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The U.S. Is Weighing Crypto Tax Rules: What Could Happen Next?
The U.S. Is Weighing Crypto Tax Rules: What Could Happen Next?
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a public hearing slated on Monday about proposed regulations for digital asset transactions. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Ma...
The U.S. Is Weighing Crypto Tax Rules: What Could Happen Next?

How a New Tax Proposal From the IRS Could Impact DeFi
How a New Tax Proposal From the IRS Could Impact DeFi
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a public hearing slated on Monday about proposed regulations for digital asset transactions. CoinDesk Managing Editor of Global Pol...
How a New Tax Proposal From the IRS Could Impact DeFi

The U.S. is weighing crypto tax rules, and many in the digital asset industry worry the government going too far. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk.)
The IRS Should Offer a Free Tax Reporting Tool to DeFi Users
Blockchain is not the problem, it is the solution to the problem the U.S. tax agency wants to solve through its highly controversial "broker rule."
The U.S. is weighing crypto tax rules, and many in the digital asset industry worry the government going too far. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk.)

The IRS has issued guidance on how it intends to tax crypto staking rewards. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
The IRS Should Heed This Warning
Devs are not brokers.
The IRS has issued guidance on how it intends to tax crypto staking rewards. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has been poised to propose major tax rules for crypto. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
'Bruno Brock', Founder of Oyster Pearl, Gets 4 Year Jail Term for Tax Evasion
Elmaani pleaded guilty in April 2023, agreeing that he caused a tax loss of over $5.5 million.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has been poised to propose major tax rules for crypto. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)
Coinbase Sounds Alarm on IRS Crypto Tax Proposal
As the U.S. crypto exchange called the recent IRS proposal for taxing crypto “incomprehensible,” the tax agency flagged that the industry isn’t paying its fair share.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has been poised to propose major tax rules for crypto. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
IRS Proposed Rule on Digital Asset Broker Reporting Could Kill Crypto in America
The proposal creates unworkable requirements for decentralized finance in the U.S. and serves as an important cautionary tale.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has been poised to propose major tax rules for crypto. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Tornado Cash Indictments May Prove to Be Just a Localized Storm After All
Fears of the case being the start of a new assault on the industry may be overblown.
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The new crypto tax proposal from the U.S. Treasury Department has been met with instant objections by some in the industry. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Sweeping U.S. Tax Proposal Met With Boos From Crypto World
Minutes after the U.S.’s long-awaited proposal for taxing crypto gains went public, objections erupted from those tied to decentralized operations counted as “brokers.”
The new crypto tax proposal from the U.S. Treasury Department has been met with instant objections by some in the industry. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled its definition of a "broker" for crypto tax reporting purposes in response to a controversial provision in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
U.S. Crypto Tax Proposal Lets Miners Off the Hook, Snares ‘Some’ Decentralized Exchanges
The IRS is finally proposing rules for crypto tax reporting, giving the industry its own 1099 form and declaring digital asset miners safe from the future requirements.
The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled its definition of a "broker" for crypto tax reporting purposes in response to a controversial provision in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)