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How are your cryptoassets taxed?

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Christopher Wilsher

Cryptocurrency has been firmly brought under Benjamin Franklin’s two certainties of life as HMRC published a revised guidance on cryptoassets on 20 December 2019. It came in the form of two documents ‘Cryptoassets: tax for individuals’; and ‘Cryptoassets: tax for …

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Protecting crypto consumers from themselves?

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Christopher Wilsher

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a ban on financial instruments linked to cryptocurrencies, warning that such products could cause huge losses for consumers unlikely to understand their risks or value. The FCA said products such as derivatives and …

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Cryptocurrencies enlisted in the sanctions war

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Christopher Wilsher

The use of sanctions against Russia and Iran is not a new development in the fight to curb their respective rogue geopolitical initiatives, but sanction use has certainly been on the increase in the past two years. In response, those …

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