Predsednik Biden je podpisal zakon o infrastrukturi, medtem ko senatorji poskušajo spremeniti ponudbo kriptovalut

President Biden has officially podpisano into law the controversial Infrastructure bill which has a provision in it pertaining to the crypto industry.

The bill, which contains more than $1 trillion in spending for everything from roads and bridges, to $5 billion for električni šolski avtobusi, also includes a piece that redefines the meaning of “broker” in the digital asset space.

Under the new bill, a vast range of entities working in the industry could be classified as brokers, and thus required to issue a 1099-like form disclosing who their customers are to the government. They would also be required to report every transaction over $10,000.

Though the crypto provision doesn’t take effect until 2024, those in the space have lamented the new legislation, including US officials.

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Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) have introduced a new račun that attempts to tweak Biden’s infrastructure package to bring in a more crypto-friendly definition for “broker.”

V Objava yesterday, the senators said that their new bill would amend the definition to exclude “miners and stakers, as well as wallet providers and developers, and would ensure that only those digital asset intermediaries that actually have access to material customer information are required to report to the IRS.”

Ostensibly, Wyden and Lummis’ bill aims for crypto exchanges to be the only major entity affected by the provision.

“With the infrastructure bill on the verge of becoming law, it’s critically important to protect innovation in the digital asset space,” Senator Wyden said.

»Naš predlog zakona pojasnjuje, da nove zahteve glede poročanja ne veljajo za posameznike, ki razvijajo tehnologijo veriženja blokov in denarnice. To bo zaščitilo ameriške inovacije, hkrati pa zagotovilo, da bodo tisti, ki kupujejo in prodajajo kriptovalute, plačali davke, ki jih že dolgujejo."

Lummis said that passing the bill and embracing the crypto space was imperative to “maintain America’s position as the global financial leader.”

Lummis has been vokalno pro-crypto in the past, and is the first known senator to publicly hold Bitcoin. She has also zagovarjal for holding Bitcoin as a retirement asset.

Omejitev odgovornosti: To so mnenja pisatelja in jih ne bi smeli obravnavati kot investicijski nasvet. Bralci naj sami raziskujejo.

Source: https://www.coinbureau.com/news/president-biden-signs-infrastructure-bill-into-law-as-senators-try-to-amend-crypto-provision/