How to Hold Bitcoin in an IRA and Why Its Still Not Easy
As bitcoin continues its bull run, more U.S. investors are looking for ways to protect their gains from taxation, and Individual Retirement Accounts IRAs are slowly emerging as a viable option.While holding bitcoin in an IRA has technically been possible since IRS Notice 2014-21, which declared bitcoin property for tax purposes, the process remains complicated and fraught with liabilities.Some regulators are trying to fix that. On January 9, the Government Accountability Office GAO released a