
South Korea's new management - minded approach is a dramatic turnaround
from its energetic regulatory crackdown on
cryptocurrency exchanges this past year, alarmed at a heated market that saw local prices
of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies in South Korea
trade for higher than international levels.
The Dutch family
of five is in the process
of selling pretty much everything they own —
from their 2,500 - square - foot house, to their shoes — and
trading it in for the popular
cryptocurrency.
A head
of the European Union's watchdog said a short - term strategy could be to focus on applying anti-money laundering and terrorist financing rules, warning consumers
of the risk
of trading in
cryptocurrencies and preventing banks
from holding them.
Since then, the value
of the
cryptocurrency has come off its all - time highs and
trades for around C$ 13,000, but remains up significantly
from where it was a year ago.
Autonomous NEXT recorded a record high
of 226 global hedge funds focused on
trading cryptocurrencies, up
from 110 global hedge funds as
of October 18.
At least 3.5 million people were
trading cryptocurrency on Japan's 17 domestic exchanges as
of the end
of March this year, according to Coindesk's translation
of statistics
from the country's Financial Services Agency (FSA).
LONDON — Online
trading platform Plus500 raised its profit forecasts for the year on Wednesday, saying it has benefitted
from the booming popularity
of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.
The fog
of frenzied
cryptocurrency trading looks like it may soon dissipate, leaving markets and society with more
of the good that's resulted
from its foundational technology — frictionless, secure, and efficient virtualized transaction settlements — and less
of the bad — highly speculative
cryptocurrency trading.
Chinese bitcoin exchange BTCChina said on Thursday that it would stop all
trading from Sept. 30, setting off a further slide in the value
of the
cryptocurrency that left it over 30 percent away
from the record highs it hit earlier in the month.
A Colorado legislator has introduced a measure to the House
of Representatives that would define as gross income gains worth over $ 600
from the sale or
trading of cryptocurrency.
The South African government's tax collection agency is taking steps to better understand the ways and means
of cryptocurrency trading, apparently eying tax revenue
from digital asset holders.
Big Money Movers As signs
of life
from Bitcoin begin to make waves in the broader
cryptocurrency market, the amount
of high - volume, off - exchange
trades is starting to pick up.
Nevertheless, the bank received enough interest
from hedge funds, endowments, and other institutional investors that its board
of directors voted to approve the move that will see it become the first major US bank to use its own funds to
trade cryptocurrencies or
cryptocurrency derivatives.
«I see the memo as the CFTC cautioning its employees on the ethical issues that could be raised by their
trading in
cryptocurrencies, encouraging them to consider and seek advice
from the CFTC ethics team before
trading in
cryptocurrencies, noting that employees may not transact in
cryptocurrencies if they have nonpublic information about them
from their work at the CFTC, and advising that those who participate in CFTC dealings related to
cryptocurrencies may not
trade in them for conflict
of interest reasons.»
The «modern technology services» discussed in the report point to
cryptocurrencies and their usage to launder money derived
from the illicit
trade of firearms, drugs, human trafficking, and other organized crime.
In one
of its Financial Services Policy updates, Google has decided to ban advertisements promoting
cryptocurrencies and the related content which includes initial coin offerings (ICOs),
cryptocurrency exchanges,
cryptocurrency wallets, and
cryptocurrency trading advice, starting
from June this year.
Investors and exchanges in South Korea were bracing themselves for what was understood as a potential government - issued ban on
cryptocurrency trading; but conflicting reports
from different parts
of the government are now surfacing, leaving the global community rocking on its heels.
As financial institutions» interest in
trading cryptocurrencies explodes, Andreessen Horowitz is leading a group
of influential venture capitalists to protect
cryptocurrencies from being classified as securities.
Following inspections
from People's Bank
of China, the Big Three Chinese exchanges have halted margin and zero - fee
cryptocurrency trading.
On Thursday, January 11, 2018, reports
from South Korea indicated that some
of the nation's authorities are planning a ban on
cryptocurrency trading in the country.
Financial services group Nordea, which banned its employees
from engaging in off - the - clock
cryptocurrency trading earlier this year, said at the time that financial institutions often «restrict the personal account dealing
of staff to prevent them taking positions in speculative investments, or which might expose them to a risk
of financial loss and therefore impact their financial standing.»
