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Duma Committee Chief Throws up Roadblock to Russia’s Crypto Tax Plans

A parliamentary legislation committee leader has stated that there is a need to provide with legal status and legally binding definitions for crypto-related terms in Russia before proceeding with further tax-related lawmaking and regulation. The move potentially throws a spanner into the works of...

, by Tim Alper

India’s Warren Buffett Is Against Bitcoin Too, ECB Aims At Diem + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Regulation newsIndian billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, sometimes referred to as India’s Warren Buffett, told CNBC that...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

BlackRock ‘Dabbles’ In Bitcoin, CBDC Card, Ethereum Futures + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Investing newsRick Rieder, BlackRock's Chief Investment Officer of Global Fixed Income, told CNBC that the world’s largest asset...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Russian Parliamentary Committee OKs Crypto Tax Bill, but Flaws Remain

Russia has moved a step closer to imposing a system of crypto tax, after the country’s parliament, the State Duma, approved a much-maligned crypto tax bill in the first reading at the committee stage – although the story is unlikely to end there.As previously reported, the...

, by Tim Alper

Tesla Bitcoin Buy Highlights Need to Fix US Accounting Rules

Tesla’s much-discussed recent decision to make a USD 1.5bn bitcoin (BTC) purchase continues to generate ripples in the American business pond – and has led some to claim accountancy rules should be updated to cover corporate crypto investments.Industry observers are calling on the...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

The G7 Taxman Is Coming for Your Crypto Profits

Tax authorities around the world have indicated that they will not sit back and watch crypto traders get rich as prices skyrocket – with new tax measures set to come into play in Europe, Asia and beyond. (Updated at 13:45 UTC: correction made to information about G7 summit in third...

, by Tim Alper

Russia Looks to ‘Tighten Control’ over Crypto Traders with New Tax Measures

Crypto industry experts in Russia have warned that government agencies are gearing up for a regulatory drive that will see it “tighten control” over crypto, enforcing tough new tax protocols and enhancing its monitoring of transactions.Per media outlet RIA Novosti, industry sources have...

, by Tim Alper

Spanish Tax Body Will Force Citizens to Declare Overseas Crypto Holdings

The Spanish Tax Agency has announced its intentions to step up its monitoring of crypto, and will move to force citizens and residents alike to declare their bitcoin (BTC) and altcoin holdings, even if those are held on overseas-based platforms.Per El Economista, the Ministry of Finance, or...

, by Tim Alper

Can’t Beat Crypto Regulators? Educate Them

Crypto industry players urge each other to focus more on educating regulators to avoid overregulation and help authorities to foster financial innovation.According to Dave Hodgson, Chief Investment Officer at NEM Group and Managing Director at NEM Ventures, “one primary obstacle that we are...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Argentinian Province Introduces Sweeping Crypto Tax Laws

The central province of Córdoba, Argentina, appears to have had enough of waiting for the national government to act on crypto tax – and has instead moved to introduce a local tax on the crypto activities of its residents.Per CBA24n, the provincial legislature has voted in favor of a...

, by Tim Alper

US Senate Banking Committee Now Has A Bitcoiner + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Regulation newsA Bitcoin (BTC) supporter US Senator Cynthia Lummis is now serving on the US Senate Banking Committee, among others. ...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Idea Of Taxing Unrealized Gains Resurfaces As Money Printing Intensifies

United States President Joe Biden's Treasury secretary nominee Janet Yellen has once again become a topic of discussion in the Cryptoverse - this time over her comments suggesting she may look to tax of unrealized gains. And this has led some to question if the US is demonstrating a sign of what is...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto and Tax in 2021: Be Ready to Pay More

The extension of the Common Reporting Standard to crypto exchanges is expected this year. "Congress might start imposing specific information reporting requirements on exchanges with a US presence." New legislation in India might help the local industryAs some may be aware, there are only two...

, by Simon Chandler

Bitcoin Overtakes Ethereum, BNB Valuation, BitMEX Completes Verification + More news

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Adoptions newsBitcoin (BTC) has outperformed Ethereum (ETH) in terms of the daily transferred value, reaching USD 14.58bn per day,...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

More Crypto Regulation Coming in Russia and Beyond, Warns Key Lawmaker

Russian politicians have issued another grim-sounding warning about forthcoming crypto regulations, hinting that 2021 may have some less-than-welcome surprises in store for the nation’s crypto community – as well as crypto enthusiasts based overseas.Per a report from radio station...

, by Tim Alper

IRS Updates Instructions To Tax Individual Crypto Investors

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released a new version of its draft instructions that clarify the definition of virtual currency. The tax agency aims to guide individual taxpayers on how to fill in the 1040 form that asks them whether they bought or sold cryptoassets last year, but it...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

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