#cryptocurrency
Track and manage crypto assets with plain-text accounting methods
Crypto staking rewards and frequent token trading can trigger unrelated business income tax for nonprofits. Learn the three-part UBIT test, when dominion and control makes rewards taxable, how Form 1099-DA and 1099-MISC report differently in 2026, and a bookkeeping checklist to track lots and file Form 990-T.
Payoneer will add Bridge-powered USDC and USDT payouts in 2026. Learn how cross-border sellers save on FX and wire fees, what GENIUS and FASB changes mean, and how to book stablecoin receipts at FMV, track FIFO lots, and reconcile Payoneer, blockchain, and bank statements.
A business owner's guide to inventorying crypto wallets, seed phrases, and NFT holdings so your LLC's treasury survives incapacity or death — RUFADAA-compliant will language, Shamir backups, platform legacy tools, and per-wallet bookkeeping that keeps the estate honest.
California's Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL) took full effect July 1, 2026, with penalties up to $100,000 per day for unlicensed crypto activity. Who needs a DFPI license, who qualifies for the merchant and $50,000 de minimis exemptions, and what the NMLS application requires.
The CLARITY Act cleared the House 294-134, but as of mid-July 2026 markets give it roughly 43% odds of passing the Senate before the August recess. Here's what the crypto market-structure bill means for businesses holding digital assets — and why FASB's ASU 2023-08 fair-value accounting rules already apply regardless of the vote.
Superfluid and Sablier let DAOs pay contributors continuously by the second instead of on a pay date, which means wage expense must be accrued as it streams, not booked when a recipient withdraws — here's how to record it, including the fair-market-value and insolvency edge cases.
The IRS treats crypto wages as property valued at fair market value on the date of receipt — fully subject to income tax withholding, FICA, and FUTA, and reported on Form W-2. Here's how to value payments defensibly, avoid state minimum-wage violations, and prepare for Form 1099-DA cross-referencing in 2026.
The GENIUS Act, signed into law in July 2025, creates the first federal framework for payment stablecoins, and small businesses accepting them must record fair market value at receipt, track cost basis per transaction, and prepare for Form 1099-DA reporting starting with 2026 transactions.
Nonprofits accepting cryptocurrency gifts over $5,000 cannot rely on exchange prices for tax substantiation — IRS Chief Counsel Advice 202302012 requires a qualified appraisal, and ASU 2023-08 now mandates fair-value accounting for any crypto a nonprofit holds past the point of receipt.
A practical guide for nonprofits accepting cryptocurrency donations — how to write a gift acceptance policy for digital assets, apply FASB's ASU 2023-08 fair-value accounting rules, and meet IRS substantiation requirements including Form 8283 signatures, qualified appraisals over $5,000, and the Form 8282 three-year disposition rule.
FASB's ASU 2023-08 requires companies to measure qualifying crypto assets like Bitcoin at fair value each reporting period, replacing the cost-less-impairment model that only ever recognized write-downs — a change now in effect for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024.
A practical 2026 guide for independent crypto miners, Ethereum validators, and DeFi liquidity providers covering entity selection, Form 1099-DA basis reporting, Rev. Rul. 2023-14, OBBBA Section 174 R&D expensing, FBAR/Form 8938 thresholds, and KPI tracking.
