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How to buy Bitcoin near me?
If you feel insecure about purchasing Bitcoin through virtual channels, a personal contact can go a long way in helping you break through the toughest barrier for new crypto investors: making the first Bitcoin purchase! The main issue faced by newbies is to wrap their head around the fact that Bitcoin is 100% virtual. You […] DON’T use Paypal for cryptocurrency purchases [Early 2020 article]
November 2020 Update In late October 2020, Paypal updated their policy to allow cryptocurrency purchases. The payments processor also updated their Terms and Conditions to explicitly accommodate cryptocurrency trading. As such, most of our original advice no longer applies. We’ve decided to leave the original text untouched for historical purposes, since, for the past 11+ […] Are cloud mining contracts considered securities? Do they satisfy the Howey Test?
The iconic 1946 SCOTUS case of SEC vs Howey established a few simple criteria for what, exactly, constitutes a security. Quoting Findlaw verbatim: Per the Howey Test, an asset is a security if: It is an investment of money There is an expectation of profits from the investment The investment of money is in a […]