Blockchain Innovation: Interviewing The Brightest Minds In Blockchain - 037: The Ultimate Cryptocurrency Tax Solution – with TaxToken’s Michael Foland

037: The Ultimate Cryptocurrency Tax Solution – with TaxToken’s Michael Foland

03/28/19 • 54 min

Blockchain Innovation: Interviewing The Brightest Minds In Blockchain

Michael Foland is the President and Co-Founder of TaxToken. His mission is to make TaxToken, “the ultimate cryptocurrency tax solution.” TaxToken leverages blockchain technology and artificial intelligence to modernize cryptocurrency accounting.

In this episode, we discuss:

Why you should file your crypto taxes and why 2019 is a good year to do that
Exactly what problem TaxToken aims to solve and what makes them the best solution
Challenges associated with filing your crypto taxes (like how does the tax-man treat quirky crypto events like hard-forks and airdrops).

In this episode, we discuss:

Why you should file your crypto taxes and why 2019 is a good year to do that
Exactly what problem TaxToken aims to solve and what makes them the best solution
Challenges associated with filing your crypto taxes (like how does the tax-man treat quirky crypto events like hard-forks and airdrops).

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036: Purse.io is Making Cryptocurrency Useful – with Jordan Crawford

Jordan Crawford was the Director of Growth at Purse.io. Their mission is to make crypto useful. Purse allows users to name their own discount when shopping on Amazon by matching shoppers with individuals who wish to exchange Amazon gift cards for cryptocurrency.

In this episode, we discuss:

How the Purse system works
Why it’s critical for cryptocurrencies to be used in everyday transactions before they achieve mass adoption
The drawbacks of traditional payment networks like ACH (Automated Clearing House)

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Philipp is a serial tech entrepreneur and discovered Blockchain after an encounter with the founder of BitTorrent.

In this episode, we discuss:

The history of ICOs
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The 3 components of the Swarm system – tokenization, compliance, and decentralization
How Swarm, as an open-source non-profit entity, differentiates itself from other players in the STO market