Insurance & Tax

2025-12-20 22:15

How the Digital Asset PARITY Act Could Rewrite Everyday Crypto Taxes in the US

A new bipartisan proposal in Washington, the Digital Asset PARITY Act, aims to bring order to one of the most confusing parts of crypto: taxation. From small stablecoin payments to staking rewards, wash-sale rules and institutional lending, the draft sketches a future where digital assets are treated more like traditional financial instruments and less like a legal grey zone.

2025-12-14 14:33

Aave, DAOs and the Legal Gap in DeFi: Who Really Owns the Protocol?

The recent tension between Aave Labs and the Aave DAO over interface fees is not only a story about a few hundred thousand dollars. It is a case study that exposes the unfinished legal and economic framework of DeFi: who owns the contracts, who earns the revenue, and how should regulators treat a protocol that is supposedly owned by everyone and no one at the same time?

2025-11-28 20:05

UK’s Proposed DeFi Tax Rules: What ‘No Gain, No Loss’ Really Means

HMRC has proposed a new DeFi tax framework that would delay capital-gains tax until users actually dispose of their tokens, instead of triggering tax events every time they lend, borrow or provide liquidity. The key idea is a ‘no gain, no loss’ rule for many on-chain transfers, a change that could make life much simpler for UK crypto users while still keeping the tax net in place when real economic gains are realised.

2025-11-09 10:30

Did the U.S. Just Hand Crypto Special Tax Breaks? What’s Verified, What Isn’t, and How to Position if Rules Shift

Rumors are swirling that the U.S. Treasury and IRS have rolled out special tax preferences for crypto companies without Congress. Our fact-check finds no official record of broad, affirmative tax breaks; the public record in 2024–2025 centers on broker reporting rules and a congressional rollback of an IRS effort to classify certain DeFi actors as brokers. Still, even the *idea* of executive-branch tax tweaks is enough to move boardroom plans. We map what’s real, what’s plausible under existing authority, and how crypto businesses should prepare for either outcome.