If you understand why bitcoin is an asset to hold for the long term, you may also wonder how to take advantage of retirement tax structures to minimize your tax…
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Multisig is a capability built-in to bitcoin that enables you to store bitcoin in a wallet controlled by multiple keys (as opposed to a single key). You can use multisig…
Many people early in their bitcoin journey end up temporarily distracted by altcoins. If this describes you, you may have accumulated an altcoin portfolio that you no longer want to…
A question I would often receive when I was in private law practice, before coming to Unchained, was whether clients holding bitcoin are required to file FinCEN Form 114 (colloquially…
In bitcoin, it’s always important to secure your seeds, but how exactly do you do that? In previous articles, we’ve discussed what seed phrases are and how they work, and…
At Unchained, we’re commonly asked by clients whether holding bitcoin in an IRA is “IRS-approved” and whether the IRS may “ban bitcoin IRAs in the future.” The short answer: Holding…
If you’ve ever set up a bitcoin wallet, you should be familiar with a 12- or 24-word seed phrase (otherwise known as a seed backup, recovery phrase, seed words, mnemonic…
A secure element is a specific type of microprocessor chip that can store and process highly sensitive information. These chips are integrated into a variety of devices that contain important…
If you use bitcoin multisig, whether that be through Caravan, Sparrow, Electrum, or an Unchained vault, you should know about something called a multisig wallet configuration file. This file contains…
As the bitcoin bull market gets into full swing, we’ve been expanding our services for the bitcoin holder, including launching our new bitcoin IRA product and increasing the availability of...
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