The CEO & Founder
of the company is Dan Clark, a software engineer with experience
from creating automated
trading systems for stock and
cryptocurrency markets.
Thomas Peterffy, chairman
of the broker - dealer Interactive Brokers Group, expressed deep concerns about the
trading of bitcoin futures last month, saying «there is no fundamental basis for valuation
of Bitcoin and other
cryptocurrencies, and they may assume any price
from one day to the next.»
Japanese
cryptocurrency traders exceed 3 million: Japan is one
of the most crypto - friendly countries out there with more than 3 million Japanese
trading in
cryptocurrency according to the latest figures
from its Financial Services Agency (FSA).
Robin Zhu, chief operating officer at Huobi, is quoted as saying in January 2017: «The regulator wanted to grab a big picture
of how significant
cryptocurrency trading was in China — how does bitcoin work; where does the money come
from; where does it go to; how do people make and lose money?»
The proliferation
of the virtual currency and the accompanying
trading frenzy have raised eyebrows among regulators globally, though many central banks have refrained
from supervising
cryptocurrencies themselves.
Apart
from a number
of rules that were already issued, the National Tax Service (NTS) is currently drafting a framework on how to effectively collect taxes on
cryptocurrency trading transactions.
Prices
of cryptocurrencies tumbled during the Asian
trading session on Wednesday, as more attacks were directed at the virtual currency industry
from prominent figures such as JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon and
from NORTH KOREA.
Through deliberation
of Bithumb
Cryptocurrency Deliberative Committee, the exchange is launching an ICON Airdrop
from March 21 to March 25, 2018 exclusively for members who
trade 1 million Won (KRW) or more within the event period.
The consensus for the sentiment shift
from bearish to bullish seems to be the positive and mature outlook offered on the
cryptocurrency sector by Christopher Giancarlo, chairman
of the U.S. Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) during his testimony in front
of the Senate Banking Committee last Tuesday.
ZEC's retreat
from the record high
of $ 955.26 could be associated with overbought technical conditions and broad - based drop in
cryptocurrency prices due to fears
of trading restrictions in South Korea.
This might leave
cryptocurrency investors in the dark in the event
of «[thefts]
of vast sums
of virtual currency
from customer accounts, sudden and poorly explained
trading outages, possible market manipulation, and difficulties when withdrawing funds
from accounts.»
The Thai regulator approved a tax on the
trade in
cryptocurrency, allegedly in order to protect «naive merchants»
from the loss
of personal funds.
In particular, the organization raised concerns about leveraged
trading of cryptocurrencies, though it acknowledged that the low correlation between
cryptocurrencies and other assets «suggests that the risk
of spillovers
from idiosyncratic price moves in crypto assets to the wider market may be limited at this point.»
A regular partner for the Bitcoin Asia community, Ronny Boesing, CEO
of Crypto Coins Exchange Denmark ApS (CCEDK) sheds more light on the venture
from Bitcoin adoption to working and
trading other
cryptocurrencies.
In mid-January
of 2018, the PBoC prohibited payment providers
from facilitating
cryptocurrency trades.
For example, in both cases, each purchaser in the ICO is prohibited
from purchasing more than $ 2,500 worth
of coins (unless detailed know - your - client and suitability reviews on the purchaser are conducted) and Impak and Tokenfunder are restricted
from listing and
trading their coins on any
cryptocurrency exchange unless prior approval is obtained
from their respective provincial securities regulators.
On May 7, 2018, officers
from the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will accumulate as a part
of a operating workforce to speak about the regulatory classification
of Ether and different
cryptocurrencies.
Most
of these
cryptocurrency exchanges either confirmed that they did not provide
trading services for such
cryptocurrencies or took immediate rectification measures, including removing relevant
cryptocurrencies from their platforms...
Prices
of cryptocurrencies climbed overnight during the Asian
trading session, trimming heavy losses
from the...
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trading of cryptocurrency arranged through chat - apps like Telegram and WeChat, for example, could fall under scrutiny, according to the Wall Street Journal.This much stricter stance on Bitcoin, beyond just exchanges but also concerning Bitcoin itself, seem consistent with comments
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