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Awesome! Crypto assets held through Composer are custodied by Alpaca Crypto LLC. While crypto isn’t covered by SIPC insurance like equities, assets are held 1:1 in segregated wallets.
I think they all use Coinbase, except for Fidelity which self-custodies. However, Google's "AI overview says ARKB uses multiple custodians: > The ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) is custodied by Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., BitGo New York Trust Company LLC, and Coinbase Custody Trust Company LLC. This represents a diversification strategy for the ETF, as it's not reliant solely on one custodian. This move also highlights the growing trend of using multiple custodians in the crypto ETF space to enhance security and reduce concentration risk. I don't know if this is accurate or not. Do keep in mind that Google's AI bot is the one that suggested using glue to stick the cheese to the crust on pizza.
Well, let me straighten this out a little. If it’s an LLC, likely is a disregarded entity for tax purposes (files as part of his return), or operates as an S-Corp, which would flow through the income to him. Either way, he was responsible for the tax, not the LLC.
The business would still owe taxes on the profit (the ETH received and the price at the time of transaction). In your scenario, your LLC would owe taxes. Would that be better than income tax? idk
What if he sold the NFT under a LLC, said LLC then spend all the money to reinvest in a 3mil property, which he can then rent for 1cent a month? Would any tax be owed that way?
tldr; Former Ripple Chief Risk Officer Greg Kidd is set to take control of Know Labs, a company specializing in non-invasive health monitoring solutions. Kidd's affiliate, Goldeneye 1995 LLC, will acquire a controlling interest in Know Labs, with Kidd becoming CEO and Chairman. The deal includes a 1,000 Bitcoin investment as part of the company's treasury strategy. The transaction aims to leverage Bitcoin for sustainable growth and is expected to close in Q3 2025, pending shareholder approval and other conditions. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
Well, let’s put things in perspective. There are lots of people out there who understood leverage but lost all their money and then some in numerous recessions, crashes, etc. Anyone who understood/stands Bitcoin also understands that its success has never been guaranteed. The thesis is strong and the use of debt shrewd, but if macroeconomic conditions didn’t cooperate and/or if Bitcoin wasn’t adopted the way it has been, OP could have found himself in a mountain of debt. And considering he used personal loans as opposed to using an LLC or other protected entity, he would have been, simply, fucked.
Hi, removing the standardness limit for OP_RETURN outputs in Bitcoin Core will not add ~1MiB of data per block, no. This change does not affect the block size, in fact it does not affect any of Bitcoin's consensus rules (OP_RETURN outputs are unbounded by consensus). You may have read misinformation that this change would somehow affect the cost of running a full node. This is not true. It is part of a propaganda campaign to benefit a company (Ocean LLC) and get users to run an alternative, poorer quality, Bitcoin client (Knots).
The LLC is insanely expensive, complicated, and bureaucratic, I dont see it as a real viable solution tbh The buying and sending a portion of Moons by our advertisers to the community fund sounds much simpler and better.
how long would it take to get LLC done? can we get it done before all distribution moon ends?
Okay, thanks. But at some point, we need to get the LLC rolling. We do not want a gap in distribution. That could be devastating for Moons. The project would look dead in my opinion.
I can do that now with my LLC IRA, but I cant hold them in my own wallet. Any idea if you get to hold your own keys?
Talking a lot of shit for someone who lives in a trailer in Winchester. Fucking dumb doing this with an LLC registered to your home address my guy.
On March 25, 2025, the Trump-affiliated crypto platform World Liberty Financial published its own stablecoin, USD1. Before the 2024 Election, the Trump Family launched their own crypto business, World Liberty Financial. What this business does is not entirely clear, but their stated goal is to make America great again by driving the mass adoption of stablecoins and to bridge traditional and crypto finance. They have stated their intention to create a blockchain-based "credit account system" to decentralise lending and borrowing and extend lines of credit in various digital currencies. At this stage, WLF has only sold governance tokens, accumulated a portfolio of other tokens, and had a limited launch of its stablecoin offering. However, WLF may provide services similar to those of an investment bank, like Charles Schwab, for the crypto space in the future. The leadership consists of Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Alex, and Zach Witkoff (sons of Steve Witkoff) and their friends Chase Herro and Zachary Folkman (who have a problematic history in the crypto industry). Donald and Barron Trump hold the flattering but unofficial positions of Chief Crypto Advocate and DeFi Visionary, respectively. World Liberty Financial claims to be a 'DeFi' platform, meaning it is decentralised. In the crypto world, decentralised organisations are not run by a central authority like a board of directors, but are democratically run by those who hold governance tokens (the crypto equivalent of voting shares, kind of). Some organisations are called DAOs (Decentralised Autonomous Organisations), in which token holders vote on proposals (with their votes being recorded on the public blockchain). These are then executed by smart contracts that follow preprogrammed rules. You don't need me to tell you this, but World Liberty Financial is not decentralised. It is, in fact, a Delaware non-stock corporation owned and controlled by WLF Holdco LLC (which holds $22.5 billion worth of $WLFI tokens), which is owned