Crypto Taxation Waits on Cross-Border Data
National crypto taxes will increasingly be timed to cross-border exchange-data sharing. Jurisdictions will delay enforcement until they can see offshore accounts, and the privacy advantage of holding crypto on foreign venues will shrink on a predictable schedule.
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South Korea is weighing a fourth delay of its 22% crypto gains tax, to 2029, explicitly until US trading data becomes available. Officials worry that domestic-exchange users would carry the whole burden while holdings on US platforms stay out of view. That ties the tax's timing directly to cross-border data sharing.
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Supporting · October 27, 2026
South Korea weighs a fourth delay of its 22% crypto gains tax to 2029, until US trading data becomes available
South Korea is weighing a fourth delay of its 22% crypto gains tax, to 2029, explicitly until US trading data becomes available. Officials worry that domestic-exchange users would carry the whole burden while holdings on US platforms stay out of view. That ties the tax's timing directly to cross-border data sharing.
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