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The BitcoinTaxes Podcast
by Bitcoin.Tax
A podcast that interviews experts in the world of bitcoin, cryptocurrency, taxation, and blockchain technology.
Episodes
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Is Crypto Staking Always Taxed Upon Receipt?
Ephraim Olson, a US tax lawyer who specializes in crypto tax law, joins the show to discuss recent IRS guidance on crypto tax staking. The IRS releases sparse guidance on common crypto activities, like staking – oftentimes, this guidance fails to address nuance, and paints with broad strokes....
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Avoiding Crypto Scams: Pig Butchering
Scams have always been prevalent in the cryptocurrency space, but they are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Alex Johnson, a lawyer with Kugelman Law, joins us to discuss a common sophisticated cryptocurrency scam known as “pig butchering”. Alex explains pig butchering scams in detail, and...
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Kraken sending user data to the IRS
In November 2023, the cryptocurrency trading platform Kraken has started sending specific crypto user data to the IRS. Alex Kugelman, a crypto tax controversy lawyer, joins the podcast to explain who is being targeted, why, and what to do if you are someone who’s data Kraken is sharing with the...
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IRS Issues New Crypto Staking Guidance
The IRS released Revenue Ruling 2023-14 which describes cryptocurrency staking as taxable at the fair market value on the date it was received. Matt Metras joins the show to break down what this ruling means for crypto traders and how it may affect their taxes moving forward. Guest Matt Metras...
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Navigating Uncharted Waters – The Power of Opinion Letters in Crypto Taxation
First time guest Ephraim Olson, a US tax lawyer who specializes in crypto tax law, joins the show to discuss opinion letters. The lack of guidance in the crypto tax space often puts taxpayers in a difficult position. Without official guidance from the IRS, there are a range of crypto activities...
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Real World Crypto Tax Scenarios
Welcome to the fourth episode of our multi-part series on crypto taxation. If you missed, or haven’t yet listened to our first three episodes, we covered the basics of crypto taxation, what is, and what isn’t taxable. Then, we explored like-kind, 1099s, and how to handle margin trading, staking,...
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Why Your Crypto May Be Audited And How To Respond
Welcome to the third episode of our multi-part series on crypto taxation. If you missed, or haven’t yet listened to our first two episodes, we covered the basics of crypto taxation, what is, and what isn’t taxable. Then, we explored like-kind, 1099s, and how to handle margin trading, staking,...
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How Crypto Income, Margin, and NFTs are Taxed
Welcome to our new multi-part series on crypto taxation! Every week we’ll be exploring a different facet of cryptocurrency taxation. In today’s episode, the second part of the series, we go over more advanced aspects of cryptocurrency taxation, everything from staking, margin, airdrops, gifts,...
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What are crypto taxes and when are they taxed
Welcome to our new multi-part series on crypto taxation! Every week we’ll be exploring a different facet of cryptocurrency taxation. In the first part of this series, we are diving into the very basics of cryptocurrency taxation. We’ll be discussing what’s taxable, what’s not taxable, and where...
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How The NEW IRS Crypto Tax Memos Affect You
New information about how the IRS views crypto taxes is released very sporadically. In the first month of 2023, new IRS memos were released regarding crypto tax losses and crypto tax donations. Matt Metras, an Enrolled Agent at MDM Financial Services and overall crypto tax expert, joins the show…
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Canadian Crypto Taxes Explained
Kyle Mackenzie, a CPA, and the CFO and partner of the crypto division at Metrics Chartered Professional Accounting, joins the show to discuss all things crypto taxation in Canada. Kyle goes over the basics of Canadian crypto taxes, and runs through some of the more frequently asked advanced...
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Tax Loss Harvesting in a Crypto Bear Market
Matt Metras, an Enrolled Agent at MDM Financial Services and overall crypto tax expert, joins the show to discuss crypto tax loss harvesting in the current bear market, touching on how to handle specific coins like LUNA. Matt also outlines the main points of the recent bi-partisan crypto bill: a…
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Is Staking Still Taxed? How Do I Handle My 1099? Answering Crypto Questions
Matt Metras, an Enrolled Agent at MDM Financial Services and overall crypto tax expert, joins the show to discuss and demystify the popular question: is crypto staking taxed? Matt outlines the recent Jarrett case that had plenty of crypto enthusiasts asking the question! Plus, Matt answers crypto...