by DT Marks DEFI LLC, a Trump family business. While they offer governance tokens ($WLFI), real power is concentrated. The $550 million worth of governance tokens sold so far allows holders to vote on some proposals. However, most of the tokens are owned by Trump organisations, and the outcome of the votes does not need to be honoured. All significant decisions are made by DT Marks DEFI LLC, Axiom Management Group (AMC), and WC Digital Fi LLC. Furthermore, these tokens do not confer ownership rights or a share of WLF's revenue. Instead, WLF retains $30 million of the revenue for operational expenses. The remaining revenue is split with 75% going to DT Marks DEFI LLC (the Delaware based company owned by the Trump family), 12.5% going to Axiom Management (a Puerto Rican based company owned by Chase Herro and Zachary Folkman), and 12.5% going to WC Digital Fi LLC (owned by the Witkoff family). $550 million worth of WLFI tokens have been sold. At this stage, they are not transferable. However, it has been suggested that this may change in the future. A separate concern is who owns these governance tokens. To avoid SEC registration and oversight from the CFTC and Treasury, $WLFI was initially only offered to those on a white list of non-U.S. persons and accredited U.S. investors. This means that most $WLFI holders are not from the United States. Justin Sun, the owner of the crypto company TRON, who was facing SEC Fraud charges before they were recently dropped, owns $75 million worth of $WLFI and is an official advisor. Recently, the United Arab Emirates pledged to do $2 billion in business in USD1. Mr Witkoff, Mr Folkman and Mr Herro met with the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, and other Pakistani officials to discuss World Liberty Financial. Zach Witkoff has openly said that World Liberty Financial is targeting the business of sovereign investors and major institutions, intending to integrate WLF's stablecoin, USD1, into their strategies for cross-border transitions. In April 2025, an Emirates-based crypto market maker, DWF Labs, accused of market manipulation by the Wall Street Journal, purchased $25 million worth of $WLFI tokens in a private deal and agreed to provide liquidity for an upcoming "USD1" stablecoin launch. On March 25, 2025, the Trump-affiliated crypto platform World Liberty Financial published its own stablecoin, USD1. USD1 already has a market cap of over $2 billion. The top four fiat-backed stablecoins, in order, are USDT (Tether), USDC (Circle), BUIDL (Blackrock), and USD1 (World Liberty Financial). The reserve funds for the stablecoin are held by BitGo, a digital asset trust invested in by Crypto Csar David Sacks. Currently, USD1 is issued on the Binance and Ethereum blockchains, with 99% of its supply coming from Binance. Binance is a Chinese blockchain run by a Chinese company fined over $4.3 billion for money laundering.
# Trump's Crypto Grift—Step-by-Step 1. **Launch a Token with Zero Utility** * The $TRUMP coin (and others like it) serves no real purpose—no tech innovation, no ecosystem, no use case. * It's driven purely by **brand loyalty and speculation**. 2. **Control the Supply** * His entities (like CIC Digital LLC) reportedly kept **up to 80% of the token supply**. * That gives them total control over the price through market manipulation. 3. **Attract Big Buyers** * People, companies, and foreign interests who want access to Trump or favors **buy millions in the coin**. * This **drives up the price** quickly due to limited available supply (thin liquidity). 4. **Sell into the Hype** * Trump’s side **dumps tokens quietly at peak prices**, walking away with massive profits—hundreds of millions to billions. * Meanwhile, retail investors and “loyalists” are left holding the bag. 5. **Buy the Dip** * Once the hype dies and price crashes, Trump-affiliated wallets **buy back in cheap**, and the cycle begins again.
>outside the US Jurisdiction (banned in the US). This doesn't prevent other governments from getting those records and sharing them , USDC themselves for sharing that info with US regulators(Circle Internet Financial, LLC, a U.S.-based fintech company.) , or the IRS or USG from subpoenaing the foreign exchange Why not just use a DEX ?
It looks like it hasn't been refilled yet. But the community chest used to replenish it will eventually be used it up at some point. There's already discussion on setting up an LLC so that distribution will come from all the funds collected from AMAs, banners, sponsors, events, etc... so it becomes a continues cycle that never runs out.
I just moved more than 1.3M USD in Bitcoin in a single TXN to a wallet controlled by my LLC. I didn't even bother with a test txn. Have some damn conviction and Live Free or Die!
tldr; Social media star Haliey Welch admitted on her podcast that she lacked knowledge about cryptocurrency before launching her 'Hawk Tuah' meme coin, which crashed by 95% shortly after its release. Welch stated she only earned a marketing fee and felt bad for those who lost money, acknowledging she trusted the wrong people. The coin, launched on Solana, faced allegations of being a rug-pull and saw its market cap drop from $500 million to $25 million. Welch has since distanced herself from the project and the LLC behind it. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
tldr; Investors in the Hashling NFT project have accused founder Jonathan Mills of misappropriating millions of dollars from the project and a related Bitcoin mining operation. A lawsuit filed in Illinois alleges Mills lied about transferring assets to Satoshi Labs LLC, which he controls, and failed to deliver promised equity returns. Plaintiffs claim to have raised $1.46 million from NFT sales but received no returns. Mills allegedly created a flawed shareholder agreement and began ghosting investors. The lawsuit seeks restitution and a constructive trust over the project's assets. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
This is the worst graphic. Businesses here don't tell me if they are a small LLC, medium size company or just a family trust.
