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🇺🇸 The IRS treats digital assets like #Bitcoin as property, meaning each transaction (even small ones) triggers potential capital gains taxes with no de minimis exemption currently in place for Bitcoin, unlike foreign currency transactions. It has to change! 👇👇
Pierre Rochard, a board member at Strive, said U.S. tax rules — not scaling technology — are the main barrier to Bitcoin being used for everyday payments. In December 2025 the Bitcoin Policy Institute warned there is no de minimis tax exemption for small Bitcoin transactions, which leaves each…
Tax rules, not tech, block Bitcoin payments: de minimis exemption debate heats up in US…
Pierre Rochard, a board member at Strive, said U.S. tax rules — not scaling technology — are the main barrier to Bitcoin being used for everyday payments. In December 2025 the Bitcoin Policy Institute warned there is no de minimis tax exemption for small Bitcoin transactions, which leaves each transfer potentially taxable (Ed. note: this […]
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January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
🇺🇸 The IRS treats digital assets like #Bitcoin as property, meaning each transaction (even small ones) triggers potential capital gains taxes with no de minimis exemption currently in place for Bitcoin, unlike foreign currency transactions. It has to change! 👇👇
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DOJ Flags Three Crypto Cases in 'America First' Push Against Fraud decrypt.co/355612/do...
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
DOJ Flags Three Crypto Cases in 'America First' Push Against Fraud decrypt.co/355612/do...
⚡️Legal poll of the week:
Should the U.S. government hold seized #Bitcoin in a strategic reserve?
✅ Yes, HODL it forever
❌ No, sell it immediately
🛑 Just don’t seize it!
Should the U.S. government hold seized #Bitcoin in a strategic reserve?
✅ Yes, HODL it forever
❌ No, sell it immediately
🛑 Just don’t seize it!
January 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM
⚡️Legal poll of the week:
Should the U.S. government hold seized #Bitcoin in a strategic reserve?
✅ Yes, HODL it forever
❌ No, sell it immediately
🛑 Just don’t seize it!
Should the U.S. government hold seized #Bitcoin in a strategic reserve?
✅ Yes, HODL it forever
❌ No, sell it immediately
🛑 Just don’t seize it!
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Kansas lawmakers filed a bill proposing a strategic bitcoin and crypto reserve. According to a recent filing, the measure would let the state hold and manage digital assets. “The fund shall consist of all airdrops, staking rewards, or interest earned as prescribed in K.S.A. 58-3952(f), and…
Kansas bill would create state Bitcoin and crypto reserve, signaling growing US acceptance
Kansas lawmakers filed a bill proposing a strategic bitcoin and crypto reserve. According to a recent filing, the measure would let the state hold and manage digital assets. “The fund shall consist of all airdrops, staking rewards, or interest earned as prescribed in K.S.A. 58-3952(f), and amendments thereto,” “The rewards received from staking the digital […]
satoshisbrain.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Kansas lawmakers filed a bill proposing a strategic bitcoin and crypto reserve. According to a recent filing, the measure would let the state hold and manage digital assets. “The fund shall consist of all airdrops, staking rewards, or interest earned as prescribed in K.S.A. 58-3952(f), and…
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Crypto Market Bill Heads to Senate Agriculture Markup Amid Banking Committee Delays decrypt.co/355388/cr...
January 22, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Crypto Market Bill Heads to Senate Agriculture Markup Amid Banking Committee Delays decrypt.co/355388/cr...
🧵 Thread of the Week: Bitcoin Spot Markets Under CFTC
January 21, 2026 at 5:44 PM
🧵 Thread of the Week: Bitcoin Spot Markets Under CFTC
🇺🇸 Brian Armstrong accused major U.S. banks of lobbying against President Trump’s #crypto agenda, arguing financial institutions are seeking to protect traditional revenue streams. He framed the clash as a #policy battle over whether crypto innovation benefits consumers or entrenches financial power.
January 20, 2026 at 7:49 PM
🇺🇸 Brian Armstrong accused major U.S. banks of lobbying against President Trump’s #crypto agenda, arguing financial institutions are seeking to protect traditional revenue streams. He framed the clash as a #policy battle over whether crypto innovation benefits consumers or entrenches financial power.
🇺🇸 The White House confirmed that #bitcoin forfeited in the #Samourai Wallet case will not be liquidated, but instead transferred into the U.S. strategic bitcoin reserve. The move signals a shift from treating seized crypto as disposable assets toward positioning bitcoin as a long-term holding. ✅
January 20, 2026 at 7:33 PM
🧠 Legal Quiz of the week:
👇 Which Senate proposal shields #Bitcoin #developers who don’t control user funds from money transmitter rules?
