A Judge Just Cleared the Way for the IRS to Seek Coinbase Customer Data (The Cryptoverse #156)

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On today's episode of The Cryptoverse:
The IRS can now serve bitcoin and ether exchange startup Coinbase with a summons for information about its users, a federal judge ruled today.

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Of course they did... the judiciary is owned by the Bank/State.

Well time to look elsewhere for an exchange.

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This was just a matter of time. What'll be interesting is how the IRS handles BTC --> other crypto transactions? Does buying BTC in Coinbase and then using it to buy Monero count as a capital gain event, or will they consider crypto its own blanket asset?

Well I guess you'd have to explain where the BTC went when you bought Monero. Or perhaps what you did with the Monero after you bought it.