Ten days from now, 220 crypto investors will sit down to a lavish three-course dinner and enjoy “stunning views of the Potomac river” with US president Donald Trump at his 800-acre golf club in Washington DC. To earn an invitation, all they had to do was buy a boatload of the president’s personal crypto coin. The dinner was announced on April 23 by CIC Digital LLC and Fight Fight Fight LLC, subsidiaries of a conglomerate owned by Trump, which together control 80 percent of the TRUMP coin supply. They [pitched it](https://gettrumpmemes.com/) as “the most exclusive invitation in the world,” giving lucky attendees the opportunity to “hear first-hand president Trump talk about the future of crypto.” The attendees were selected based on who had spent the most on TRUMP and held their coins the longest between the announcement date and the deadline at 1:30pm ET today. The identities of the investors who vied for a place are concealed behind leaderboard usernames and alphanumeric crypto wallet addresses. Since launch, critics have cast the TRUMP memecoin as an unethical “[money-grab](https://www.wired.com/story/the-trump-memecoins-money-grab-economics/)”—an abuse of Trump’s office for the sake of self-enrichment. They have also expressed concern that the coin could be used to discreetly transfer wealth to the Trump family. By making a large investment and driving up the price of the coin, foreign powers and other politically-motivated actors could try to curry favor with the president, the argument goes. Read more: [https://www.wired.com/story/trumpcoin-dinner-ticket-bidding/](https://www.wired.com/story/trumpcoin-dinner-ticket-bidding/)
Ten days from now, 220 crypto investors will sit down to a lavish three-course dinner and enjoy “stunning views of the Potomac river” with US president Donald Trump at his 800-acre golf club in Washington DC. To earn an invitation, all they had to do was buy a boatload of the president’s personal crypto coin. The dinner was announced on April 23 by CIC Digital LLC and Fight Fight Fight LLC, subsidiaries of a conglomerate owned by Trump, which together control 80 percent of the TRUMP coin supply. They [pitched it](https://gettrumpmemes.com/) as “the most exclusive invitation in the world,” giving lucky attendees the opportunity to “hear first-hand president Trump talk about the future of crypto.” The attendees were selected based on who had spent the most on TRUMP and held their coins the longest between the announcement date and the deadline at 1:30pm ET today. The identities of the investors who vied for a place are concealed behind leaderboard usernames and alphanumeric crypto wallet addresses. Since launch, critics have cast the TRUMP memecoin as an unethical “[money-grab](https://www.wired.com/story/the-trump-memecoins-money-grab-economics/)”—an abuse of Trump’s office for the sake of self-enrichment. They have also expressed concern that the coin could be used to discreetly transfer wealth to the Trump family. By making a large investment and driving up the price of the coin, foreign powers and other politically-motivated actors could try to curry favor with the president, the argument goes. Read more: [https://www.wired.com/story/trumpcoin-dinner-ticket-bidding/](https://www.wired.com/story/trumpcoin-dinner-ticket-bidding/)
Once the Moon LLC gets setup, we'll be able to get a lot more. The distribution will also include all the funds from AMAs and Banners.
Non-monetary deed transfers happen all the time, I'm not saying they can't be done. I'm saying they will usually have tax implications. Without knowing who your landlord deeded to, my first guess would be that they were simply transferring it from being held in their name to a legal entity that they control, like an LLC or a trust. That is very common as with investment properties people will often decide to switch ownership from their personal name to a legal entity for liability protection or inheritance planning. If they were deeding to another individual like a family member, though, they would be subject to the same rules anyone else would. If it's a gift, all the rules you posted would apply. You can't just deed your property to someone else & say "it's not a gift, they're just the owner on the deed now", lol.
Took the time to report it this morning, apparently they're looking to cash in on the gullible. The email comes through a Colorado registered LLC that's been in business for over 10 years, owned by a Minnesota person. I find it hard to believe that they can't find and shut these down.
You can provide asset protection also by locking it up in an LLC - or buy property in Florida (or likely others).
Lol, you had to dig up legal entities to try to twist this argument? Did I say it was the same legal entity as the exchange? Coinbase Custody is the custodian, not blackrock. You trying to argue that I’m wrong because I didn’t specify the legal entity made me chuckle. Stop it with the BS, you were wrong and it was legit for me to correct you. Accept it. The fund’s prospectus literally says “the Bitcoin custodian is Coinbase Custody Trust, LLC” (“Coinbase Custody”). Nothing else to say.
tldr; Reddit Points surged over 45% after Totem Point Management LLC disclosed a $1.273 million stake in the company during Q4. The rally highlights investor excitement around Reddit's blockchain-based Community Points system, which allows users to earn, own, and trade tokens tied to subreddit contributions. This decentralized system is seen as a key asset in Reddit's ecosystem, driving engagement and aligning with broader crypto market trends and blockchain-based social networks. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
I hear you, but I don’t agree it was inaccurate. BR uses a custodial agent to hold Bitcoin for their ETF holders, and it’s ‘Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC,’ not Coinbase the retail exchange. They’re separate legal entities. Saying it’s just ‘Coinbase’ is wrong and makes it sound like the Bitcoin is sitting on a retail trading platform, which it isn’t. Either way, none of this really matters if someone isn’t getting the basic concept. We can agree to disagree.
tldr; North Korean hackers linked to the Lazarus Group set up fake US shell companies, Blocknovas LLC and Softglide LLC, to target cryptocurrency developers with malware under the guise of job offers. Using falsified documentation, they posed as legitimate employers, primarily on LinkedIn, and tricked victims into downloading malware during fake interviews. The FBI seized the Blocknovas domain, highlighting vulnerabilities in business registration systems. The Lazarus Group has a history of exploiting fake job opportunities for cyber thefts, including the $625M Ronin Bridge hack in 2021. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
What about a business bank account? Maybe open up a business if you don't have one already, and that way the number will be tied to the LLC vs you.
