Cardano (Up 11%) Founder Blasts Biden Crypto Tax Plan

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Last Updated on 10 March 2021 by CryptoTips.eu

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Janet Yellen, US President Joe Biden’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, has not missed her re-entry on the political scene. As you may remember, she was never a big fan of Bitcoin and crypto, and her latest comments on possible tax plans have shocked the cryptosphere.

Not in the least Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson who called it one of the worst ideas ever.

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As we’ve informed you a couple of months ago already when the appointment of Yellen became clear, the cryptosphere would be in for a nasty surprise.

We should not forget that the former FED chair back in 2018, as Bitcoin collapsed after the 2017 ICO bullrun, said:

I will just say outright I am not a fan, and let me tell you why. I know there are hundreds of cryptocurrencies and maybe something is coming down the line that is more appealing but I think first of all, very few transactions that are actually handled by bitcoin, and many of those do take place on bitcoin are illegal, illicit transactions.

Now Yellen is taking her role a tad further, and declared that she is considering taxing unrealized capital gains, which should be translated as future gains on your trades.

The theoretical law proposal states that:

Unrealized capital gains refer to the theoretical increase in value of assets that an investor holds onto. The gains are only realized when the investor sells the asset at a price higher than what was initially paid to buy it.

Tesla or Bitcoin gains

In other words, anyone buying Bitcoin or Tesla (the most popular investment trades in the US in 2020 for example) would be taxed not on the trade (as in Europe), but on the gains. The only way you could theoretically avoid paying taxes, would be not to make gains.

Charles Hoskinson, the founder of ever more popular crypto-coin Cardano (up 11% today, 15% this week), proud American and normally right of center (aka Republican) did not spare his comments, stating:

This is one of the worst ideas I’ve ever seen: You buy Bitcoin at 4k, it goes to 30k by end of year and suddenly you get a tax bill for the gain regardless if you sold or not. It would be devastating to all startups and any illiquid asset.

Yellen’s plan is not legal letter yet, and even her appointment needs to be ratified by the US Congress and Senate first, but with plans like these, both Wall Street and the cryptosphere will not be fans.