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Huobi's Mining Arm Records 547% Surge in Operating Revenue in 2019
19.3.2020
Huobi’s mining arm recorded a 547% surge in operating revenue in 2019 after the business was launched in March 2018
MoneyGram Declared $11.3 Million Ripple Cash Injection as Revenue
2.3.2020
MoneyGram previously declared $11.3 million in “Ripple market development fees” as revenue
Half of Cash App’s Revenue Now Comes From Bitcoin
27.2.2020
Cash App’s annual Bitcoin revenue increased by 900% in 2019
Bitcoin Drove Half of Square’s Cash App Revenue in the 4th Quarter
26.2.2020
Square reported bitcoin revenues of $178 between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31, 2019, with profits of $3 million, up 50 percent over the prior two quarters
Tax Rules Hit Brazilian Crypto Exchanges, Forcing Trading Platforms Acesso Bitcoin and Latoex Out of Business
15.2.2020
Tax regulations implemented even before dedicated legislation has been adopted have hit Brazilian cryptocurrency exchanges. Digital asset brokers failing to comply with the new reporting requirements face fines and the stricter rules are hurting smaller platforms, which are shutting down due...
Tax Agents ‘Confiscate’ Bitcoin From Criminal but Keep the Coins in His Wallet
7.2.2020
The State Revenue Service of Latvia (SRS) has seized some bitcoins for the first time. The cryptocurrency, allegedly acquired through illegal means, is still being stored in the wallet set up by a criminal. Experts have expressed concerns about the risk of the money disappearing as officials...
IRS Explains What Crypto Owners Must Know to File Taxes This Year
2.2.2020
Kicking off this year’s tax filing season, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published important tips for crypto owners to properly file their tax returns. This is the first time a cryptocurrency question has been included in the tax form. The IRS expects more than 150 million...
Iran Issues More Than 1,000 Cryptocurrency Mining Licenses
25.1.2020
The Iranian government has reportedly issued more than 1,000 licenses for cryptocurrency mining since it began regulating the industry. A number of large mining farms have set up in the country, but high electricity tariffs have kept many small investors away. Also read: Regulatory Roundup —...
UK Tax Agency to Pay $100K for Blockchain Surveillance Software
21.1.2020
On January 17, the UK tax agency Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) published a job opportunity for a private contractor to design a cryptocurrency blockchain analysis tool. According to the listing, the contract is for one year and HMRC will pay the contractor $100,000 for software...
Argo Blockchain Sees Mining Revenue Rise Tenfold in 2019
20.1.2020
Publicly-listed mining company Argo Blockchain increased its revenue by more than 10 times in 2019
London-Listed Argo Blockchain Reports 10-Fold Increase in Bitcoin Mining Revenue in 2019
20.1.2020
For its first full year of operations, Argo says it generated just over $11 million in revenue
Bitfinex Investor’s Crypto Lending Startup Posts $2.3M in 2019 Revenue
20.1.2020
China-based RenrenBit has disclosed it took $600,000 in net income from revenue of $2.3 million in 2019
Travala Scores 33% Revenue Growth With 60% of Bookings Paid With Crypto
5.1.2020
Travala, the online platform that allows crypto users to book hotel rooms in thousands of destinations around the world, has registered remarkable growth in bookings during the Christmas holiday season. More than half of those in December were paid in cryptocurrency, with bitcoin cash among...
Fomo3D Team Launch New Dapp That’s ‘Not Just a Game’
21.12.2019
Team Just, the brain trust behind viral hit Fomo3D, are back with an eagerly anticipated new dapp, this time on Tron. Just.game has been dubbed “a showcase of how blockchain technology can be used to create an autonomous company that constantly generates revenue and distributes it to anyone...
Reports Criticize Bitcoin SV Miners and the Chain’s Upcoming Fork
20.12.2019
In the last two days there have been two critical posts published against the Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision network (BSV). On December 17, Binance Research published an allocation mining report that analyzed the mining activities of BTC, BCH, and BSV and the research detailed that BSV miners...
IRS Now Requires Tax Filers to Disclose Crypto Activities
9.12.2019
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has finalized and put in use a new tax form that requires crypto owners to declare whether they received, bought, sold, exchanged, or acquired any cryptocurrencies in 2019. Tax experts are frustrated at the vagueness of the tax agency, with some questioning...
European Banks Struggle With Low Interest Rates and Strict Regulations
4.12.2019
Banks in Europe have been in a difficult spot lately. A new report reveals that financial institutions across the region faced serious difficulties in the 2018 financial year, and despite all the cost cutting that followed, haven’t managed to compensate the revenue decline in 2019....
Despite Bitcoin’s Price Drop, High-Powered Mining Rigs Still Profit
1.12.2019
Since BTC prices slid below the $8K price range, mining operations have been making less revenue. On Sunday, December 1, only 13 mining rigs with an average electricity cost of $0.12 per kWh are profiting at current prices. Of course, miners from China and other regions pay far less per kWh...
Is Plustoken to Blame for Bitcoin’s Sell-Off?
29.11.2019
Armchair theorists love postulating the reasons behind bitcoin’s latest price rise or sell-off. From China FUD to exchange hacks, anything and everything is fair game for blame. Plustoken is the latest bitcoin bear-maker that’s being credited with the last three months of downward price...
US Judge Denies Customer’s Plea to Quash IRS Bitstamp Inquiry
28.11.2019
A Washington Western District Court judge has rejected petitioner William Zietzke’s appeal to stop the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from accessing his Bitstamp trade data. An IRS summons invoked Zietzke to file a petition to quash the tax agency’s investigation into his private...