What the IRS Bitcoin Tax Guidelines Mean For You
The US Internal Revenue Service finally announced its guidance for virtual currencies yesterday, explicitly referring to bitcoin (see the announcement here and notice here). The increased clarity – provided three weeks before the end of the US tax…
Rumours, Panic and a DDoS Attack: Huobi’s Wild Week
While everyone was preoccupied with bitcoin price drops after last Friday’s ‘fake Chinese bitcoin ban‘ news incident, something even more dramatic was happening at China’s largest exchange, Huobi, and its new litecoin trading system. A ‘flash…
EFF Statement on Proposals to Overhaul NSA Spying
Today we learned that the Obama administration and the House Intelligence Committee are both proposing welcome and seemingly significant changes to the mass telephone records collection program. Both the Obama administration and the Intelligence Committee…