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May 10, 2021Q&A: Navigating Crypto Taxes pt 2 with Shehan Chandrasekera
Crypto taxes are gaining attention, and not just because assets like bitcoin and ethereum continue to make new all-time highs. Policymakers around the world have been debating the issue of crypto taxes and with relatively new types of crypto activity it can all be a bit confusing.
Today's episode of The Blockchain.com Podcast covers part 2 of our Navigating Crypto Taxes series. Blockchain.com's Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, is joined by Shehan Chandrasekera, Head of Tax Strategy about CoinTracker.io to discuss a range of topics including...
Various tax saving strategies

Tax questions surround DeFi and transactions on decentralized exchanges such as Uniswap

How the IRS knows you have crypto and how future changes at the protocol level may help boost tax compliance
Enjoy!
Blockchain.com's 2020 Guide to US Crypto Taxes
36 min
May 05, 2021 Q&A: Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) with Aaron Wright
During this month's Market Outlook, we were joined by Aaron Wright, Clinical Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School and co-founder of OpenLaw.
Our Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, and Co-founder, Nicolas Cary, discussed with Aaron all things DAOs or decentralized autonomous organizations. In this episode they break down DAOs, diving into questions such as what are DAOs, when did they first start gaining traction, what is the significance of the Wyoming DAO legislation and what is the long-term vision for DAOs in terms of the future of work and e-government.
Enjoy!
46 min
April 27, 2021Q&A: Bitcoin's Energy Consumption with Sergii Gerasymovych
On today's episode, our Head of Research Garrick Hileman sits down with Sergii Gerasymovych to discuss bitcoin's energy consumption. One of the most common topics of scrutiny surrounding bitcoin and crypto assets is their energy consumption. But as we learn today bitcoin mining is actually helping the environment.
Sergii is the founder and CEO of EZ Blockchain, one of the leading bitcoin mining companies focused on flared gas and stranded natural gas. During the episode, they address a range of topics, including...
How mining with flared gas works

What common questions Sergii faces in conversations with oil and gas producers when discussing bitcoin mining

How and where the market for mining with flared gas is expanding.
46 min
April 21, 2021 Q&A: Crypto-Wall Street Convergence
For today's episode, Blockchain.com's Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, reads his article titled "Crypto-Wall Street Convergence". It was first published in July of last year and makes the case that the long heralded arrival to crypto of traditional financial institutions (like banks) was underway.
Read the article here: https://medium.com/blockchain/crypto-wall-street-convergence-881a6c3d2dee
11 min
April 20, 2021Q&A: Wall Street Takes on Crypto with Anchorage's Yuriy Anosov
On today's episode of The Blockchain.com Podcast, our Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, is joined by Yuriy Anosov. Yuriy is the Head of Trading at Anchorage, one of the leading crypto custodial firms focused on institutions. They discuss a range of topics, including
the current state of crypto market infrastructure

what barriers to further institutional adoption of crypto still exist today

and why Yuriy is happy to see a decline in bitcoin's dominance, which is a term that refers to bitcoin's share of the total market value of all cryptoassets
Blockchain.com's Crypto-Wall Street Convergence
38 min
April 15, 2021 Q&A: Navigating Crypto Taxes pt 1 with Robert W. Wood
Crypto taxes are gaining attention, and not just because assets like bitcoin and ethereum continue to make new all-time highs. Policymakers around the world have been debating the issue of crypto taxes and with relatively new types of crypto activity it can all be a bit confusing.
Today's episode, Garrick Hileman - Blockchain.com Head of Research and visiting fellow at the London School of Economics - sits down with Robert W. Wood - a tax attorney based in SF - to discuss a range of crypto tax topics, including...
-The history of crypto taxation and how it has evolved in the United States and internationally
-How crypto is currently treated for tax purposes
-And if Robert was granted one wish by the Internal Revenue Service what Robert would most like to see happen with crypto taxation

Blockchain.com's 2020 Guide to US Crypto Taxes
Robert W. Wood's Cointelegraph articles
34 min
April 14, 2021 Q&A: Why China Should Embrace Bitcoin
On today's episode, Garrick Hileman - Head of Research at Blockchain.com and a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics - discusses Peter Thiel's recent comment "I do wonder whether bitcoin should be thought of as a Chinese financial weapon against the U.S."

Coindesk's 'Crypto Long & Short: Peter Thiel Defines Bitcoin's Accidental Role in Global Politics'
Coindesk's 'Is Bitcoin a Chinese Financial Weapon? Peter Thiel Ignites a Geopolitical Debate'
Garrick Hileman's 'Why the People's Bank of China May Consider Embracing Bitcoin'

8 min
April 06, 2021 Q&A: Unpacking NFTs with the Enjin Team
In today's April Market Outlook, we were joined by Enjin's Chief Technology Officer, Witek Radomski, and Chief Operating Officer, Caleb Applegate.
Our Head of Research, Dr. Garrick Hileman and Co-Founder, Nicolas Cary sat down with them to discuss NFTs: what are NFTs, what new functionality do they offer and why have they attracted so much interest? They also dive into the background of the Enjin team and platform, how Witek and Caleb first got involved in NFTs and what new products they're working on.
Enjoy!
42 min
March 18, 2021 Q&A: The Future Doesn't Look Like Robinhood
On today's episode, Garrick Hileman, Head of Research at Blockchain.com, reads his article 'The future doesn't look like Robinhood'. The article covers why disgust over GameStop’s trading shut down will accelerate DeFi adoption and how you can gain DeFi investment exposure.

Read the article here: https://medium.com/blockchain/the-future-doesnt-look-like-robinhood-793e70b1dcd2
5 min
March 16, 2021 Q&A: Trust | Want | Need
On this episode of the Blockchain.com Podcast, our Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, reads the opening to our March Market Outlook report titled, Trust | Want | Need. This report discusses the three important elements of crypto adoption and how the space has grown - or still needs to grown - in each particular dimension.

Read the article here: https://medium.com/blockchain/trust-want-need-e2fcec8653f6
5 min