Illinois Signed the Worst Bitcoin Law in US History. Who's Next? | The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast
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The episode discusses Illinois' new punitive digital asset tax and its implications, alongside other significant developments in the crypto space and Canadian politics.
Illinois just signed the most punitive digital asset tax in US history — a 0.2% fee on every Bitcoin transfer, purchase, and receipt. Effective January 1, 2027. No exemption for transfers to your own wallet. And out-of-state brokers serving Illinois residents are captured too. This week on Canadian Bitcoiners, we break down exactly what the Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act does, who it hits, and why the Crypto Council for Innovation called it "the only state to punitively tax customers simply for receiving digital asset activity."But Illinois isn't the only story. The Federal Reserve proposed bank-style KYC requirements for every stablecoin issuer on June 18 — five agencies, joint rulemaking, comments close August 21. Stablecoins are officially becoming banks. Microsoft disclosed a Tor-based clipper malware campaign (Trojan/CryptoBandits.A) that has been running since February 2026, stealing Bitcoin seed phrases from clipboards and redirecting wallet addresses to attacker wallets via USB worm propagation. If your seed phrase ever passed through a shared Windows machine, you need to hear this.On the Canadian side: Prime Minister Carney's first federal budget cancelled the…
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