tldr; Silent Push researchers have uncovered that North Korea's Lazarus Group set up U.S. shell companies, Blocknovas LLC and Softglide LLC, to target crypto developers with malware. These companies, registered under fake aliases and addresses, were used to distribute malware via fake job applications, compromising cryptocurrency wallets and credentials. The FBI has taken action against these domains. Lazarus Group is linked to major crypto hacks, including the Bybit hack with losses of $1.5 billion. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
This is true but it also makes me feel guilty as fuck. On the subject of real estate, I bought a home last year and plan to mortgage a large home next year, then rent that second home out room by room (it's in a very famous/historic and touristy city) to make passive income and put that money toward DCA Bitcoin and buy as close to the bottom as I can anticipate in 2026, ride the wave towards Q4 2029, and repeat that process for 2030 and beyond. Of course it isn't a guaranteed plan, but I feel good about the chances of this working out. The ultimate goal is generational wealth so my closest family and best friend's families will have what they need for the oncoming collapse. Meanwhile most of the country is struggling and half the world can't afford bread or clean fucking water. I do donate to charities but it's really such a small drop in such a massive bucket that I feel absolutely helpless. I'm not like a super wealthy person, but I absolutely will never have to work again. So next year I plan to travel around with a work visa (I have a photography LLC, so even most of those expenses are write-offs) and do some volunteer stuff while taking pictures (landscape & still life stuff), and even had an idea to make a sort of experimental memoir about it and base the book around the unseen and untold suffering that so many people face every day. I guess that may sound pretentious, idk. I genuinely just want to make sure my family and friends are taken care of, and donate time and capital towards alleviating suffering. Maybe it is because my own life has been riddled with it. I don't know. But it is a genuine feeling and goal.
tldr; $Trump coin surged by 71% after plans were announced for a dinner with President Donald Trump for the top 220 token holders, scheduled for May 22 in Washington, D.C. The top 25 holders will also attend a reception and a VIP White House tour. The token, launched in January, reached an intraday high of $16.17 before settling at $13.39. The event is organized by FightFightFight LLC, with Trump attending as a guest. Eligibility includes background checks and restrictions on guests and KYC watchlist countries. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
There are crypto backed loans available. However, I use Bitcoin and metals as reserve and a hedge against inflation. Risking reserves to grow our capital base is not a risk I am willing to take. I won’t place the reserve at risk. I cannot afford to lose the reserve. I was taught to never risk what I can’t afford to lose. There are other assets I am willing to risk for certain investments. My home equity, my stocks, even my short term savings. I can and do use as portions as collateral. But I will, at this point in life, only borrow to invest in one thing. My family. I have an LLC which functions as a small venture capital and business development holding firm. Through it I invest in ventures with my children and their cousins. If they 1) learn the business development structured methodology I use, 2) work cooperatively 3) remain in compliance with the values - they can develop and submit proposals and business plans. I did this with my son 6 years ago and it worked. He has a very profitable trucking firm. And my daughter runs the Bitcoin mining venture we started two years ago. My daughter who goes to school in Oslo is developing a venue for Art and Music. There cousins are getting into it. There are three really smart ventures in the pipe line. At some point, after Phase 1 - Development in which they burn through seed capital conceptualizing and documenting their business strategy all the ventures will require structured finance. When they get to that stage I collateralize their venture’s debt using my resources. But I will NOT risk our reserves. My bank would think I have lost my mind if I did. My job is to get them up to where the folks I do business who have deeper pockets with can trust their ventures. So I never risk what WE can’t afford to lose.
>tax advantaged retirement account where you can't actually self custody... You can... It's called an IRA LLC, it's how people invest their retirement into real estate and alternative assets like physical gold and Bitcoin.
Hedera (HBAR) because it is the mathematical endgame of decentralized ledger technology. No hard forks. No layer-2 solutions. No need for massive upgrades. Just a mathematically perfect decentralized network, post-quantum resistant, aBFT-secure, with fixed fees, sub-3-second finality, fair transaction ordering, and virtually infinite scalability, limited only by current hardware. Backed by an open-source codebase, actively developed under the Linux Foundation and governed by a multi-trillion-dollar LLC council composed of some of the world’s most influential organizations. It's the blue chip of crypto.
Yep, not Trump’s at all, just like Trump Steaks, Trump University, and Trump Vodka and other spectacular failures weren’t really his. Just a crazy coincidence that another LLC with his name on it (but definitely not his 😉) is magically one of the hottest meme coins on Solana. When it inevitably crashes, the bagholders can take pride in knowing they owned the libs by investing in Fight Fight Fight. LOL
Haha, your lies just keep getting worse. Who cares if you’re up personally? I bought XRP at .17 cents…Echo cares, it’s crap. How about you defending some of your main talking points instead of just blathering on? Brad himself said that he could see Ripple LLC, ie: XRP as a replacement for SWIFT/ACH. “Not an American based crypto” is unprovable. But why does that even matter? Are you some type of neo-nazi? No one cares about the founding country of origin of any crypto. “No creator”. Well then how does it exist if no one created it? You simply don’t know who they are and your perspective that this is a bad thing is ideologically flawed. They/them created Bitcoin and then walked away with zero profit. Brad on the other hand “minted” out of thin air 100,000,000,000 Billion tokens and proceeds to sell millions them every year and the only person that benefits from those sales is him. “And it’s connected to Tether” Oh yeah? How exactly? “All signs point to it going straight to zero” Now you’re just clowning around. Nothing points to the number one crypto currency in history over the past 16 years as “going to zero”. I would like to hear your opinion but you are an absolute moron and so I’ll simply say good luck in life because you’re going to really need it.
