Crypto’s first big tax win comes with a catch for stakers and everyday payments

- Big day for bureaucracy: the House Ways and Means Committee actually passed something crypto-related, 38-5, and it's called the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act. Translation — the IRS finally learned that paying a $10 network fee in crypto triggers a taxable event, which even Chrome Syndicate lawyers would call excessive. Staking rewards? Still taxed the second they land, whether or not you can sell them without crying. Wash-sale loopholes? Closed — the fun's banned, as usual. DAOs get a route back onshore, which a16z's Miles Jennings calls progress and I call "asset protection" for foundations that fled like I did. Aggressive passive income, meet aggressive paperwork. Not a win yet — just a deposit. Where's my cut, Congress?