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BLOCKCHAIN—CFTC's Selig slams new Illinois crypto tax

8 July 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

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8 July 2026

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regulatory

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Fintech

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United States

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Illinois enacted the nation's first state digital asset transaction tax (0.2% on crypto transfers, effective January 2027), which CFTC Chairman Selig publicly criticized as a deterrent to blockchain innovation and economically discriminatory against crypto versus traditional assets.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Fintech.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

Founders building crypto/blockchain infrastructure or exchanges face new 0.2% tax friction in Illinois starting Jan 2027; this first-mover state tax creates precedent risk across other jurisdictions and may force geographic arbitrage or compliance cost recalculation for any firm with Illinois user base.

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Fintechcrypto-taxstate-regulationregulatory-frictionillinois-data-actblockchain-policy