A) Digital Asset Stability Act
B) Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act
C) Crypto Transparency Act
D) Financial Innovation Safeguards Bill
👇 Which Senate proposal shields #Bitcoin #developers who don’t control user funds from money transmitter rules?
A) Digital Asset Stability Act
B) Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act
C) Crypto Transparency Act
D) Financial Innovation Safeguards Bill
January 20, 2026 at 6:47 PM
🚨 The state is coming for your bitcoins.
They call it “regulation.” We call it censorship. MiCA, FATF, SEC, same playbook: compliance as control. The Bitcoin Act decodes the legal battles before they become your problem.
They call it “regulation.” We call it censorship. MiCA, FATF, SEC, same playbook: compliance as control. The Bitcoin Act decodes the legal battles before they become your problem.
January 19, 2026 at 8:37 PM
🚨 The state is coming for your bitcoins.
They call it “regulation.” We call it censorship. MiCA, FATF, SEC, same playbook: compliance as control. The Bitcoin Act decodes the legal battles before they become your problem.
They call it “regulation.” We call it censorship. MiCA, FATF, SEC, same playbook: compliance as control. The Bitcoin Act decodes the legal battles before they become your problem.
🧠 Legal Quiz of the week:
👇 Which Senate proposal shields #Bitcoin #developers who don’t control user funds from money transmitter rules?
A) Digital Asset Stability Act
B) Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act
C) Crypto Transparency Act
D) Financial Innovation Safeguards Bill
👇 Which Senate proposal shields #Bitcoin #developers who don’t control user funds from money transmitter rules?
A) Digital Asset Stability Act
B) Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act
C) Crypto Transparency Act
D) Financial Innovation Safeguards Bill
January 19, 2026 at 5:31 PM
🧠 Legal Quiz of the week:
👇 Which Senate proposal shields #Bitcoin #developers who don’t control user funds from money transmitter rules?
A) Digital Asset Stability Act
B) Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act
C) Crypto Transparency Act
D) Financial Innovation Safeguards Bill
👇 Which Senate proposal shields #Bitcoin #developers who don’t control user funds from money transmitter rules?
A) Digital Asset Stability Act
B) Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act
C) Crypto Transparency Act
D) Financial Innovation Safeguards Bill
🏦🇺🇸 Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin warned that exempting non-custodial #developers from being classified as money transmitters under federal #law could weaken law enforcement’s ability to track illegal transactions and financial #crimes at both the state and federal level.
January 18, 2026 at 8:07 PM
🏦🇺🇸 Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin warned that exempting non-custodial #developers from being classified as money transmitters under federal #law could weaken law enforcement’s ability to track illegal transactions and financial #crimes at both the state and federal level.
🇺🇸 Brian Armstrong said the Senate #Banking Committee’s Crypto Market Structure Bill’s rushed rollout and late additions risked harming customers, arguing unresolved tokenized equities, DeFi, #stablecoin rewards, and #SEC authority issues made the legislation too uncertain for #Coinbase to support.
January 18, 2026 at 7:46 PM
🇺🇸 Brian Armstrong said the Senate #Banking Committee’s Crypto Market Structure Bill’s rushed rollout and late additions risked harming customers, arguing unresolved tokenized equities, DeFi, #stablecoin rewards, and #SEC authority issues made the legislation too uncertain for #Coinbase to support.
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White House Considers Pulling Crypto Bill Support if Negotiations Fail: Report
White House Considers Pulling Crypto Bill Support if Negotiations Fail: Report
White House tensions with major crypto players are putting landmark U.S. crypto legislation at risk, as internal frustration, banking pressure, and stalled negotiations threaten to derail a market structure bill shaping the industry’s regulatory future.
news.bitcoin.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:24 PM
White House Considers Pulling Crypto Bill Support if Negotiations Fail: Report
⚡️Legal poll of the week:
Which regulatory shift will have the BIGGEST impact on #Bitcoin this year?
US Crypto Bill Passes?
SEC Innovation Exemption?
Russia Opens Crypto Access?
ETFs Hit $200B Soon?
Which regulatory shift will have the BIGGEST impact on #Bitcoin this year?
US Crypto Bill Passes?
SEC Innovation Exemption?
Russia Opens Crypto Access?
ETFs Hit $200B Soon?
January 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
⚡️Legal poll of the week:
Which regulatory shift will have the BIGGEST impact on #Bitcoin this year?
US Crypto Bill Passes?
SEC Innovation Exemption?
Russia Opens Crypto Access?
ETFs Hit $200B Soon?
Which regulatory shift will have the BIGGEST impact on #Bitcoin this year?
US Crypto Bill Passes?
SEC Innovation Exemption?
Russia Opens Crypto Access?
ETFs Hit $200B Soon?