I'm in the same group with Mr. Ryan, and Julia. When I initially considered crypto trading I was also sketched out, because I'm into crypto investing, I've never heard of Kecoins, and I couldn't find anything online about the platform. Based on the research I did on BBR Partners LLC, [bbrpartners.com](http://bbrpartners.com), they're registered with the SEC [https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/109688](https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/109688), I decided to give it a shot with $1,000, and I've been trading smoothly since day one. I had one incident where I transferred money from my Coinbase account to my Kecoins account, and it didn't show up. It was already the evening, so I waited until the morning to see if the funds would arrive, but still nothing. I contacted Julia first thing in the morning, and she had it released within minutes. The screenshots that you see are not photoshopped. When I first joined this group it was much more about stock trading, but since the market has taken a turn they switched to crypto trading to help investors make back lost money, because with crypto you can make money whether market is up or down. Currently, I'm participating in their two trades per day. I haven't joined in on the Event that they're hosting with Kecoins and some other entities. Happy to chat with any of you that are in the group.
Mr. Gottlieb praised Mr. Medjedovic on social media as a “young, bright guy” with a “bright future.” But just because he was good at math didn’t mean that he understood the law, Mr. Gottlieb said. In an e-mail sent to Mr. Medjedovic’s personal address, he cautioned the teen that the stolen tokens were easy to trace and would be difficult to access. “Don’t screw up your whole future over money you can’t ever touch anyway,” Mr. Gottlieb wrote. But Mr. Medjedovic wouldn’t budge. He didn’t deny that he was behind the exploit – in fact, he took credit for it on the social media platform X – but he implied that his actions were lawful. “If Indexed wants to insinuate that I did something wrong and resort to name-calling, LOL,” he wrote, later adding: “You were out-traded. There is nothing you can do about that.” The Code is Law philosophy is based on the straightforward premise that if the code governing a platform permits a user to do something, then the action is legal. The analogy that is often used is that of algorithmic high-frequency trading. If one Wall Street hedge fund is able to profit by exploiting a pattern in another firm’s trades, the loser doesn’t have any legal recourse; that’s simply the risk that comes with playing the game. Similarly, proponents of Code is Law argue that because the code governing decentralized finance platforms is open source, and because users choose to use the platform, those users are voluntarily taking on the risk that someone may exploit whatever flaws or loopholes exist within the code. Not everyone agrees. “Code is not law. Law is law,” Mr. Gottlieb wrote in a lengthy thread to Mr. Medjedovic on X in late October, 2021. “And what you did was not a ‘clever trade.’ It was market manipulation. It’s illegal. And people go to prison for it.” Code is not law. Law is law. And what you did was not a “clever trade.” It was market manipulation. It’s illegal. And people go to prison for it. (Ask Michael Coscia, who served three years. Or Edward Bases and John Pacilio, just convicted.) 2/ — Jason Gottlieb (@ohaiom) October 21, 2021 The Code-is-Law argument has never been tested in a Canadian court. But south of the border, where Mr. Medjedovic has been criminally charged, it hasn’t held up under scrutiny. In April, 2024, a New York jury criminally convicted trader Avraham Eisenberg of fraud and commodities manipulation for exploiting a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange called Mango Markets for US$110-million. Part of Mr. Eisenberg’s defence was that what he hadn’t “hacked” the platform; he’d simply taken advantage of its weaknesses. Less than a month after the Indexed Finance attack, a U.S. company named Cicada 137 LLC sued Mr. Medjedovic in Ontario. The identity of the person or people behind the company is unknown, but Cicada said it lost US$9.69-million worth of digital tokens to the exploit. (It’s common for significant investors in cryptocurrency to shield their identities.) The judge granted Cicada a civil search warrant, and over the course of more than seven hours, lawyers turned the Medjedovic family home inside out. But the evidence they found likely was limited; Mr. Medjedovic left home after receiving death threats, and had taken his phone and computer with him, according to court documents. In mid-December that year, Mr. Medjedovic transferred several million dollars’ worth of tokens out of a digital wallet associated with the attack, stopping after he’d been served with a court order via e-mail. He attended an urgent court hearing that day via Zoom, but he kept his camera off, leaving his whereabouts unknown.
Ask him for the URL of the site he uses to "trade". Look up that domain name on scamadviser.com as a first step. The odds are good that the domain was only recently registered, via an anonymous service provider. If that doesn't reveal anything (scammers sometimes buy pre-existing domains to avoid the obvious red flag), then check the site itself for company information. Chances are good that company information will be forged or non-existent. Any legitimate company would mention its registered company number and type (LLC, Ltd., etc), and link any related legal documents. These can easily be checked. Maybe post the URL here and let Reddit rip it apart. Send him what you find. If that's not enough, well... some people still need to learn the hard way.
