The debate around a controversial cryptocurrency tax provision in the $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed by the Senate intensified on Monday after senators failed to reach a compromise on an amendment that would have limited the law's reach on the crypto ecosystem.
Section 80603 of the infrastructure bill has a wide-ranging definition of a «broker» that saddles a swath of stakeholders in crypto with financial reporting requirements. The provision aims to raise $28 billion over 10 years to finance the infrastructure bill by taxing crypto trades over $10,000.
An amendment to the provision, backed by a bipartisan group of six senators, failed to receive unanimous consent after Senator Richard Shelby (R- Ala.) insisted on a military
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