In 2014, you told the Canadian Senate to hold off on regulating cryptocurrencies for five years. What would you say to them now and do you see any new restrictions or regulations regarding bitcoin coming in the next 6 months? How would the Cryptocurrency Tax Fairness Act (HR-3708) affect capital gains reporting? Most regulations in the next six months will probably focus on ICOs and whether they fall under securities law. Custodial services which hold money on behalf of others may also face more scrutiny on a state-by-state basis in the United States. I don’t believe in KYC/AML regulations. More and more interactions will move to decentralised exchanges; destroying the on- and off-ramps will just encourage people to stay in the cryptocurrency economy. Boycotting a technology or industry that is rapidly evolving is not a good idea.
https://coincenter.org/link/the-cryptocurrency-tax-fairness-act-was-offered-as-amendment-to-the-house-tax-reform-bill-last-night-in-congress
My testimony to the Canadian Senate: https://youtu.be/GP_eT6E4os8
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I've seen arguments that gold and silver are not commonly used as currency anymore because of the tax reporting associated with these transactions. I'm not sure about this, but cryptocurrencies cans sidestep this restriction with software. It'd be relatively trivial to include this kind of accounting in cryptocurrency wallets. Also, vendors can immediately convert cryptocurrencies into a local currency with various services.
This kind of reporting is even more rediculous if you consider the limits on barter trades between individuals. If I write a simple website for the local pizzaria in exchange for a dozen pizzas, I have to report the pizzas to the government in terms of dollars, so that they can take a couple of slices from each one (in dollars). But I never received the dollars to pay the government, so I'm stuck…
Right on!
Regulation for custodial accounts may be necessary but I also think custodial accounts should be discouraged. Well protected or memorized seed words are basically our FDIC. Rather than trust an institution trust yourself or a relative or a good friend.
Very informative. Thank you. There is a lot of contradiction out there. We would love for you to take a look at our project and give us your opinion on how it could be affected by SEC fiasco.
Actually AA – the entire "capital gains" reporting requirement for BitCoin is a legal-myth. Why? Because BitCoin does not meet the STATUTORY definition of an asset subject to capital gains. Capital gains taxes in the US are predicated on CORPORATE gains. The key term is "CORPORATE" (as in CORPORATION). This was established in 1909 within the CORPORATE EXCISE TAX ACT which defined statutory "INCOME" as gains arising from CORPORATE activity. This is also why the term "INCOME" is NOT DEFINED anywhere within the INCOME-TAX-CODE (already having been defined in the Corporate Excise Tax Act of 1909). The most obvious and typical example would be a CORPORATE dividend paid to a stock-holder. The dividend gets paid AND the stock-holder still holds the underlying asset – the stock. In other words – the stock-holder sees a GAIN from a CORPORATE-ASSET and loses nothing. Compare this to the EXCHANGE of a crypto asset. When you exchange the asset into currency (whether Dollars or another Crypto), you are SWAPPING one currency for another. Technically, there is NO GAIN because you LOSE the asset you are swapping in the trade. Even if you purchased it at a better price – you are still LOSING the asset when you trade it. The Government wants people to ignore the fact that in trading crypto for dollars — that they no longer possess the crypto. Hello! The purchase/sale price is irrelevant. There may be a million accountants that will argue this point, but they're wrong. This is an area of taxation law that has been grossly misrepresented by the US Govt and I can currently think of about 2 trillion reasons annually why this is so. However — the FACT is, by LEGAL DEFINITION, a BitCoin exchange does NOT meet the statutory-requirement as a taxable event and this principle is also true of most cryptos (&, for that matter, most anything that you may buy for a dime and sell for a dollar). But don't take my word on this. There is a former IRS-CID agent (turned whistle-blower) who has well-documented the nature of this fraud and confronted the agency about it. He is high-profile, a CPA and has weathered legal attacks from the IRS over the last 2 decades (coming out smelling like a rose). His name is Joseph Banister and his website is: FreedomAboveFortune.com
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Another very educational video. You're awesome Andreas.
