As we slide into yet another tax season, taxpayers should be cautioned that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is beginning 2018 on an aggressive note. Under the leadership of John D. “Don” Fort, new Chief of the IRS’ Criminal Investigation Division (CI or CID), the IRS is prioritizing the implementation of two new programs: the…
Have you ever used LocalBitcoins? If so, you’re going to love LocalEthereum. There are only a few options out there if you want to buy and sell coins. The most popular one – using coin Exchanges, comes with a risk as you have to rely on the services of a trusted third party. In fact,…
For the past several hours, Substratum (SUB) has been hovering in the top three percentage gainers for the day. Currently, SUB is the 3rd largest percentage gainer for the day. Why is this coin suddenly taking off? Should you invest in Substratum? What is Substratum (SUB)? According to its website, Substratum (SUB) is an “open-source…
The anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee has presented bullish assumptions in favor of Bitcoin price (BTC) – John McAfee thinks BTC could hit $1 million level by 2020. Though the anti-virus software pioneer had several reasons to support his bet, he also suggests investors invest only the money they can afford to lose – which…
Crypto startup Coinbase is stepping up its game. At least, in terms of helping its user base keep up with their tax obligations – it has launched its very own cryptocurrency tax calculator. What’s Going On? In January, the exchange and wallet service provider reminded its users that they are eligible for United States capital…
Not a good as a whole for the cryptocurrency market again, but will it drop below $300 billion like it did last month? This still remains entirely unknown. Currently, Bitcoin holds a 41.9% dominance of the total market, which is the highest the coin has held since December. At press time, BTC is trading at $9,068.87…
Monero (XMR), NEO, and Litecoin (LTC) all struggle to recover in a drowning crypto market. Monero (XMR) Monero is currently selling for $248.38, which puts the coin down 5.23% in the past 24 hours. Source: CoinMarketCapMonero has been having a rough slide for the past week. XMR was almost selling for $360 last Tuesday and…
Don’t you want to vote in the presidential elections and know that there wasn’t any fraud if you lose? If so, consider moving to Sierra Leone, as the world’s first blockchain presidential election has just taken place there. Blockchain technologies keep growing and proving to everyone that they are much more than just networks for…
Japan is the latest country to call for a discussion on cryptocurrency at the forthcoming G20 summit. More specifically, Japan is looking to spark a discussion on crypto money laundering. The meeting is to take place next week in Argentina, and over the course of the last month, we have seen a number of countries…
The SEC has continued its guidance relating to all things crypto with a statement in early March regarding the legality of exchanges. While the statement doesn’t name any specific exchanges, it does make it clear the SEC considers many exchanges to be acting contrary to US securities law by trading assets the SEC considers to…
