<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Temple of Fortune (EN)</title><description>A magazine for wealth, freedom and a transparent trading lab.</description><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Getting an EIN and ITIN: What You Actually Need</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/ein-itin-beantragen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/ein-itin-beantragen/</guid><description>The EIN is your LLC&apos;s tax number, the ITIN is a personal one. Many mix them up – and pay for something the IRS does for free.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crypto and a US LLC: Payments, Wallets, Bookkeeping — Plainly</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/krypto-und-llc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/krypto-und-llc/</guid><description>Can a US LLC hold and receive crypto? 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The US reporting duties as of mid-2026, explained soberly.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Common mistakes and scams by &quot;LLC providers&quot;</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/llc-fehler-und-scams/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/llc-fehler-und-scams/</guid><description>The &quot;0% tax&quot; promise, the free EIN sold for a fee, the forgotten 5472 filing: how to spot dubious offers — and how to protect yourself.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US LLC and taxes: what really applies between Germany and the US</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/llc-steuern-deutschland-usa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/llc-steuern-deutschland-usa/</guid><description>Exit tax, double taxation treaty, CFC add-back, type comparison — the German-American tax picture is complex. 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A sober comparison with the German GmbH and the sole proprietorship shows the truth: the right legal form depends on your residence and tax situation, not on marketing promises.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Breathing exercises at the trading desk: what the studies really show</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/atemuebungen-trading-desk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/atemuebungen-trading-desk/</guid><description>Slow breathing nudges your nervous system in a measurable direction. But the size of that nudge is smaller than most guides admit — and the evidence is thinner than the confidence around it.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>My father thought the stock market was a scam. He was almost right.</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/father-thought-markets-were-a-scam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/father-thought-markets-were-a-scam/</guid><description>He held commercial power of attorney and said: that is not a real economy, it is a parallel one. Thirty years later I held his sentence up against the numbers — against the ones that prove him right, and the ones that do not.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The fee truth: two of our three trading paths were negative after costs</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/fee-truth-tca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/fee-truth-tca/</guid><description>We ran the numbers on our own executions — not the win rate, the friction. On two of three paths, fees ate more than the entire gross profit.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wyoming, Delaware or New Mexico: picking a state for your LLC</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/llc-bundesstaat-wahl/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/llc-bundesstaat-wahl/</guid><description>Three states, three fan clubs, three fee schedules. Reading the statutes instead of the marketing shows why the lowest sticker price is a weak argument, why Delaware&apos;s annual tax just jumped — and why the German tax office does not care which one you pick.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US LLC: costs and ongoing obligations</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/llc-kosten-pflichten/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/llc-kosten-pflichten/</guid><description>The true price of a US LLC, year by year: state filing fees, the registered agent, annual taxes — and an IRS reporting duty that many overviews skip, with a penalty that begins at 25,000 dollars and can climb further.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ten years of trading, and I lost most of the money to myself</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/ten-years-trading-lost-to-myself/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/ten-years-trading-lost-to-myself/</guid><description>The tips were right. The analysis was right. I lost anyway — to a stop-loss I did not set and a glance at the fear index I did not take. A confession, with citations.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Emigration in Practice: Residence and Health Insurance in the USA</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/auswandern-praxis-usa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/auswandern-praxis-usa/</guid><description>German statutory health insurance does not apply in the USA. And a US LLC does not move your residence by itself. Two practical points many underestimate.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US LLC for German emigrants and freelancers: the honest guide</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/hub-us-llc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/hub-us-llc/</guid><description>What a US LLC really is, what it costs, when it makes sense and when it does not — the overview of our twelve-part series. Information, not advice.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Securing your seed phrase: the one step almost everyone puts off</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/secure-your-seed-phrase/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/secure-your-seed-phrase/</guid><description>Twelve or 24 words decide who controls your entire crypto holdings. How to store them without losing them — and without ever handing them to someone else.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Setting up a hardware wallet safely: the first 20 minutes</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/set-up-a-hardware-wallet-safely/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/set-up-a-hardware-wallet-safely/</guid><description>A hardware wallet is only as secure as its setup. Five steps you should not get wrong on your first try.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to spot the 7 most common crypto scams of 2026</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/spot-7-crypto-scams-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/spot-7-crypto-scams-2026/</guid><description>Crypto fraud is an industry now — with call centers, AI and off-the-shelf toolkits. These seven patterns are behind most of the losses. Knowing them is how you stop falling for them.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spot a phishing message: the four-question check</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/spot-a-phishing-message/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/spot-a-phishing-message/</guid><description>Many crypto thefts start with a message that looks real. Here is how to unmask it before you click.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to buy Bitcoin: the sober on-ramp, minus the hype</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/how-to-buy-bitcoin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/how-to-buy-bitcoin/</guid><description>Pick an exchange, verify, buy, self-custody — the four steps that actually matter. No affiliate fog.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lab story: the week fees dismantled our strategy</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/lab-story-fee-truth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/lab-story-fee-truth/</guid><description>Our trading lab learned more about fees in one week than from any textbook: trade geometry decides, not win rate.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Opening a US business account for your LLC as a non-resident</title><link>https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/llc-us-bankkonto/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://temple-of-fortune.com/en/artikel/llc-us-bankkonto/</guid><description>You live in Germany, your LLC lives in the US — and the company needs an account. 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