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Archives for July 2021

July 31, 2021 By Asi de Silva

Crypto tax refresher as regulatory scrutiny spikes

Dispatch #25 – 2021 July 30th, 2021 This is a holiday-shortened edition of the Dispatch that provides a mid-year tax refresher for US readers. The key message is that YOU are responsible for keeping track of the cost basis and calculating gains/losses. There’s rising bipartisan support to crack down on crypto tax avoidance and the […]

Filed Under: News, The Dispatch Tagged With: Bitcoin futures liquidation, crypto futures leverage, crypto tax, debt service moratorium, IRS crypto scrutiny

July 24, 2021 By Asi de Silva

Tether reserve risks are serious & more stablecoin regulation is coming

Dispatch #24 – 2021 July 23rd, 2021 This week The Dispatch looks at the stablecoin market and the risks posed by a lack of reserve audit at Tether, the largest stablecoin. Additionally, there’s clear evidence of US authorities desire to impose additional oversight of stablecoins, which could well be a positive. It is ironic that […]

Filed Under: News, The Dispatch Tagged With: Blockfi, crypto adoption, stablecoin regulatory oversight, stablecoins, Tether reserves, Tether risks, venture flow into crypto, wealth managers crypto access

July 17, 2021 By Asi de Silva

Rents Will Keep Core-Inflation High for Longer

Dispatch #23 – 2021 July 16th, 2021 This week’s Dispatch is going to focus on Inflation, to explain how rising rents will keep core-inflation high for longer. We’ll look at the composition of the CPI basket, what items are most heavily weighted and how price data is diverging from reality. Housing, the largest weight at […]

Filed Under: Blog, The Dispatch Tagged With: BofA crypto research, Capital Group, CPI, CPI components, crypto adoption, Elizabeth Warren, home prices, inflation, Marshal Wace, OER, rent inflation distortion, rents, SEC crypto letter, shelter inflation, Super Mario

July 10, 2021 By Asi de Silva

Elevated equity inflows and bitcoin price update

Dispatch #22 – 2021 July 9th, 2021 I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing Independence Day weekend. The Dispatch was in South Florida and got a glimpse of a property market even hotter than the DC suburbs. The continued strength of residential real estate goes against the long-term trends of lackluster median income growth and high […]

Filed Under: News, The Dispatch Tagged With: bitcoin price cycle, bitcoin wallet holding, covid vaccines, crypto 401K, crypto exchange valuation, equity inflows, equity positioning, sotheby's

July 3, 2021 By Asi de Silva

Bitcoin absorbs China’s “crypto crackdown” body-blow

Dispatch #21 -2021 July 2nd, 2021 This week, the Dispatch will focus on China’s “crypto ban” body-blow that Bitcoin absorbed, and how it kept on chugging. China’s “crypto crackdown,” which included stopping bitcoin mining ahead of the Communist Party’s 100th anniversary celebrations, was a significant stress test of the Bitcoin network. Despite a more than […]

Filed Under: The Dispatch Tagged With: bitcoin block time, bitcoin difficult adjustment, bitcoin hash rate, bitcoin mining, China crypto ban

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