The RBI's decision could deal a death blow to India - based exchanges that facilitate trade in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum as people won't be able to use money in their bank accounts or digital wallets to buy or
sell these virtual assets.
Not exact matches
For example, things like stocks, bonds, and other investment property are capital
assets, so if you receive
virtual currency from
selling these items, you will be taxed on the capital gains / loss.
Nonetheless, National Bank Direct Brokerage's move to drop commissions on ETF buying and
selling might still mean a shakeup of
Virtual Brokers» pricing is in the cards not too long from now, especially since CI Financial owns ETF provider First
Asset.
The Tokens could be deemed from time to time as a
virtual commodity, a digital
asset or even as money, securities or currency in various jurisdictions and therefore could be prohibited from being
sold, purchased, traded, distributed or held in certain jurisdictions pursuant to local regulations.
Earning or trading
virtual currencies in video games is also a popular occupation; the archetype of a «Chinese gold farmer» collecting in - game
assets in massively multiplayer online games to
sell for profit is quite real.
It also gives players the ability to freely buy,
sell or exchange
virtual assets without ties to company servers.
The IRS requires investors to submit records showing every time they
sold or spent their
virtual currency
assets.
Unlike stocks, which are straightforward buy - and -
sell transactions, pretty much any disposition of
virtual currency
assets is a taxable event.
If you held a cryptocurrency
asset for less than one year before
selling it or swapping it for a different
virtual currency, you are taxed at your ordinary income tax rate.
Separately, Stripe said Bitcoin users now saw the
virtual currency largely as an «
asset» to be bought and
sold, rather than something a means of exchange.
Although the app's primary focus is the buying and
selling of in - game video game
assets, other
virtual goods — like event e-tickets — can be bought and
sold on the platform as well.