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Looking to live tax-free with crypto in 2025? These five countries, including the Cayman Islands, UAE and Germany, still offer legal, zero-tax treatment for cryptocurrencies.
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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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The White House’s digital asset task force calls on regulators to clarify crypto trading rules and accelerate innovation, as a major crypto bill becomes law and two more head to the Senate.
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Japan is proposing a major reform in its tax regime for crypto assets. If passed, these changes will make digital asset investing simpler for crypto investors.
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Indonesia’s Finance Ministry raised taxes for crypto miners and sellers, while exempting some crypto transactions from VAT.
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Wealthy crypto investors are attracted to golden visa programs thanks to their residency and tax benefits, but their list of options is getting shorter.
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Roger Ver has sued Spain in the European Court of Human Rights to block his extradition to the US, arguing that tax evasion charges against him are politically motivated.
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The Midas Project has filed a complaint with the IRS against OpenAI, alleging that CEO Sam Altman’s dual roles create conflicts violating nonprofit tax rules.
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The hearing notice suggested a focus on a tax framework for digital assets, but did not mention specific witnesses or policies previously proposed.
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Thailand’s five-year tax break on crypto capital gains looks like a dream for investors, but the fine print reveals a strategic push for surveillance, platform control and regulatory dominance.
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Fund manager Bill Miller IV says the government shouldn’t be able to tax Bitcoin because it requires no work on their end.
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The CARF regulation, which brings crypto under global tax reporting standards akin to traditional finance, marks a crucial turning point.
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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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