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For the first time, the IRS has successfully prosecuted a case of tax fraud solely involving crypto. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has won a major victory, setting a legal precedent in the fight against crypto-related tax fraud. In December…
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Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is preparing to challenge a newly finalized IRS cryptocurrency regulation using the Congressional Review Act The rule requires decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges to collect customer information, including names and addresses, and issue tax forms to users.…
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On Jan. 9, 2025, congressman Earl Carter proposed a bill replacing the US tax code with a national consumption tax and abolishing the IRS. Earlier this month, the IRS was sued by Blockchain Association over the new reporting rule. New…
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The Blockchain Association, DeFi Education Fund, and Texas Blockchain Council jointly filed the legal challenge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said DeFi brokers should comply with long-standing securities rules, disagreeing with industry sentiment arguing for different laws for digital assets.
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In the new days of Tulip Mania for Bitcoin, cryptocurrency investors will be subject to worldwide US taxation on their digital assets.
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Larry Harmon, an Ohio resident, has been sentenced to three years in prison for laundering more than $300 million worth of Bitcoin through his darknet service, Helix, according to Bloomberg. The platform operated a tool designed to obscure the origins…
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The Internal Revenue Service has simplified the reporting requirements in the latest iteration of Form 1099-DA, which crypto brokers and taxpayers will use to report digital asset transactions. According to the Aug. 9 update, the new draft has removed several…
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While industry advocates have welcomed the finalized crypto tax measures after years of wrangling, messy deliberations about non-custodial providers still lie ahead. It’s been a long time consuming, but the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have finally agreed…
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Hackers slipped back into their old habits and once again began targeting large, data-rich organizations with lots of cash and digital assets.
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FTX agreed to pay the Internal Revenue Service $885 million to settle a $24 billion tax claim the agency levied during bankruptcy proceedings.
Opinion
Tokenization of the world’s finances is the direction in which the global financial systems, markets, and institutions are inevitably headed.
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This is Part Three of a three-part series interview with William Quigley, a cryptocurrency and blockchain investor and co-founder of WAX and Tether, conducted by Selva Ozelli exclusively for crypto.news.
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If this article makes you realize you forgot to report your crypto gains in past years, consider amending it to fix it. Don’t wait for the IRS to find you.
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With increased worldwide regulatory scrutiny, technological innovation, market competition, and evolving consumer trends, the landscape of crypto exchanges will evolve rapidly.
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IRS and Treasury say businesses do not have to report cryptocurrency receipts until new regulations are issued. In a press release on Jan. 16, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said in a joint statement with the U.S. Treasury Department that…
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