The IRS says that trading a cryptocurrency for another cryptocurrency is a taxable event, even if the trade never touched fiat in any way. If you are using BTC to day trade an altcoin, or using a stable coin like USDT to day trade BTC, every single buy/sell/trade needs to be declared and have tax paid on it based on the market value in USD at the time of the trade.

If overall you lost money in a financial year from trading crypto, you can file those losses to offset taxes you will pay on other income.

I don't think anyone thinks it will have an immediate change in price.  The November 2012 halving and then the July 2016 halving didn't cause an immediate huge spike.  I remember watching for the first post-halving block.  It was like watching grass grow.  But anyway, it took time for the price to increase.  It wasn't until spring 2013 when it started to go up a lot (5-6 months), and then it wasn't until maybe spring 2017 after the July 2016 (6-8 months) halving that things started to look up in fiat price.

I think it went something like this:  People were anticipating the halving, had bought some bitcoin beforehand hoping to make a quick buck.  When it didn't spike that day, week or in the next month, people started selling think it wasn't going to happen.  It took months to clear out the bitcoin people had purchased prior to the halving.  Once that supply was cleared out, the impact of the limited new supply became apparent and the price ended up reflecting that over time.

So I wouldn't expect a spike in the middle of May 2020.  There will likely be some increased demand between now and May because people want to get in prior to the halving so the fiat price may go up but I wouldn't expect a big spike in price on May 14th (or whenever it ends up actually occurring) for the same reasons it hasn't happened in the past.

Will the next halving result in a similar price spike as the previous ones?  No one knows, but if new demand for bitcoin remains the same while the new supply is cut in half yes.  

Welcome to the financial world. The most (over) regulated sector across the planet.

Scale the original transparent Bitcoin industrial way or get regulated into nowhere

Told ya

Idk, I think it would be interesting information if it were true. I mean 33% difference in price for BTC between Venezuela and the rest of the world could be something I personally wouldn't ignore, even if it were a sanctioned country with hyperinflation, like you said. But the thing is that it's most likely not true. They simply calculated the rate in the way I described in my previous post.

I haven't heard any of the major exchanges, or anywhere really, mention this. Presumably that means they've taken it in their stride? If it's that onerous and that soon I expect to have heard a great deal more about it than I have.

I understood your statement and I'm also aware some people are comparing the result of litecoin halving with bitcoin upcoming halving  was the reason some people believe the result won't lift up to our expectations whereas the project which a lot of investors have lost confidence in ever it creator declared to have sold all his holding can't be used to justify the crypto which is widely used.

Whether NE will make it to the SB or not will depend on several factors. They need to finish 13-3 and get a bye week since I believe that if you give Belichick a home game and two weeks of preparation he will find a way to exploit any weakness KC and Houston may have, if they do not and have to win two games on the road then you can count them out, this means their game against the Bills this Saturday is crucial for their aspirations.

Another Factor is Lamar Jackson’s health, if he is healthy then I do not think he can be stopped by the NE’s defence, but if he is not as mobile he will need to beat the NE’s defence with his arm and NE’s secondary is one of the best of the league.