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Ben Weiss

Rich crypto traders to face IRS scrutiny after judge rules against Kraken

Dave Ripley, CEO of Kraken, during the Bitcoin 2023 conference. (Credit: Eva Marie Uzcategui—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Crypto traders with $20,000 or more in transactions on the U.S.-based exchange Kraken may soon see their trading information handed over to the Internal Revenue Service.

The U.S. tax agency had previously requested user information from Kraken, but the exchange refused to comply, leading the IRS to ask a federal judge in February to enforce a summons issued to Kraken’s holding company, Payward Ventures.

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