A House committee handed crypto users a break on fees of $10 or less and paid for it by importing the anti-abuse rules that govern stocks, and the traders who harvest losses in December are the ones paying.
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Pretty Good Policy for Zcash has registered Divij Pandya as its sole Washington lobbyist on a $750,000 first-year budget. The move takes Zcash's policy work out of developer lab ZODL and puts it in a separate group that looks to Zcash Community Grants for its money.
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Illinois agreed to delay its 0.2% crypto transaction tax six months, to July 1, 2027, in a joint motion a judge must still approve. The law stays on the books while two lawsuits proceed, so brokers who must collect it get more time to build for a levy that can still arrive in July.
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One in ten Hill aides expects a crypto tax bill to clear Congress this year
Ten percent of Hill aides polled by Punchbowl News expect a digital-asset tax bill to pass before Dec. 31, 2026. Crypto firms and investors face year-end and 2027 under current rules while the House bill's $10 fee exemption and wash-sale extension wait on a crowded lame-duck Senate.
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Daines's crypto tax draft pairs 2027 stablecoin relief with wash-sale limits on traders
Sen. Steve Daines's 13-section draft would stop taxing near-$1 stablecoin payments and network fees of $10 or less, while extending wash-sale rules to crypto. The relief goes to people who spend stablecoins, and the cost falls on trading desks that sell at a loss and buy straight back.
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Ways and Means votes 38-5 to reverse the 90% gambling-loss cap retroactive to 2026
A House committee has voted to let gamblers deduct all of their losses again, retroactive to tax years beginning after December 31, 2025, so the cap written into July's tax law would never touch a filed return.
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- Evidence40
- Adoption25
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives75
- Confidence45