Fireblocks: The Infrastructure Behind Everyone Else
MPC wallets, policy engine, and transfer network powering exchanges and banks; how family offices use Fireblocks indirectly through their custodians and managers.
Tax regimes, investment transactions, CFC, ESOPs, secondaries and private capital.
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MPC wallets, policy engine, and transfer network powering exchanges and banks; how family offices use Fireblocks indirectly through their custodians and managers.
Custody, execution, and financing within a public company framework: how Coinbase Prime works and who it suits for institutional digital asset management.
How family offices use AngelList to run syndicates: deal-by-deal SPVs, fund administration, banking, and platform fees. Infrastructure for direct venture investing.
Tender buybacks and company-sponsored liquidity programs: how NPM organizes transactions for employees and early investors in late-stage private companies.
How Moonfare opens access to private equity funds through feeder structures: minimum checks, secondary windows, fees, and intermediary risks explained.
The B2B platform through which banks and advisors distribute PE, private credit, and hedge funds: feeder funds, document flow, and technology stack.
Full-stack private equity secondary market—brokerage, custody, Forge Price data; the Charles Schwab acquisition and what it changes for accredited investors.
Order book for pre-IPO: direct matching of buyers and sellers of private company shares, transparent quotes, and investor access.
How Carta became the industry standard for cap table management and fund administration, and why it exited secondary trading after a 2024 data scandal.
First crypto bank with federal OCC charter: asset segregation, staking from custody, governance tools for funds and family offices.
Four stages of voluntary disclosure under Federal Law 140-FZ: special declaration, repatriation and redomiciliation to SAR, guarantees of immunity, and current status.
Presidential Decree No. 585 of 08.08.2023 suspended tax treaties with 38 countries: payments from Russia at Tax Code rates, US mirror response, double taxation, and new UAE treaty.
How voluntary disclosure works: willful vs. non-willful violations, US VDP and Streamlined procedures, the role of CRS and FATCA, penalty reduction and criminal risk mitigation.
Stablecoin regimes in 2026: MiCA in the EU, the GENIUS Act in the US, HKMA licences in Hong Kong, final FCA rules, plus risks and tax for private holders.
Managing capital currencies: choosing a base currency, currency risk, natural hedging, forwards and options, FX market context and typical costs.
How GAAR and principal purpose test work after BEPS: ATAD Art.6, MLI Action 6, substance over form principle and real substance requirements.
Swiss expenditure-based taxation: how the lump-sum regime is calculated, control thresholds and permit limits for wealthy foreigners relocating private capital.
How AML/KYC works for high-net-worth clients: CDD and EDD, source of funds and source of wealth, PEP status, FATF standards, and EU reform with AMLA.
How structured products and notes work: capital protection, autocall and reverse convertible, issuer credit risk, liquidity and PRIIPs KID / MiFID II regime.
Three models of crypto taxation: zero capital gains (UAE, Singapore), holding-period exemption (Germany, Portugal), and full taxation. The role of residency and CARF.
How employee stock option plans (ESOP) work: option types, vesting, tax treatment and practical use. A founder and family-office view across jurisdictions.
How a fund of funds works: an LP buys a stake in a fund that holds many PE or venture funds — the diversification math, the double fee load, and when it makes sense.
International brokerage accounts (IBKR and alternatives): access to global markets, multi-currency functionality, margin, SIPC and FSCS protection, CRS/FATCA reporting, and tax considerations.
How UK split-year treatment divides the tax year of relocation into UK and overseas parts: eight SRT cases, automatic application, and common pitfalls.
Bitcoin in El Salvador after the IMF deal and the Freedom Visa program: citizenship for $1 million in BTC or USDT, limits, and status as of 2026.
How dual tax residency is resolved: tie-breaker sequence under OECD Model Convention Article 4—permanent home, centre of vital interests, habitual abode, nationality, MAP.
National Security Review screens foreign investments for security threats. How the process works, which deals trigger it, and what it means for cross-border structuring.
How MiCA works: ART and EMT token categories, CASP license and passporting, rollout stages and transitional period until 1 July 2026.
Bermuda residence through Economic Investment Residential Certificate: investment from $2.5 million, 90 days per year, and a regime with no income, inheritance, or wealth tax.
Mexico residence: temporary and permanent status, economic solvency requirements, worldwide income taxation for tax residents, and the center of vital interests test.
How a GP draws uncalled commitments from LPs: capital call mechanics, notice periods and default remedies in PE and VC funds, for private-capital investors.
Costa Rica residence: rentista, inversionista and pensionado programs, income and investment thresholds, territorial tax system and path to permanent residence.
Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man for high-net-worth residents: 20% income tax, tax caps, high value residency regime, and no capital gains or inheritance tax.
Tax benefits for new immigrants to Israel: 10-year exemption on worldwide income, removal of reporting exemption from 2026, and new two-year incentive for olim.
How Liechtenstein residence works: quotas and lottery for residence permits, income and wealth tax, lump-sum regime for ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and no capital gains tax.
Andorra's tax system: income tax up to 10%, VAT 4.5%, no wealth or inheritance tax, passive residency conditions, and CRS compliance explained.
How Monaco's tax regime works: zero personal income tax, French citizens exception under the 1963 convention, inheritance tax, and residency requirements.
How controlled foreign company (CFC) rules force tax residents to declare and pay tax on foreign income: filing duties, thresholds and cross-border wealth risks.
How IRC §1014 resets the basis of inherited assets to date-of-death fair market value, why the step-up reaches a nonresident alien's foreign assets (Rev. Rul. 84-139), and where the §1014(e) one-year rule bites.
EU Directive 2018/822 (DAC6): who discloses cross-border tax arrangements and when, five categories of hallmarks, and the role of the main benefit test.
How to store precious metals: allocated vs unallocated storage, LBMA Good Delivery standard, freeport storage in Switzerland, Singapore, and Luxembourg, tax benefits and costs.
What is real-world asset tokenization: tokenized US treasuries and funds, RWA and stablecoin market in 2025, MiCA and GENIUS Act regulation, risks and applications for private wealth.
How lombard lending works: pledging portfolios without selling, loan-to-value (LTV) by asset class, floating rates, margin call risk, pledge versus title transfer and interest deductibility.
How PPLI works: tax treatment, §817(h) diversification test, investor control doctrine, qualified purchaser, jurisdictions (Luxembourg, Bermuda), and CRS transparency.
Economic substance rules for offshore structures: real-presence tests, reporting and why paper companies now fail. Practical view for cross-border holding owners.
Why qualified Roth distributions stay tax-free in the UK under Article 17 of the US-UK treaty even after HMRC's 2025 tightening, how the FEIE kills your contribution room (and FTC fixes it), how Canada and France differ, and where §4975 breaks the Thiel play.
How the Common Reporting Standard works: which accounts and data are exchanged between countries, how CRS differs from FATCA, and what CRS 2.0 and CARF change from 2026.
What is exit tax: how Germany, Canada and France tax unrealized gains on shares when changing tax residency, who it affects and how deferral works.