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Big Crypto Tax Changes: How 1099s, Wash Sales, and Donations Might Change Your Tax Reporting
The end of 2021 has brought many potentially impactful changes to the world of crypto and crypto taxes. From wash sales and tax loss harvesting to blockchain swaps and donations, there are some potentially huge upheavals in the crypto tax world coming in 2022 and beyond! Don’t be left facing the...
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Crypto Infrastructure Bill
Matt Metras, an Enrolled Agent at MDM Financial Services and overall crypto tax expert, joins the show to outline what’s going on with the recent infrastructure bill and how cryptocurrency will be affected. We discuss the potential effects of the bill on decentralized finance, cryptocurrency...
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An IRS Insider’s Look At Crypto Tax
The IRS is enforcing the laws of cryptocurrency taxation more fervently than ever. Civil and criminal enforcement of cryptocurrency tax evasion is increasingly common due to the wide-scale participation of crypto exchanges, as well as increasingly powerful blockchain analysis tools. Christopher...
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DeFi and Crypto Taxes: Liquidity, Staking, and NFTs
DeFi, or Decentralized Finance, has taken the crypto world by storm. DeFi isn’t necessarily new, but it’s popularity amongst investors has certainly skyrocketed. Andrew Gordon, an attorney and CPA who concentrates on crypto and taxes joins the show to discuss the taxable implications of DeFi...
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IRS FAQ Question 5
Matt Metras, an Enrolled Agent at MDM Financial Services and overall crypto tax expert, joins the show to talk about the recently added IRS FAQ Question 5. Guest Matt Metras Twitter: @EmDeeEm Facebook: @BitcoinTaxesMe Reddit: BitcoinTaxesMe Website Listen
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Cryptocurrency Audit Defense
Receiving an official IRS notification of an audit can lead many to panic and stress about the unknown that lies ahead. However, an audit defense can be successfully handled with a level-headed and cerebral approach. Alex Kugelman joins the show and outlines what a cryptocurrency audit looks…
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Cryptocurrency Adoption in Finance, Pop Culture, Art, and Music
Today’s episode will cover events happening the week ending December 11th, 2020. This week we’ll be discussing a few of the big adoption stories of the week. Full Show Notes: (00:23) It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to frequent listeners that large mainstream corporations and businesses…
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Saving Money By Donating Crypto
Donations must be made by December 31st to use as a deduction in your 2020 taxes Connie Gallippi, CEO of the first Bitcoin non-profit BitGive, and Matt Metras, a cryptocurrency tax pro, join the podcast to discuss the many benefits of donating cryptocurrencies. They walk us through the…
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Bitcoin (Maybe) Hit An All Time High; ETH 2.0 Launches Phase 0; ETH 2.0 Taxable Consequences
Today’s episode will cover events happening the week ending December 4th, 2020. This week we’ll be talking about Bitcoin’s all-time-high, Ethereum 2.0, and some of the tax-related questions people have been having about staking. More Information @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax Full Show Notes: (00:26) The big...
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Thanksgiving Break – Check Out The Newest BitcoinTaxes Episode
We’ll be taking the week off from doing news due to the US Thanksgiving Holiday – I hope you all made the most of your day during this tough year! Over on The BitcoinTaxes Podcast, we interviewed two cryptocurrency-based attorneys, Zach Ziliak and Andrew Gordon, about the current-day…
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Tax Planning and New Policies in a Crypto Bull Market
Attorney Zach Ziliak and Tax Attorney Andrew Gordon join the show to discuss the current Bitcoin Bull Market and why it’s different than the notorious 2017 Bitcoin price spike. We discuss the incoming Biden/Harris administration, and what it could potentially mean for cryptocurrency policies.…
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The BCH War Saga Draws To A Climax; Biden Appoints Crypto Fanboy; Decentralized Philanthropy’s First Conference
Today’s episode will cover events happening the week ending November 13th, 2020. This week, Bitcoin Cash is undergoing a hard fork over the weekend, President-Elect’s Biden’s transition team gains a crypto savvy financial lead, and the first decentralized philanthropy conference is right around…
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The US Political Election – What Role Does Crypto Play?
