Russia Enforces Crypto Mining Oversight—Miners Must Report Earnings

Russia now requires crypto miners to report earnings by the 20th of the following month, tightening oversight and restricting mining to approved entities while barring financial crime offenders. Russia Demands Crypto Miners Report Earnings—New Law Reshapes Industry Russia’s Federal Tax Service (FNS) revealed on Feb. 3 that taxpayers involved in digital currency mining now have … Read more

Crypto Market Sees Sharp Decline as Ether Falls 20%—What’s Behind the Sell-Off?

The downturn in the cryptocurrency market has been severe, with Bitcoin and Ether taking the biggest hits. Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin fell to $92,580, its lowest level in three weeks, and Ether totally collapsed, giving up nearly 24% of its value and tumbling down to $2,326—the lowest level for Ether since way back … Read more

Elon Musk Calls for ‘Massive Reset’ of US Tax Regulations—Says They’re ‘Torturing’ Americans

Elon Musk says the U.S. tax code is torturing Americans, demanding an urgent reset while slamming wasteful government spending and pushing for massive federal budget cuts. Elon Musk Slams US Tax Code as Torture Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk is pushing for a complete revamp of the U.S. tax structure, arguing that existing policies … Read more

Coinbase CEO Advocates Ending Individual Income Tax Entirely, Shifting Burden to Businesses

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong wants to scrap income taxes entirely, dumping the 150,000-page tax code and shifting the chaos to businesses. Coinbase’s CEO Challenges America’s Tax Code Chaos With Controversial Idea Brian Armstrong, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN), has proposed a sweeping change to the U.S. tax system, calling for the elimination of … Read more

Kenya Collects Over $77M in Taxes From 384 Crypto Traders

The Kenyan government collected $77.5 million tax revenue from cryptocurrency traders in the last fiscal year. Kenya Seeks $465 Million in Crypto Taxes The Kenyan government collected $77.5 million (10 billion shillings) in taxes from cryptocurrency traders during the 2023-24 financial year, Anthony Mwaura, head of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), recently disclosed. Mwaura, speaking … Read more

IRS: Frozen Crypto Rewards Taxable Despite Account Lockdowns

Crypto rewards received before an account freeze are taxable in the year they’re received, even if holders can’t access their funds later, the IRS says. IRS Clarifies Tax Rules for Digital Assets in Locked Accounts The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a memorandum in October, addressing the tax obligations of digital asset rewards in accounts … Read more

Latam Insights: Brazil Pushes for BRICS Unified Financial System, Milei Axes Tax Enforcement Agency

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue, Brazil declares the necessity of creating a BRICS-centric financial system, President Javier Milei axes the tax collection agency in Argentina, and crypto volumes spike in Brazil. Brazil Calls for Unified BRICS Financial System, … Read more