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Re:IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency... by gcbw2 on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:02PM (#20536854)
> All they have to do is ask, and you better not lie.

because asking everyone how much they have in offshore tax havens is working so well.

heck, not even when the information is given to the IRS anything happens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers#United_States

Re:IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency... by fooey on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:06PM (#20536892)
Offshore tax havens don't turn over their records to the IRS

US based coin exchanges like Coinbase do

Re:IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency... by wrong_variable on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:09PM (#20536934)
What prevents Coinbase to go offshore then ?
Re:IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency... by bdcravens on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:28PM (#20537140)
The fact that they have a ton of VC they're already beholden to that is here in the US, and who aren't interested in IRS scrutiny themselves.
Re:IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency... by sangnoir on Friday July 26, 2019 @03:12PM (#20537520)
Also, the fact that Coinbase is in the US legal jurisdiction gives its clients confidence they would be made whole if anything untoward were to happen.
Re:IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency... by rphlx on Friday July 26, 2019 @07:57PM (#20539338)
If the untoward event is solely in USD, perhaps, but not if it's in crypto. Exit scams, hacks, rogue employees, etc, could still hit a US exchanges' crypto holdings and the government probably cannot or will not compell a roll back, supply expansion, etc, on a major blockchain.

If anything is actually protecting clients against crypto theft, it's the exchange's privately-purchased insurance rather than the government. Although I wouldn't rely on that for much either as insurers are rarely eager to pay out.

Re:IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency... by makosharky on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:16PM (#20537016)
A desire to interface with the US banking system.
Re:IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency... by lallysingh on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:16PM (#20537006)
Plenty of offshore exchanges. People use coinbase because it's working within the US system.
Re:IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency... by kentm on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:38PM (#20537222)
Exactly this. From a consumer perspective, being subject to the US legal system is a big advantage.
Re:IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency... by duxup on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:33PM (#20537176)
They want to do business in the US and work with US banks.
Re:IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency... by fooey on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:38PM (#20537223)
That's not the kind of business they want to be. Coinbase want to be seen as legit, not an offshore tax haven.
Re:IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency... by TuringNYC on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:17PM (#20537023)
Offshore tax havens are for the wealthy, who are largely immune to these things.
Re:IRS sends warning letters to more than 10k cryptocurrency... by g00s3_caLL_x2 on Friday July 26, 2019 @02:39PM (#20537237)
The 'wealthy' and corporations have the finances to pay for accountants and attorneys to set these things up. Most of them are taking advantage of what is legally already there, but no where near common knowledge. Wading through tax code is a struggle at best.