The IRS Forks Up Crypto Tax Guidance
Plus DevCon debates and yesterday's Narrative Watch on Hong Kong and censorship resistance
Yesterday’s email didn’t go out so today is a special double edition. -NLW
[10.08] Narrative Watch | The NBA, Hearthstone & Hong Kong - Why Censorship Resistance Matters
First it was the NBA aggressively distancing itself from comments from Rockets GM Daryl Morey in support of Hong Kong protesters. Then it was Blizzard banning a player from competitive Hearthstone play for making a pro Hong Kong statement live on air. On this Narrative Watch, we dig into the uncomfortable tension between China's role in the globe business world and it's tight control over dissent and critique - and more specifically, why it is a reminder of the need for permissionless, decentralized, censorship resistant alternatives in money and technology.
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[10.09] IRS Forks Up New Tax Guidance / DevCon Debates / Senate Pressures Libra
The IRS dropped quite the surprise today: their first new tax guidance since 2014. Unfortunately, it seems to indicate that chains forking and airdropping users coins (whether they want them or not) creates a taxable event. Meanwhile, DevCon5 is cruising along in Osaka, complete with Ethereum scaling debates, the imminent launch of Multi-Collateral DAI, and the announcement of a new, open version of Libra (although it's not exactly clear why people are excited about this). Lastly, the real Libra faced some headwinds as US Senators put pressure on Visa, Mastercard and Stripe to follow suit with PayPal and leave the Libra Association.