We are joined by John Bass and Corey Todaro, who are respectively CEO and CPO of Hashed Health, an innovation firm focused on accelerating the meaningful development of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies for the industry. Hashed Health works to build solutions which leverage blockchain to solve some of the most important challenges facing this sector.
Support the show, consider donating: BTC: 1CD83r9EzFinDNWwmRW4ssgCbhsM5bxXwg ETH: 0x8cdb49ca5103Ce06717C4daBBFD4857183f50935 The healthcare industry is paradoxical. On the one hand, treatment technologies represent some of the most advanced science kno…
The new “FINMA Roundtable on ICOs” PDF is available for download from the regulatory materials section of the Crypto Valley Association document repository.
We just received word that Crypto Explorers is hosting a reception with Alex Tapscott this Monday, March 26, in Zug. All CVA members and friends are invited to come out and meet one of the premier thought leaders in the crypto space.
More information on the Events page.
The Crypto Summit will be held on 27-28th March at Samsung Hall in Zurich. Overall, this event is set to bring together leading figures in the global crypto community including Vinny Lingham (CEO of Civic), Alex Tapscott (CEO NextBlock Global), Kathleen Breitman (CEO Tezos), Tim Draper (a venture investor), Jon Matonis (Founding Director of Bitcoin Foundation) and Ransu Salovaara (CEO of TokenMarket).
This year the Crypto Summit will expand on the previous event’s colourful programme of workshops, keynotes and panel discussions. The conference will also include two new tracks: the Crypto Investment Track and the Tech Track. This year’s summit is set to bring together some of the biggest names in crypto to share their experience and best practices for successful crypto investments and ICO execution, including a keynote from blockchain expert Alex Tapscott.
Last year this event became the first international blockchain conference in Switzerland, with 85% of speakers coming from outside of Switzerland and over 30 countries represented among attendees. The keynote was delivered by William Mougayar, one of the key thought leaders in the crypto financing field. This years edition devoted to the theme “Shaping crypto together” is currently open for speaker and sponsor registration.
You can get a 20% reduction off the ticket price by using this code: CVA_Crypto_Summit20
We started by talking about yesterday’s FINMA roundtable in Geneva. Around 120 people attended. There was a very high level of participation from the audience which was very good. We…
CoinCenter Director of Research Peter Van Valkenburgh joined us to discuss the state of cryptocurrency regulation in the US and recent actions by SEC, CFTC, FinCEN and others.
Support the show, consider donating: BTC: 1CD83r9EzFinDNWwmRW4ssgCbhsM5bxXwg ETH: 0x8cdb49ca5103Ce06717C4daBBFD4857183f50935 Over the past year, as cryptocurrencies and ICOs started to go mainstream, we have seen a huge surge in regulatory activities. …
Authors: Markus Vogel (Co-Chair Working Group Tax / Accounting / Structuring and Director Tax KPMG AG), Rinaldo Neff (Senior Manager Tax / Equity-based Compensation KPMG AG)
Tech start-ups may (partly) compensate their founders, developers or employees using cryptocurrency. There are various good reasons to do so. It’s an effective way for innovative tech industry employers to attract the most talented people, and it frees up fiat funds for investment in the growing business.
However, caution is critical. As these companies work on closing their accounts and preparing their salary statements for the year 2017, they should carefully assess whether allocations of cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin and Ether, own tokens or similar to founders, developers or employees triggered withholding and/or reporting obligations. As a consequence they possibly need to prepare for (immediate) Swiss tax and/or social security payments in fiat currencies. Answers to the following questions, are important factors for further analysis:
In most cases, Swiss tax law requires affected start-ups to prepare a specific annex to the 2017 salary certificates – in some certain circumstances even if no signed employment agreement is in place.
Due to the complexity of the topic and the current lack of clear rules or common practice, it is crucial to verify each case individually. In general, it is advisable to clarify the reporting obligations, tax and social security aspects of such grants and consequently assure correct withholdings by the employer or “employee”. Failure to do so may not only trigger subsequent tax and social security obligations, but also late payment interest, penalties and/or fines from the corresponding authorities – payable in fiat.
For more details, please visit: https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/ch/pdf/cryptocurrencies-instead-of-fiat-salary.pdf
KPMG AG, which is a Strategic Partner of the Crypto Valley Association, carefully navigates your crypto business through all tax and accounting aspects (e.g. income tax, transfer pricing, value added tax, withholding tax and categorization of tokens) and provides innovative and sustainable structuring solutions in order to further fuel the development of your professional endeavors in the Crypto Valley. www.kpmg.ch/ico