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Buenos Aires to Tax Cryptocurrency Mining in 2023

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The province of Buenos Aires in Argentina will begin taxing cryptocurrency mining and possibly staking, in 2023. A new proposal modifies the tax law to introduce cryptocurrency mining as a taxable activity that will levy 4% on the income calculated via these operations. However, it is still unclear if staking will be taxed. Buenos Aires … Read more

Argentina Organizes National Blockchain Committee to Implement State Level Strategy

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The government of Argentina has designated a national blockchain committee in order to establish the directives for a state-level blockchain adoption strategy. In a document, Argentina remarks on the importance of this tech for the future and presents several use cases that would benefit from the introduction of blockchain for the digital transformation of the … Read more

Brazilian City of Curitiba Mulls Crypto Acceptance for Tax Payments

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The city of Curitiba, in Brazil, is now studying the possibility of accepting cryptocurrency payments for taxes. Noemia Rocha, a city councilor for Curitiba, presented this project to the executive to study the method by which the municipality could accept cryptocurrencies for these payments using third-party payment processors. Curitiba Might Accept Crypto for Paying Taxes … Read more

Buenos Aires Might Implement Blockchain Systems to Make Social Aid Payments

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Dario Nieto, a lawmaker in the city of Buenos Aires, has introduced a bill that would use blockchain systems to make social aid payments in order to bring clarity to these activities. Nieto has complained about the different intermediaries that use these social campaigns to make money and how introducing blockchain might eliminate these activities. … Read more

Argentinian Province Mendoza Starts Accepting Tax Payments in Crypto

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Mendoza, an Argentinian province, has implemented a system that allows taxpayers to pay their taxes fully with cryptocurrencies. The system, which was launched this week, is part of a strategic push for the modernization and digitalization of payments carried by the tax authority of Mendoza and uses the services of a third party to process … Read more

Buenos Aires to Run Ethereum Nodes by 2023

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The city of Buenos Aires will deploy a number of Ethereum validator nodes in 2023. The statements were made by Diego Fernandez, secretary of Innovation and Digital Transformation of the city, who clarified this deployment will pursue exploratory and regulatory purposes and will help the city to develop regulations for cryptocurrencies. Buenos Aires to Deploy … Read more

Buenos Aires Confirms It Plans to Allow Citizens to Pay Taxes With Cryptocurrency

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Horacio Larreta, the head of the government of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, confirmed that the city will allow its citizens to pay some taxes with cryptocurrencies. This is part of a digitization plan that the city has named “Buenos Aires+” that seeks to simplify the relationship the city has with citizens. Buenos Aires … Read more

Capital Controls in Argentina Demonstrate Dangers of Government-Controlled Money

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The current financial system, with governments and central banks controlling the flow of money, creates impediments for people’s economic freedom. Among them is the danger that the ruling class will try to hide its mismanagement of the country’s affairs by preventing people from voting with their wallets and trying to secure their savings on safer … Read more