Re:Out of control and rising: why Bitcoin has Nigeria’s gove...
by bko on Saturday August 07, 2021 @02:03PM
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Can I have an ELI5 on the infra bill and crypto? I keep seeing it come up on my twitter feed and I read a few articles, but it seems to be moving very fast. Is it just about taxes and squeezing crypto owners w/ realized gains for taxes?
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Re:Out of control and rising: why Bitcoin has Nigeria’s gove...
by spiffydave on Saturday August 07, 2021 @02:11PM
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Here's my rough explanation:
Provisions were added into the bill that would require "know your customer" type requirements and taxation of crypto exchanges but were written so poorly that the requirements could be extrapolated to crypto miners, staking, etc.
This is what happens when people who don't understand the technology in the first place try to write legislation at the last minute to insert into a bill that has nothing to do with crypto.
Amendments have been proposed to try and clarify the bill, but there are multiple amendments that are "worse" or "better" for crypto. Guess which one Janet Yellen is pushing? (after receiving millions from big banks for "speaking engagements."
Re:Out of control and rising: why Bitcoin has Nigeria’s gove...
by wmf on Saturday August 07, 2021 @02:16PM
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No, they say it's about taxes but there's much more in it. The bill appears to require everyone in crypto (exchanges, miners, stakers, maybe even software developers) to do KYC on every transaction. This either requires massive technical changes or more likely all those entities would leave the US.