Hey guys, sorta crypto related since more certification can give you more monies and pad your resume, but on May the 7th, and if you live in VIrginia, the Virginia Board of Counseling is changing the rules regarding QMHP licensure. All you need is a bachelor's degree now and you can get a free 10 week course+certificate from DBHDS. I'm planning to do work under my LLC company as a fully licensed QMHP using this path Just a little bit of inspiration for you guys :)
Yeah man, totally get it—this market’s brutal when you’re trying to juggle basic expenses and still stack. Its not conventional but one thing I’ve done is I opened an LLC and used 0% interest credit lines to invest. It’s definitely not the conventional route, but it’s an option if you’ve got the credit and discipline to manage it right. Just a way to stay liquid personally while still getting exposure
I did mine with a traditional self directed IRA through Advanta, and I was able to directly buy Bitcoin off the Gemini exchange. Just had to start an LLC in the IRA name and open an account on Gemini with an LLC. Was pretty easy for someone who doesnt know much about this stuff.
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The bigger question you might want to ponder is what insurances do you have and how can you position assets to back them. Especially given your LLC privileges.
Not an expert, but I imagine there would be significant costs and tax implication with opening a business in US as somebody from outside US. I would consider just forming an LLC and opening a bank account, in like cayman islands, or wherever people open "offshore" bank accounts? And I would assume you can receive funds obtained from customers there and buy crypto.
tldr; Haliey 'Hawk Tuah' Welch announced that the SEC has closed its investigation into her meme coin, $HAWK token, without any charges or monetary sanctions against her. The probe followed the coin's crash, which left many investors with losses. Welch's attorney confirmed there are no restrictions on her future involvement in crypto or securities. Welch has parted ways with the coin's LLC and will no longer support or promote it. She plans to focus on other projects, including a documentary and her 'Talk Tuah' podcast. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
If you have an LLC, research self-directed IRAs. Some self-directed IRA service providers allow the LLC (that is, you as the LLC manager) to custody the assets in the IRA.
IMO the best option is to use a self-directed IRA that allows you to hold your own keys. There are only a couple of places that make it really easy, without needing an LLC or Trust. My preference is AdvantaIRA. I wrote a short X post here: https://x.com/socraticBTC/status/1883689256583045424. Message me if you have questions. You can also use this strategy to hold Bitcoin in your HSA if you have one.
Their address is a PO box under a differently-named holding company in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which is a tiny obscure Caribbean tax haven nominally under UK governance but where it may difficult to properly apply the threat of consumer protection complaint. These are things to consider when selecting entities to invest 6-figure sums with. I would see if there is a UK regulatory body with the power to apply consequences in SVG or if SVG has any consumer affairs or offshore licensing agency you can file complaints with and name-drop in your next communication with them. Good luck, OP. Marella LLC P.O. Box 2897 Kingstown, VC0100 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Ya, mostly it’s restaurants, coffee shops and service businesses, painters, printers, web designers. They have minimal upfront costs for goods. I’ve also seen dentists and stuff like that. We are at the very beginning! Google Zito. They are an LLC. They have a website. How would I verify unless I personally did business with them? 27,000 of them?
**Donald Trump’s crypto project netted $350mn from presidential memecoin** *FT analysis shows potential windfall for US president in three weeks following launch in January* [https://www.ft.com/content/cb1def8f-53a6-478e-9b3e-33c383b29629](https://www.ft.com/content/cb1def8f-53a6-478e-9b3e-33c383b29629) Donald Trump’s crypto project made at least $350mn from the launch of his memecoin, a windfall that is likely to fuel concerns over conflicts of interest arising from the token. Digital wallets owned by the entities running the scheme earned the money from sales of $TRUMP in the three weeks after it was launched in January, according to a Financial Times analysis of blockchain data. Trump has faced a fierce backlash since he and his wife Melania launched memecoins, tokens with no practical use whose value is entirely based on speculation, just days before his return to the White House. Investors and ethics experts have said the sale of crypto tokens would in effect allow a way to channel anonymous donations to the president while also exploiting retail investors. “The president of the United States should not be essentially doing things to profit from his office while in office,” said Tim Massad, adjunct law professor at Georgetown Law School and former chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. “It’s a terrible example.”In addition to the $350mn earned through selling $TRUMP directly on the Solana blockchain — the digital ledger that underpins most memecoins — more money is likely to have been made from a smaller number of tokens that were distributed for sale on cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance. The FT calculated the earnings by analysing the flow of tokens from their creation into official wallets and their subsequent placement for sale on trading platforms on the Solana blockchain. A feature of these platforms, known as “liquidity pools”, is that third parties are able to discern both prices for individual transactions and how much money has accrued in the pool. People who participate in them can earn money from selling tokens and receive fees for providing liquidity to the market. The $TRUMP earnings were made up of $314mn from the sale of the tokens and $36mn from fees. The White House and [Gettrumpmemes.com](http://Gettrumpmemes.com), the website of the memecoin, did not respond to requests for comment. The president’s personal profit is unclear. The website states that “CIC Digital LLC, an affiliate of The Trump Organization”, and Fight Fight Fight LLC, a Delaware company, collectively own 80 per cent of the tokens. The website states that while the product is officially endorsed by the president, the project is being run by Fight Fight Fight and “is not distributed or sold by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization or any of their respective affiliates or principals”. Trump has positioned himself as a pro-crypto president, and will host many of the industry’s biggest companies and investors at a summit at the White House on Friday. At launch, a Trump account minted a billion $TRUMP tokens and set aside 200mn to be released as a first batch. The remaining 800mn are scheduled to be released over the next three years.
