# Virtual currency

`kaal:entity:virtual-currency`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `virtual-currency`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 2 works, 2017 to 2017.

**2017**

- [2998033-016](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2998033-016) [empirical/evidenced] -- The IRS position that virtual currency is taxed as property is expressly limited to convertible virtual currency, which leaves the tax treatment of crypto limited partnership interests unaddressed.
  > However, the IRS was very specific about limiting its current position to transactions involving "convertible virtual currency," leaving the tax treatment of crypto-limited partnership interests unaddressed.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Innovation for Private Investment Funds (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2998033
- [2998033-018](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2998033-018) [condition/evidenced] -- Under FinCEN guidance a mere user of virtual currency is not a money services business and faces no registration duty, while a user deemed an administrator or exchanger must comply with reporting and recordkeeping regulations.
  > While a user of a virtual currency is not a MSB and not subject to any registration requirements, a user of virtual currencies who is deemed to be an administrator or exchanger will be required to comply with its reporting and recordkeeping regulations.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Innovation for Private Investment Funds (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2998033
- [3002908-013](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3002908-013) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The IRS confined its virtual currency position to transactions in convertible virtual currency, which leaves the tax treatment of crypto limited partnership interests unaddressed.
  > However, the IRS was very specific about limiting its current position to transactions involving "convertible virtual currency," leaving the tax treatment of crypto-limited partnership interests unaddressed.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Marco Dell'Erba, Blockchain Innovation in Private Investment Funds - A Comparative Analysis of the United States and (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3002908

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