The IRS has been increasingly active in its effort to ensure that virtual currency does not become a tool for tax evasion. This is not surprising, given that—as we started the last month of 2020—the value of Bitcoin, by far...more
With the emergence of digital assets, the question has arisen whether digital assets held in “wallets” in foreign exchanges need to be reported on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign...more
1/8/2020
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Digital Securities ,
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FATCA ,
FBAR ,
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Foreign Assets ,
Foreign Exchanges ,
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Foreign Financial Institutions (FFI) ,
HIRE Act ,
Investment ,
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Tax Liability ,
Virtual Currency
On July 12, ISDA initiated a market-wide consultation on technical issues related to new benchmark fallbacks for derivatives referencing certain interbank offered rates, or IBORs, in response to the expected discontinuance of...more
8/24/2018
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CFTC ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Derivatives ,
Digital Currency ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FinTech ,
Foreign Currency ,
Hedging ,
ISDA ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Virtual Currency ,
White Papers
An Overview of Proposed Regulation AT -
Orrick attorneys authored an overview of Regulation Automated Trading (known as "Regulation AT") proposed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") in the May/June 2016...more
8/2/2016
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Blockchain ,
CFTC ,
Derivatives ,
Digital Currency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Electronic Trading ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Innovative Technology ,
IRS ,
Regulation AT ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Security-Based Swaps ,
Swap Dealers ,
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