Cryptocurrencies

Senators Pitch More Targeted Crypto Measure in Infrastructure

  • Bipartisan group releases alternative cryptocurrency plan
  • Measure would replace existing section in current bill
Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers released an alternative cryptocurrency revenue-raising plan that could replace a current section in the infrastructure bill now under consideration in the U.S. Senate.

The amendment, filed by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden and Republican Senators Pat Toomey and Cynthia Lummis, offers a more targeted approach to requiring cryptocurrency exchanges and other virtual currency entities to report information to the Internal Revenue Service. It would need to garner at least 60 votes in the Senate.