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The U.S. Senate has voted 70-27 to overturn an Internal Revenue Service rule that would have imposed new reporting requirements on decentralized finance brokers. As reported by Business Insider, the motion presented by Senator Ted Cruz, was approved under the…

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On Mar. 4, the U.S. Senate released the Congressional Review Act to rescind a Biden-era regulation commonly known as the Broker DeFi Rule. This rule required decentralized finance platforms to share user data with the Internal Revenue Service. The CRA…

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The United States Senate will vote this week on a resolution seeking to overturn the Internal Revenue Service’s crypto reporting rule, which industry players argue threatens the decentralized finance sector. Reports that U.S. senators were looking to overturn the IRS…

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A controversial tax rule proposed by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, requiring decentralized finance brokers to report crypto transactions, could be overturned as lawmakers have pushed to repeal it. On Feb. 26, U.S. House Representatives advanced a resolution to scrap…

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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.

Opinion
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…

Opinion
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.