Brazil’s new 17.5% flat crypto tax replaces previous exemptions and now applies to all digital asset gains. On June 12, 2025, Brazil introduced a sweeping new cryptocurrency tax law under Provisional Measure 1303. It replaces the old progressive tax model with a flat 17.5% crypto tax on all capital gains — no matter how much is earned or where the assets are held. The policy ends the long-standing exemption that allowed individuals to sell up to 35,000 Brazilian reais (~$6,300) in crypto each month tax-free. Read more
Bitcoin shorts are suddenly on the receiving end of punishment as a US employment data surprise injects fresh volatility into BTC price action. Key points: US private-sector jobs numbers declined more than 4% in June — the biggest drop since March 2023. Bitcoin sees relief, building on a rebound which has begun to trap late short positions. Read more
The GENIUS act will cement stablecoins as the basis of the global crypto economy. Can Bitcoin reach it’s full potential if that happens? Theres been an unprecedented tailwind in Washington DC this year for stablecoins. From the embrace of the assets by politicians and the industry to the GENIUS stablecoin legislation passing the Senate, 2025 marks an important turning point. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent even tasked stablecoins with nothing less important than ensuring the greenback remains the worlds number one currency. As President Trump has directed, we are going to keep the U.S. the dominant reserve currency in the world, and we will use stablecoins to do that,” he said at the Digital Assets Summit in March. Which is why its almost bizarre to realize that stablecoins a descendant of Bitcoin a decentralized currency designed to level the playing field in a world of rigged centralized banking systems and overzealous governments. Stablecoins and Bitcoin would seem to have two irreconcilable aims the form...