Is it possible to make a DAPP which takes care of the private keys, exchanges, and wallets automatically without burdening the consumer? Basically the computer knows who you are using facial recognition, speech recognition, finger prints etc, and takes care of the rest automatically. Now THAT will be a game changer! Using the Internet in the 90's wasn't very simple either. Fortunately, it became more intuitive.
Do you thing the upcoming G20 in Argentina will attack Bitcoin & Cryptocurrencies ?
Holy smokes…. 2014… It doesn't feel like it has been that long. This space moves in dog years and I'm so excited to see what happens next.
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So we should encourage regulators to regulate bitcoin lol or try at least
So ture! So accurate! Andreas is great!
yeah but do ppl actually declare their capital gains from cryptos? I mean at 50 or 100k for sure I would assume so, but what about us really small amount investors…talking anything from 500 to 10k dollars.
None of my colleagues does so at the moment…
Totally agree. Banks are just old fashion.
"I'm not holding my breath for governments to do smart things." : )
lol we should report all this but file via paper filing so they get a massive box of paperwork of all the tiny transactions
Let’s boycott these banks. They’re using our cash to lend out 10X on fake money. Go with credit unions and bitcoin
what is the name of the muziek at end?
4:40 At the age of 13, I was fortunate to be able to watch and directly participate in the changing of the music industry. It was inconceivable to me why they were so resistant to adopting digital distribution, knowing as a "dumb" kid that a file type was never going away.
Banks taking the music industry resistant approach are outlining both their 15 year business model and roadmap; nostalgia. My 5 year old who owns no CD's and uses a Brain wallet is going to see Banks as quite alien unless they have vision and can adapt in a way Steve Jobs was able to.
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Man you look like you could use more sleep.
I tried to wire money (my money) to a well known licensed in the U.S. exchange and Capital One refused to let me wire it out of my checking account.So, I transferred my money out of Capital One checking account and sent it to one of my other banks: closed my Capital One checking account. You can't tell me what to do with my money!
He hasn’t given a talk in months. No interviews. I think Andreas lost that loving feeling he had back when studied bitcoin on his second viewing. He said bitcoin is in a bubble and he was right as the correction is still ongoing and the entire world now knows about bitcoin. Bitcoin failed to scale while it had the world’s attention for months and offered no solution except some 10 developers working on second layer solutions. Only 10. Hahahahahaha. Multi-Billion dollars and freedom from banks in hands of only 10 people. The public saw the BS being put out. Bitcoin had its day in the sun too soon and it won’t recover anytime soon and Andreas knows it. He wanted the slow build up and downplayed how fast information travels when he made wild claims but he got his millions given to him. If Andreas wants to help, he should become the 11th developer working on Lightning cause so far, it’s not working on the test network and people lost bitcoins using it on main network. I respect their bravery for knowing how or never. If you ask him, he’ll agree bitcoin should be valued at $900 based on the infrastructure in place which is getting reduced in China and must move to Canada which will be a delay. Such potential as Andreas put forth but now due to his public speaking ability, the tech got rushed and proven not ready so we wait another decade for a new brand with proper tech.
Can you speak on INFOWARS? I also like the Senate hearing idea.
You've done a great job Andreas! The flood has started and it can't be stopped.
Bravo Anton?
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No capital gains tax in New Zealand.
Though now we have socialist in power that could change here..
Excellent.
What if you for instance don't report the gains to the IRS?
I know you spoke highly about Myriad (XMY) years ago. What do you think of it still? I think its still highly undervalued for what it did for crypto. The development has actually picked up lately and there is cool stuff in the works for it.
Bitcoin Cash is definitely going to trigger regulation.. they are trying to defraud the public by claiming that BCH is the real bitcoin.. Bitcoin, the real bitcoin, backs instruments on Wall Street.. which puts the SEC in the picture this year.. definitely.