Opinion
The CARF regulation, which brings crypto under global tax reporting standards akin to traditional finance, marks a crucial turning point.
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Taxes News
It is hard to define cryptocurrency taxes, because there is a lot of controversy surrounding it today. Society still has no consensus even on whether digital currencies are a property or a currency, and that triggers a huge difference in taxation procedure. The speed of exchange rate flows makes it impossible to establish a taxation time period equally suitable for everyone. Also, there are a lot of cryptocurrencies that were particularly designed to protect user’s anonymity and their protocols wouldn’t allow any government to tax it.
As cryptocurrency market is growing, and its sheer dollar value makes it more likely to catch an attention of regulators. Cryptocurrencies are also a great way of money laundering, so no government will be able to ignore the subject. Today there are a lot of news about new cryptocurrency taxes laws and it looks like there will be more over time.
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Increasing US regulatory clarity is enabling more traditional finance participants to seek out decentralized financial solutions.
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The Wyoming Senator seeks to end double taxation and add clarity to the tax treatment of crypto staking, mining, and lending transactions.
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Brazil’s new 17.5% flat crypto tax replaces previous exemptions and now applies to all digital asset gains.
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Japan’s FSA proposed classifying crypto as financial products, potentially allowing ETFs and a flat 20% capital gains tax.
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A 30% tax on crypto profits in India is only part of the story. Traders face even bigger hurdles under the current tax regime.
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Russia will continue taking measures to encourage crypto mining businesses to register with the tax authority, including imposing bigger penalties for violations.
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Australia now taxes crypto as property, with capital gains on swaps, DeFi and wrapped tokens, plus new ATO data sweeps targeting 1.2 million users.
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Ohio’s House passed a bill to legally insulate various crypto activities, such as mining and staking, and exempt some transactions from capital gains tax.
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Thailand’s crypto income tax waiver applies to crypto sales made through licensed crypto asset service providers from 2025 to late 2029.
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Brazil scraps crypto tax exemption for small traders, enforces flat 17.5% rate across all gains, including self-custody and offshore holdings.
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Bitcoin may see more upside if the world’s two largest trading nations finalize their tariff deal and end global economic uncertainty.
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Kenya’s proposed 1.5% crypto transaction tax could disrupt Africa’s digital integration. As Kenya advances a 1.5% tax on every crypto transaction, the nation risks undermining its fintech leadership, driving startups and talent abroad.
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Switzerland’s Federal Council expects to enforce the bill on the automatic exchange of crypto information with 74 countries by late 2026, with the first exchange seen in 2027.
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