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Bain, Lightspeed Back First ICO With $133 Million Basis Funding

There are many stablecoins, but only one that has one investor who busted a central bank and another who used to help run one. Also, Google and Bain.

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The New Last-Ditch Effort to Unfreeze a $260 Million Ethereum Fortune

A new proposal for unfreezing millions in ether is easier to swallow since it's focused specifically on Parity, but it's still causing a stir.

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The Seven Pillars of ICO Investing

How to make sense of a fast-changing crypto market? Crypto Asset Management's Tim Enneking provides his seven core tenants for investing.

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Crypto Hedge Funds Face Tough Choices on Tax Day

Like elsewhere in crypto taxation, the rules for funds are far from straightforward, and discrepancies may lead to non-intuitive outcomes.

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Bitcoin Merchant Adoption Might Just Be Accelerating In Asia

Luxury brand Bellatorra Skin Care reports hot demand for crypto payments from both wholesale and retail customers as it expands into China and India.

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Lightning + NFC? The New Plan to Bring Bitcoin to Retail

A new proposal explores the combination of the lightning network and NFC to move the layer-two bitcoin tech forward.

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Why the IRS Should Treat Crypto as a New Asset Class

Tax pros in the cryptocurrency space are applying a hodgepodge of rules that historically have been applied to stocks, bonds and various other assets.

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What If You Can't Pay Taxes on Your Crypto Gains?

Crypto holders willing to take a risk can file an extension, pay their taxes in installments with penalties and interest, and possibly come out ahead.

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Vitalik's Serious Joke: The Case for Ending Ethereum Inflation

CoinDesk examines the arguments for and against a proposal that would limit the total number of ether that could ever be issued.

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Crypto Tax Dodgers Are Tempting Fate

The ways governments tax cryptocurrency users may be unjust and due for reform, but simply ignoring the law for this reason is a dicey proposition. 

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