Dave Madan

Digital Game Ownership Means No Ownership?

Some of you may have read the article written by my colleague, Demetre Vasilounis, back in June of this year about Valve’s incredibly popular game distribution platform, Steam. The platform is selling their games as licences, not as owned games, much to the surprise of the gaming community. This was a spark of many discussions found on Reddit, and Steam’s own discussion forums. If you haven’t read the article, I….

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Taxation on Cryptocurrency

This Blog was written by: Dave Madan, Market Lead and Manager, Scotiatrust  We’re well into tax season, but for this year, your review of your taxable transactions may be very different. You might have explored investing or trading cryptocurrency. Buying and selling some Dogecoin after Elon’s tweets does carry income tax implications. Everyone exploring this new age of investment should understand the implications, as well as their advisors looking to….

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Digital Estate Planning

This Blog was written by: Dave Madan, Market Lead and Manager, Scotiatrust  Estate planning has evolved recently. We have learned how our digital accounts are affected by our plan, how to deal with online accounts such as PayPal, Facebook, Google, and Apple, however, it has continued to evolve even further. Cryptocurrency has become even more mainstream. Major backers like Mark Cuban have invested significant assets into cryptocurrency. Bank of America,….

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