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Bitcoin Daily: UK Tax Agency Defines Crypto As Commodities; Crypto Exchange Bittrex Sued For SIM...
Bitcoin // November 05, 2019

The U.K.’s tax authority has released cryptocurrency tax guidance for businesses, revealing that crypto assets will still be defined as commodities. That means that companies that participate in trading exchange tokens must make tax payments. The type of tax paid — capital gains tax, corporation...

Amid FX Volatility, Preparation Is The Best Bet
B2B Payments // September 15, 2016

Brexit, commodities prices and even elections — all have had, and can have, outsized impacts on firms via FX swings. One mid-year FX volatility report finds that knowledge and preparedness are the best engines to combat that volatility.

Mind The Brexit Gap In Markets
International // June 24, 2016

Today’s picture is not pretty — and not likely to get much prettier. But, rest assured, it could be uglier. Brexit stunned the world, and is in the process of stunning the financial markets in a rout that is decidedly lopsided with a lot of...

Will This Rally Be A House Of Cards?
International // March 18, 2016

Stocks and commodities – especially energy – have jumped from lows seen not all that long ago. But caution would well serve those tempted to ride the wave of a dovish Fed and momentum that could suddenly be undone by larger concerns.

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With Roots in Commodity Trading, MaterialsXchange Moves Lumber Sales Digital

September 20, 2022
Early on, marketplace platforms experience what’s known as an ignition problem — a kind of chicken-and-egg dilemma where prime movers need to start adoption before everyone else signs on, too, realizing the dynamics that make platforms so efficient. The digitization of retail commerce is now firmly rooted in platform dynamics — Amazon being a good […]

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Bitcoin Daily: UK Tax Agency Defines Crypto As Commodities; Crypto Exchange Bittrex Sued For SIM...

November 05, 2019
The U.K.’s tax authority has released cryptocurrency tax guidance for businesses, revealing that crypto assets will still be defined as commodities. That means that companies that participate in trading exchange tokens must make tax payments. The type of tax paid — capital gains tax, corporation tax, income tax, national insurance contributions, stamp taxes or VAT […]