IRS To View Bitcoin Exchange Records, “Taxman” Is Coming “For Crypto”

IRS To View Bitcoin Exchange Records, “Taxman” Is Coming “For Crypto”

Judgement day could be coming for early crypto investors who thought that the government had no chance in tracing Bitcoin and other blockchain transactions. According to a Senior Washington Correspondent for CNBC, the “taxman” is coming “for crypto” and the IRS has been authorized to serve a request to review a swath of records across […]


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