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Crypto Industry Pushes Congress to Pass Staking and Mining Tax Bill Without Changes — Here's What's at Stake

June 23, 2026, 5:01 AM UTC (101 days ago) · 1 source · Summarized by CryptoBipto

Major crypto lobbying groups are urging Congress to pass a proposed tax bill related to staking and mining rewards without any amendments. The bill would clarify how staking and mining income is taxed, potentially providing much-needed regulatory clarity for crypto participants in the U.S.

WHY IT MATTERS

When you stake or mine cryptocurrency, you earn new tokens as rewards — kind of like earning interest at a bank or growing crops on a farm. Right now, the IRS says you owe taxes on those rewards the moment you receive them, even if you haven't sold them for cash yet. Imagine being a farmer who has to pay taxes on wheat the moment it's harvested, before ever selling it — that's the situation crypto stakers and miners face. This bill could change that, potentially letting people wait to pay taxes until they actually sell their tokens. For everyday crypto users, clearer and fairer tax rules mean less confusion and fewer surprise tax bills.

The crypto industry has long struggled with ambiguous tax treatment of staking and mining rewards. Currently, the IRS treats these rewards as taxable income at the time they are received, which many in the industry argue is unfair — particularly for staking, where tokens are created rather than earned through a traditional transaction.

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