>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$Trump) Ownership of the token is largely concentrated in two Trump owned entities: CIC Digital LLC and Fight Fight Fight LLC, which together hold 80 percent of the coins remaining after the ICO These are the companies that manage Trump's personal crypto. Baron is likely to be more involved than Trump himself
Throw it into Fet. I see it 10x at least, it was a big deal they came out with their own LLC like char gpt. It’s definitely not perfect or super impressive but it’s a nice start. This company has real utility.
I own a home? So no. I’m not salty. Real estate is a good investment currently for tax optimization but not as an investment. It requires an LLC to see all the actual benefits + substantial income elsewhere to really make it “work”
Just open an LLC, mint your own shitcoin and profit. Crypto is just for grifting. That is the message from the US government.
tldr; The Trump Organization, through DTTM Operations LLC, has filed a trademark application with the USPTO for the name 'TRUMP,' signaling plans to enter the metaverse and NFT space. The filing outlines a virtual world featuring TRUMP-branded apparel, restaurants, training programs, and a digital marketplace for trading goods and cryptocurrencies authenticated via NFTs. This move highlights the organization's interest in the digital economy, though the launch timeline remains unclear. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
Hi - If you're still trying to get this sorted, I'd suggest a self-directed IRA with a custodian that enables you to hold actual self-custody Bitcoin. You can do this without having to set up an LLC. Check out my X post here. If you have questions, let me know. [https://x.com/socraticBTC/status/1883689256583045424](https://x.com/socraticBTC/status/1883689256583045424)
the ppp loan bs was so fuxkin lame. to be an uber driver in kansas city you needed an LLC which my dad had. then he applied for a PPP loan and got 50k and never had to pay it back.. he blew it all on drugs and gambling. feels like being honest and doing the right thing never pays off, you just end up working harder for less.
I could open a checkbook LLC in my Roth if I wanted to hold the keys. I could hold keys easier & cheaper in my solo 401k.
Ownership of the token is largely concentrated in two Trump owned entities: CIC Digital LLC and Fight Fight Fight LLC, which together hold 80 percent of the coins remaining after the ICO.[25] TAKE HEED ——->These holdings are scheduled for gradual release over three years.[26] DONT MISS OUT!! LOAD UP!!!
One of the entities behind the crypto coin is a company owned by Trump, called CIC Digital. The official website for $Trump says CIC Digital will “receive trading revenue derived from trading activities” of the meme coin.… [Trump owned LLC - CIC DIGITAL](https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/trumps-meme-coin-made-nearly-100-million-trading-fees-small-traders-lost-money-2025-02-03/)
Point is not about token. He’s banking on transaction fees. That’s fishy for president to be owner of LLC collecting the fee money
Do people have to live in NY area.... I put majority of savings into what was "OG Grumpy Cat" which is crypto that launched before Shib inu. Then GRUMPY CAT LLC Organization sent crypto token Cease and Disist order.( probably only one ever enacted against cryptocurrency) so that tanked the project which was before memes mean much less than they do now. The community of GRUMPY Cat rebranded token to @Pawthereum, which has set out to donate cryptocurrency to animal shelters... what have I lost, maybe $80k helping relaunch, get listed, purchases on way to all time highs and retracing back down. $PAWTH is still on a mission to save animals but would have been an amazing donation tale if GRUMPY Cat LLC would have joined forces instead of attacking a community looking for a good cause. Pawthereum.com I still believe but what individuals hold is glimmer of hope but the devs are so knowledgeable!! They even built own swap. What it means for myself I continue to work daily in construction 🚧 but the thread of hope something comes is still there. Interview anyone on $PAWTH team they have all lost a lot of personal funds.
Not if you use an LLC to start your LLC
Can't they look up your name as the person who started the LLC, bringing you back to square one?
Definitely abbreviate your last name on LinkedIn however if you have a mortgage in public records Even better is to buy your house through an LLC
Interesting, I have not heard of Alto- how do you like them? I don't see a self-custody option, are you using an LLC?
the president doesn't have middle men, he is not a useful idiots in this context. No one is tricking him about this. "Ownership of the token is largely concentrated in two Trump owned entities: CIC Digital LLC and Fight Fight Fight LLC, which together hold 80 percent of the coins remaining after the ICO." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$Trump)
why Monero is better than Zcash: * no CEO * no vulnerable corporate presence, anonymous core developers not subject to US/EU regulatory pressure or intimidation * not overly-concerned with compliance, privacy is prioritized in every consideration regardless of the consequences * fully private at protocol level (no optional privacy), all transactions look the same, transparency is strictly opt-in * auto-shielded IP addresses * uses established, well-understood, battle-tested and thus reliable cryptography as opposed to novel, experimental, much less understood and thus potentially flawed cryptography i.e. no "spooky moon math" * modular approach to privacy = no single point of failure * proven track record, 6+ years of sustained darknet usage with 0 users traced, has notably foiled the FBI, Europol & the IRS * no suspected backdoors * no dev tax i.e. "founder's reward/community development fund", conditional donation-based dev funding gives the community more leverage and keeps devs disciplined * wasn't designed to systematically enrich founders & early Zerocoin Electric Coin Company LLC investors, whales either mined or bought their coins like everybody else * not a Bitcoin fork * not transitioning to Proof-of-Stake, PoW has a proven 10+ year track record while consumer-grade CPU mining remains the most anonymous, most permissionless way of acquiring coins * ASIC resistance * tail emission * dynamic blocksize * lower inflation * ever-increasing real-world adoption, actually displacing Bitcoin in OPSEC-critical markets, endorsed by the DNM Bible * growing criminal adoption = infinitely more street cred + law enforcement/regulator hostility = additional battle-hardening * passionate grassroots enthusiasm, considerably more community engagement and activism, has better memes * significantly better reputation, widely admired and respected by non-hodlers, has much more traction on Reddit, 4chan, etc * greater decentralization = much more likely to survive a governmental crackdown on privacy coins * no trademark restrictions, no pandering to the Establishment, has steadfastly remained true to crypto's anti-authoritarian free market cypherpunk ideals [https://moneroinfodump.neocities.org/#ZcashBlackpill](https://moneroinfodump.neocities.org/#ZcashBlackpill)
I believe it will come full circle once everyone figures out how to eliminate the garbage and 10,000+ daily added tokens. And for sure I’m about the Gains too however no memes (except one which was launched by the real world entertainment industry coin I’ve got and they also launch vetted projects) and only actual companies, incorporated,LLC stuff like that. Will mine catch on? 🤷♂️
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Once you've stacked enough Bitcoin, start stacking a yield instrument like MSTY or YBTC. If you really feel wild, yolo 50 percent more on margin.b IBKR has margin loans low enough to make this interesting. If you really really feel wild, do this in an LLC so you don't get slaughtered on taxes every year and just pay yourself a small salary out of it.
