On October 6, 2021, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is stepping further into the cryptocurrency fray by creating the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET)....more
10/11/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Blockchain ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement ,
Heightened Scrutiny ,
Investigations ,
Money Laundering ,
Popular ,
RICO ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Virtual Currency
Taxpayers should take prompt action to assess their situation, yet move carefully before making representations or filings to the IRS.
Over the past month, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has sent letters to over ten...more
8/21/2019
/ Amended Tax Returns ,
Bitcoin ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Failure to Report ,
Financial Transactions ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Audits ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Returns ,
Virtual Currency ,
Warning Letters
The Ethereum Classic blockchain was the victim of a 51% attack (often called a majority or Sybil attack) on January 5, 2019 that reorganized portions of the blockchain and allowed the attackers to double-spend 219,500 ETC...more
2/22/2019
/ ASIC ,
Bitcoin ,
Bitcoin Mining ,
Blockchain ,
CFTC ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Ethereum ,
Popular ,
Private Right of Action ,
Virtual Currency