Levin Keller's guest appearances

Levin Keller

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Levin Keller is known to many in Berlin as the man who warned everyone about the dark scenario where buying Bitcoins in Europe would be subject to VAT. As with the VAT issue, Levin was also concerned with the complexity of filing tax returns. For merchants and companies dealing in Bitcoin, keeping track of gains and losses makes proper accounting a messy ordeal. His startup, Coyno, hopes to solve that by providing standalone, read-only bookkeeping for your existing wallets. Coyno allows you to import the public seed from your HD wallet and keeps track of transactions. The service, currently in beta, reads your wallets’ public addresses and stores bookkeeping information whenever a transaction occurs. By recording the exchange rate at the time of transaction, Coyno can generate reports of taxable events, allowing users to more easily file their taxes. By allowing Coyno to read all your wallets, it’s able to differentiate incoming and outgoing transaction from funds being moved within your organization, a feature lacking from other reporting tools. Levin also talks about his journey of being incubated at the Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator in Berlin. He also weighs in on some of the challenges of building a Bitcoin startup and attracting investors in Europe. Episode links:  Coyno Beta Coyno announcement Axel Springer Plug and Play  This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/066

Levin Keller is known to many in Berlin as the man who warned everyone about the dark scenario where buying Bitcoins in Europe would be subject to VAT. As with the VAT issue, Levin was also concerned with the complexity of filing tax returns. For merchants and companies dealing in Bitcoin, keeping track of gains and losses makes proper accounting a messy ordeal. His startup, Coyno, hopes to solve that by providing standalone, read-only bookkeeping for your existing wallets. Coyno allows you to import the public seed from your HD wallet and keeps track of transactions. The service, currently in beta, reads your wallets’ public addresses and stores bookkeeping information whenever a transaction occurs. By recording the exchange rate at the time of transaction, Coyno can generate reports of taxable events, allowing users to more easily file their taxes. By allowing Coyno to read all your wallets, it’s able to differentiate incoming and outgoing transaction from funds being moved within your organization, a feature lacking from other reporting tools. Levin also talks about his journey of being incubated at the Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator in Berlin. He also weighs in on some of the challenges of building a Bitcoin startup and attracting investors in Europe. Episode links: <ul> <li><a href="http://beta.coyno.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Coyno Beta</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@Coyno/introducing-coyno-the-watch-only-bitcoin-bookkeeper-852d53b6fbb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Coyno announcement</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.axelspringerplugandplay.com/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Axel Springer Plug and Play</a></li> </ul> This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: <a href="https://epicenter.tv/066/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">epicenter.tv/066</a>

Levin Keller: Coyno – Bitcoin Bookkeeping, Filing Taxes, Building a Bitcoin Startup in Europe

German Bitcoin

Asher Tan

Circle

For episode 21 we had Asher Tan on CEO of CoinJar, a very successful Australian Bitcoin startup that offers similar services to Coinbase. We talked about the plans with CoinJar, what we think of Circle’s new product and the recent price increase. Levin Keller, who is a board member of the German Bitcoin foundation, joined us to talk about a recent statement by the German Finance ministry on Bitcoin. He has been warning about a possible sales tax on Bitcoin for months and that seems to be happening now. We talked through what the recent announcement means for businesses and where we’re likely to go in the future. Episode links:  CoinJar CoinJar Stories Circle Circle Product Video Bitstamp requiring proof of source before withdrawal Statement by Bundesverband Bitcoin on sales tax  This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/021

For episode 21 we had Asher Tan on CEO of CoinJar, a very successful Australian Bitcoin startup that offers similar services to Coinbase. We talked about the plans with CoinJar, what we think of Circle’s new product and the recent price increase. Levin Keller, who is a board member of the German Bitcoin foundation, joined us to talk about a recent statement by the German Finance ministry on Bitcoin. He has been warning about a possible sales tax on Bitcoin for months and that seems to be happening now. We talked through what the recent announcement means for businesses and where we’re likely to go in the future. Episode links: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.coinjar.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CoinJar</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.coinjar.com/stories" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CoinJar Stories</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.circle.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Circle</a></li> <li><a href="http://bcove.me/8g2e9yuy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Circle Product Video</a></li> <li><a href="http://bit.ly/1nnUNhB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bitstamp requiring proof of source before withdrawal</a></li> <li><a href="http://bit.ly/1oyRBPD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Statement by Bundesverband Bitcoin on sales tax</a></li> </ul> This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: <a href="https://epicenter.tv/021/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">epicenter.tv/021</a>

Asher Tan & Levin Keller: CoinJar, Circle, German Bitcoin Sales Tax