Today’s episode will cover events happening the week ending November 6th, 2020. This week has been quite intense, from a US political perspective! If you are an American, or follow American politics, you know that this week has been the US Presidential Election – and one of the most nail-biting...
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MicroStrategy Making Gains; Iran Turns To Crypto; PayPal Crypto Launches (Sort Of)
This week, MicroStrategy is swimming in gains, Iran is embracing cryptocurrency in the face of sanctions, and PayPal’s cryptocurrency service has already rolled out to some users. More Info @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax Full Show Notes: (00:27) As you probably have heard if you are a frequent listener of…
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PayPal Welcomes Crypto; RIP Binance Jersey; Japan’s Kraken Rising; Reddit Moons Recognized
This week, PayPal announces what we all expected, Binance Jersey swims with the fishes, Kraken re-opens in Japan, and Reddit Moons get legitimized. More Information @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax Full Show Notes: (00:25) The big, and not very surprising, news of the week has to do with PayPal. The payment...
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OKEx is having a pretty bad day; FIL has been released into the world
This week, OKEx is having a bad day, and a decentralized file distribution token hits the market. More info @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax Full Show Notes: (00:25) As most of us in the crypto space can attest to, exchanges are a dime a dozen. There are some, like Coinbase (Pro) and Binance, that most people…
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Square Hordes BTC; Coinbase Getting (A)Political; Extended Tax Deadline Looms Ominously
This week, Square Invests $50 million into Bitcoin, Coinbase is losing employees because they don’t want to get political, and the extended tax deadline is less than a week away! More @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax Full Show Notes: (00:28) On Wednesday this week, Square Inc purchased 50 million dollars worth...
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USPS and Blockchain Tech; Paypal and Crypto; A Decentralized Twitter; BCH Fork Likely
This week, USPS is getting into blockchain technology, PayPal is reportedly getting ready to embrace cryptocurrency, more details emerge about Twitter’s decentralized platform, and the Bitcoin Cash fork looks increasingly likely. More @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax Full Show Notes: (00:33) First up, USPS.…
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IRS Ramps Up Crypto Tax Scrutiny – A Roundtable Discussion
Alex Kugelman and Matt Metras join the show to give us an update on the recent issues in cryptocurrency taxation, including the 2020 round of IRS educational letters, DeFi and IRS compliance, the important crypto update to the Draft Form 1040, taxing crypto staking, and challenges to IRS...
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What in the world is DeFi?
Today’s episode will cover events happening the week ending September 11th, 2020. This week we’ll be talking about DeFi: An explanation of DeFi and a couple of compelling DeFi -related stories of the week, including a protocol bug that made a minimum wage worker a lot richer, and a major exchange...
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Blockchain Marketing and Psychology with Trekk
Trekk, a writer, public speaker, podcast host, storyteller, and head of Trekk Smart consulting, joins the show. Trekk shares his experience as a consultant and a consumer in the world of cryptocurrency – how psychology plays a role in increasing cryptocurrency adoption, and how over-marketing to...
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Analyzing this week’s BTC price frenzy; A (micro) crypto taxation update
Today’s episode will cover events happening the week ending September 4th, 2020. This week…Bitcoin saw a beautiful rise and an awful fall, and the IRS wants a piece of your microtask crypto income. More @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax Full Show Notes: (00:27) If you are a Bitcoin trader or investor, you...
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Bitcoin and Black America
Isaiah Jackson aka Bitcoin Zay joins the show to discuss how Bitcoin and Black America intersect. Isaiah is an award winning speaker, best-selling author, and co-host of the long-running daily show “The Gentlemen of Crypto”. His work has been featured in Forbes, Vogue, Yahoo Finance and Coindesk....
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The Federal Reserve doing what they do best; The SEC possibly making things a bit easier for accredited investors
Today’s episode will cover events happening the week ending August 28th, 2020. This week, the federal reserve did something very predictable, the SEC has made it somewhat easier to become an accredited investor…maybe. More Info @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax Full Show Notes: (00:28) One of the big financial...
