Spanish Treasury Releases Guidelines to Minimize the Risk of Tax Evasion With Cryptocurrencies
The State Agency for Tax Administration of Spain published guidelines to reduce tax evasion for cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin. The document is part of the general program of the so-called Annual Tax and Customs Control Plan. Spanish Tax Authorities Could Ask Local Exchanges for Customers Data According to the paper, the Spanish Treasury’s entity seeks to apply three measures, as the crypto markets’ hype generates “tax risks.”...
Crypto-Centric VC Fund Lures in Billionaire Investor Paul Tudor Jones and Rapper LL Cool J
This week the former Digital Currency Group (DCG) Vice President of Investments, Travis Scher, announced a $72 million crypto-focused venture capital fund backed by the billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones and hip-hop star LL Cool J. The crypto VC fund was invoked by Scher, the private equity veteran Glenn Hutchins, and his son James Hutchins as well. On Thursday, February 4, 2021, a former DCG executive, Travis Scher tweeted about...
Charter Argues That P2P Piracy is No Longer a Problem, Labels Disagree
Internet provider Charter Communications is one of several companies being sued for turning a blind eye to pirating subscribers. The cases, filed by dozens of major record labels and music companies, allege that Internet providers fail to terminate accounts of repeat infringers. Stakes Are High These lawsuits are serious business. In 2019, for example, a jury found Cox liable for the infringements of its customers, awarding a billion...
Integrate devices and add-ons into your home automation setup
In the four previous articles in this series about home automation, I have discussed what Home Assistant is, why you may want local control, some of the communication protocols for smart home components, and how to install Home Assistant in a virtual machine (VM) using libvirt. read more Powered by...
Why simplicity is critical to delivering sturdy applications
In the previous articles in this series, I explained why tackling coding problems all at once, as if they were hordes of zombies, is a mistake. I’m using a helpful acronym explaining why it’s better to approach problems incrementally. ZOMBIES stands for: Z – ZeroO – OneM – Many (or more complex)B – Boundary behaviorsI – Interface definitionE – Exercise exceptional behaviorS – Simple scenarios, simple solutions read more...
