New Crypto Regulation Coming
New Crypto Regulation Coming: Make Room for the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act We attended the 2019 Japan International Banking & Securities System Forum The event was heavily focused on Cryptos, Blockchains and DLTs (Distributed Ledger Technologies). This is apparent from the speakers and sponsors of the event. One of the topics that was being […]
JVCEA (Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association) Releases Statistics on Japanese Crypto Exchanges
JVCEA (Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association) Releases Statistics on Japanese Exchanges We visualized some interesting data that was released by the JVCEA on February 20, 2019 The stats released by the JVCEA is a compilation of December 2018 transaction data provided by the members of the association. XRP stands out as the most popular coin […]
Is the SEC Shifting to a Laissez-faire Approach to Crypto?
Is the SEC Taking a Laissez-faire Approach in Regulating Crypto? Supportive comments for crypto from Crypto-mom, SEC Commissioner, Hester M. Peirce On February 8, 2019, the content of a speech given by SEC commissioner Hester M. Peirce was posted on the SEC website. Find the full speech at the following link. https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/peirce-regulation-view-inside-machine https://youtu.be/TrobxlCT9AU?t=15001 The content […]
Cryptotax – Heading into Tax Season
Crypto Tax – Heading into Tax Season Three important points Crypto Tax Has Many Areas for Improvement According to the current announcements by the tax authority in Japan, crypto-to-fiat and crypto-to-crypto trades are both considered tax events. Though this is the global trend with crypto-taxes, when you think about how crypto technically works, it’s difficult […]
CryptoGain Website Now Live!
CryptoGain Website Now Released Pre-register available Released On New Year! You were probably wondering what we were up to since BlockChainJam. The CryptoGain website is now live! It’ll be a while before you can start playing around with the App. But we hope the website will give you an idea of what’s in the works. […]
Japanese Tax Authorities Releases FAQ (Ver2) on Crypto Taxes
Compared to the FAQ in 2017, Version 2 covers a wider range On November 21, 2018, the National Tax Agency (NTA) published a guidance titled “Tax Treatment of Cryptocurrencies (Information)”. This is the second time (the first was in 2017) that the NTA has officially expressed its views on calculating taxes for cryptocurrency in an […]
BlockChainJam 2018 – Looking Back
BlockChainJam 2018 Looking Back Got to take a sneak peek into the future BlockChainJam 2018 that took place on October 21, 2018 was a huge success with a jam packed audience and great speakers. Thank you to everyone that stopped by the event and showed us support! Congratulations to the organizers of the event on […]
Crypto Accounting Standard
Crypto Accounting Standard PITF No. 38 Practical Solution on the Accounting for Virtual Currencies under the Payment Services Act World’s First Crypto Accounting Standard? On March 14, 2018, the ASBJ (Accounting Standards Board of Japan) issued PITF (Practical Issues Task Force) No. 38 “Practical Solution on the Accounting for Virtual Currencies under the Payment Services […]
We’ll Be Speaking at BlockChainJam 2018 @Roppongi Hills
BlockChainJam 2018 The Day where you get to take a sneak peek into the future We’ll be speaking at the upcoming BlockChainJam 2018 conference. The event, whose theme is centered around the future of blockchains, will take place on October 21, 2018, at Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. We’ll be talking about recent developments on crypto related tax […]
Crypto Gains – Capital Gain vs Income Gain
An article written by us was recently published on Gentosha Gold Online. In this article, we focus on income gains from holding cryptocurrencies. We introduce the meaning of running nodes and how one can receive an economic incentive by doing, so using real crypto examples. You can read the article here!