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Gen Z, Crypto Apparel, and Digibyte with CRYPTY
CryptyGirl is the founder of CRYPTY – apparel and accessories for crypto enthusiasts. She’s also the co-host of The Block Babes, an up-and-coming weekly livestream for sharing the latest crypto developments and economic news. Crypty joins the show to discuss how cryptocurrency interacts with...
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A new round of IRS “Educational Letters”; A city built on crypto; Crypto-political update
This week, it looks like the IRS is again sending out educational letters to some crypto traders, a cryptocurrency city is being built, and a crypto-political update. More info @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax Full Show Notes: (00:28) First up, the IRS educational letters are seemingly being sent out to more...
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Cryptocurrency politics, philosophy, and musings with Coin Fugazi
Our guest today is Edward Kelso, CEO of Coing Fugazi. He has thousands of articles published through various news organizations and has been covering every facet of the cryptocurrency space for years. We discuss crypto from multiple views: political, philosophical, and journalistic. Kelso shares...
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Bitcoin gains a Baron; A Nasdaq company invests big into Bitcoin; JPMorgan continues to apologize for anti-crypto sentiments by investing more money!
This week is all about big mainstream money going into crypto: famous internet pizza man Dave Portnoy goes all in on Bitcoin, a publicly-traded NASDAQ company bought a couple hundred million dollars worth of BTC, and JPMorgan may be investing $50 million in a very well-known blockchain tech...
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A Possible New BCH Fork; Attack(s) on ETC; Bitcoin Billionaire Transfer; Twitter Hacker Revealed
Today’s episode will cover events happening the week ending August 7th, 2020. We will be talking about a potential new BCH split, a 51% attack on ETC, a whale of a Bitcoin transfer, and the Twitter hacker has been revealed – we’ll discuss how his identity was discovered! More @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax...
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Ethereum’s 5th Birthday!
July 31st, 2020: Today’s episode will be slightly different than usual…in honor of Ethereum’s 5th birthday, today’s episode will be a mini-primer for the Ethereum blockchain. More info @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax
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Bitcoin and Crypto Loans
Adam Reeds, CEO and Co-Founder of the Canadian-based cryptocurrency loan and savings platform Ledn joins the show to discuss bitcoin-backed loans and savings accounts. Adam shares the tax-related benefits of taking out a bitcoin-backed loan and discusses other use-cases for crypto and bitcoin…
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Visa Going All In On Crypto; Steve Wozniak Sues YouTube; The Twitter Attack One Week Later
This week: Visa is claiming that digital currency is in their DNA and Steve Wozniak is fed up with YouTube scams. Plus, Twitter got hacked hard last week – what do we know over a week later? More info @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax Show Notes: (00:13) On Wednesday, Visa released a blog post entitled…
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Blockchain Security with Michael Shaulov of Fireblocks
Michael Shaulov, CEO and Co-Founder of Fireblocks, joins the BitcoinTaxes Podcast to discuss security as it relates to blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, and the unique challenges that exist in the space. Michael shares his unique journey in the tech space, which begins with his time in an...
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Coinbase going public(?), the IRS is trying to fight private cryptos, and Tax Day is upon us!
This week: Coinbase is making big moves that could be a big deal for mainstream adoption, the IRS is trying hard to track the more anonymous crypto transactions, and there are just a few days left before you need to file your crypto taxes! More info @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax!
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Security & Encryption: AT&T, Blockstream, the LAED Act
This week is all about security and encryption! AT&T is getting sued over their alleged involvement in a sim-swap scam, a potentially pricey bug was discovered in Blockstream’s Liquid Network, and… Senator Lindsey Graham apparently wants to make encryption obsolete. Get more info @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax!
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Crypto Adoption Week: Paypal, NYS, Venezuela, Lichtenstein, and…Slurpees.
More Info @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax! This week was filled with crypto adoption related news. Online payment juggernauts PayPal and Venmo are potentially dipping their toes into the world of crypto trading, New York is easing crypto restrictions, Venezuela may…or may not have… briefly accepted crypto for...
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The US Administration’s Stance on Crypto + South Korea’s Crypto Tax and Blockchain Adoption
This week: Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton’s book apparently reveals President Trump’s feelings about Bitcoin, and a look at what’s happening with cryptocurrency taxation and blockchain adoption this week in South Korea. More info @ Talk.Bitcoin.Tax!
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