I don’t guess it’s impossible to remain anonymous, but seems way more troublesome than it’s worth. At some point, your transaction is tied to a bank account somewhere. Some of those shield your identity better than others I suppose, you can make it a real pain in the ass with trusts and LLC’s and s-corps and other bullshit I know nothing about, but someone, somewhere, knows where you on-boarded your money to buy in to begin with, if you mined it yourself and never on-boarded anything, you still need to turn it into a usable currency at some point.
You didn’t even read your own article smart guy >GodBlessTheUSABible.com is not owned, managed or controlled by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization, CIC Ventures LLC or any of their respective principals or affiliates
You'd see all of this working well if you get the government ON TO the blockchain. I don't know how all this turned into anarcho-liberal tech. - An LLC should be a smartcontract - Contracts between parties should be smartcontracts, Basicaly all contracts that can be, should be smartcontracts with automatic resolution. Until then, Web3 exists in a vacuum and that's why the only thing you see are: - stupid memes, rugpulls on one side - on the other, overly complicated tech in a state like holding the gas and break pedals at the same time.
Yes it was created before the Ripple LLC by Ripple. We’ve established that. My main question is why does the XRP community hate that a company created their coin so much? Do you feel like it invalidates your coin? Does three guys in their basement really sound better to you? That makes the coin sound like scammy garbage.
Yes 15% is great. Everyone still eats. Personally I have all of my crypto go through an LLC, so I avoid most tax penalties. Basically whatever I make at the end of the year is taxed at 20%. I rarely see an issue because our LLC has other expenses which we write off, and rarely pay taxes on our crypto gains.
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You can buy Bitcoin anywhere and send it to a multisig enabled hardware wallet like Ledger. Multisig and true ownership would be the BIGGEST “pro” in a 501(c) non profit. Transparency, responsibility and immunity. Also create a DAO LLC or C Corp for it in for example Wyoming or Tennessee if you’re in the US.
“Hawk tuah” was trademarked before the video even went viral. Why would a nobody have an LLC called 16 minutes, and trademark a phrase that wasn’t relevant or known at the time. Her television contract was signed before the video went viral as well.
There are very reasonably priced, self-custody IRA solutions that do not require the complexity of checkbook control, LLC, etc. You can check out my X post for more info: [https://x.com/socraticBTC/status/1869961394444960181](https://x.com/socraticBTC/status/1869961394444960181)
Do you plan on just keeping low savings account with the credit union? I ask because my credit union has terrible APY. Was even considering closing the accounts as I feel like Ally should work okay for me. Was planning on opening an account with Schwab as well… Also that’s a good idea to talk to a crypto tax specialist. I’m curious what the approach is with the LLC?
OP wasn’t opening an account, his LLC was opening an account. That’s a different thing.
A trust and/or LLC will be coming once my btc>my insurance coverage... I'll check out the Bitcoin way. Thanks.
Satoshi has a big red button that says "shut down the Bitcorn database." We don't know what the man, the CEO, and the founder of Bitcoin LLC will do but safe to say it's safer to hold gold certificates like the US dollar.
Lmao- Ive lived (4 months +) 4 countries, 11 states and 22 cities not including Cali and sections of Cali. Yeah- do your best not to meet people like me or that. You’re on that right path- I wouldn’t suggest investing unless you can read up and understand what you are reading. I’ve always done my own taxes even for 4 seperate LLC’s and S-CORP’s. I read up on everything I want to know and I remember it. Things I don’t, I push out. I call it my selective photographic memory. I was one of lucky ones of the people I know who survived lockup, a grave or a facility. Some lost to dirty drugs and some lost to violence, it’s not a path I would choose for anyone- takes its toll. But I’m all self taught and self made. So yes - I was in FL at 15 and I paid for it myself in BTC and my parents had zero say whatsoever, I also look way older starting at 13 and had a few fakes so it was a breeze especially in FL, didn’t even need the fakes.
You only get to carry $3k in losses from year to year for an individual in the US, unless that’s changed. If you’re an LLC and register all your trading activity under it you can carry all your losses from year to year. But you also have to mark all positions to market at end of year and pay your gains taxes. You wouldn’t put longer term positions in the LLC.