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the threshold for cross-border transactions is being lowered to $250: that is certainly new! technically nothing has changed yet---these regulations are only "proposed" and we are in a public comment period until…

btc-e did start implementing KYC in late 2016 or early 2017. it became a requirement for bank wires to the USA. KYC was never required to trade there, of course. but yes, it seems entirely possible that he let some PII…

it's possible (but unlikely) that they seized his computers and his wallets were unencrypted---no password---or something similar, like having a seed written down in plain text. in that case, the coins would be ready…

not a judgment. this didn't go to trial. it took years of litigation before they settled though. i wish they did go to trial---it would be a lot more informative re precedent. as i read it, the claim was mostly based on…

to clarify, the money is all held in BTC/crypto which is in your possession? it's not sitting in a KYC-verified exchange account or something? and i take it your girlfriend is a belgian resident? here's the main issue:…

they don't have a specific tax framework for crypto. however, as with most countries, the spanish government says the current framework already applies: Spain's Tax Authority Sending Notices to 66,000 Cryptocurrency…

you need to establish tax jurisdiction first---often a timely and difficult process, and one which usually requires that you establish residency. in malta for instance, that takes physical presence on the island for…

Missing your private key characters means that you cannot access it. Moreover, if it is those many amounts of the characters. It is only about 2 characters, you may check them randomly one by one although you will need…

the bigger exchanges---particularly fiat gateways---are gonna feel strong pressure to comply with FATF standards. the most valuable markets to them are g20 countries who have already pledged to apply these standards. on…

the situation is fundamentally different with a crypto-only platform. when BTC-E went down, they lost access to most of their fiat funds held with banks and third party payment processors. the losses were limited to…

we've already been in that situation for years. we can either keep giving the finger to governments/multinational organizations like FATF and support exchanges that do the same.....or we can bend over and let them fuck…

kucoin (based in singapore) allows USA traders. they are much smaller than the big boys like binance, but coingecko ranks them above poloniex and bittrex, so they're not insignificant. actually it's a strange grey…

you're giving the IRS too much credit. they are utterly dependent on voluntary compliance. that's what this is about---scaring people into paying or else. the same goes for the mass letter campaign from last year. if…

those dastardly manipulators! tbh, i've never seen the big deal with wash trading. volume is just self-reported data; it's obviously prone to distortion. all that matters is price, which can't be faked given the entire…