What Are Crypto/Digital Assets And How Can They Be Taxed?
Thinking about buying or selling digital, or “cryptographic” assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies? Does your business already deal in digital assets? Regardless of whether you’re an investor or…
The Lay-offs are Coming! How to Deal with Dismissal or Termination in a Recession
Canada has experienced incredible economic growth over the last decade. That growth may now be coming to a slowdown, and if some of the major bank analysts and economists are right, Canada is heading into…
Blockchain Year in Review: The Late, but not great, 2018
As the sun sets on 2018, I hear echoes of what optimists have been saying about cryptocurrencies over the past several years, that they are to blockchain what email is to the internet: the first use…
Cryptocurrency regulation in Canada: Hurry up and…wait.
In Canada, as in other jurisdictions, the approach regulators are taking to the cryptocurrency environment has been highly criticized for being slow to adapt. As with any new and emerging technology there…
5 Reasons Why Your Corporation Needs a Shareholder Agreement
Starting a business can be risky, but when you have a dream, a plan and goals, optimism cuts through the anxiety that risk can bring. That optimism though also blinds people to the risks that may come if…
Crypto Law Update: Securities and AML Regulators Make a Statement!
Creating a successful cryptocurrency start-up is hard, time consuming work. Starting a business requires a business plan and market analysis to ensure that there is demand, organization, and cash flow. One thing…
Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and ICOs: What to expect in the Second Half of 2018
We are now approaching the halfway mark of 2018 and, other than the developments that I predicted in my January article, not that much else has changed. The crypto markets continue to be vulnerable to a variety…
What Cryptocurrency Investors Need to Know at Tax Time
Although investing in cryptocurrencies has been very volatile since their inception, the trend until very recently has been up. And for those who have been involved for over a year: way up. One question we hear a lot…
Trading Cryptocurrencies for Yourself and for Others: What are the Risks?
It is not uncommon for someone to walk into our office who was either an early investor in Bitcoin or Ethereum, or who had successfully played the Altcoin markets to reap substantial gains. For those people…