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BLOCKCHAIN—CFTC's Selig slams new Illinois crypto tax
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.
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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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Topics: Fintech · crypto-tax · state-regulation · regulatory-friction · illinois-data-act · blockchain-policy