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Apr 2022
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The Right Tax Treatment of Staking Rewar...

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On today’s show, Bill Hughes, a senior counsel and director of global regulatory matters at ConsenSys and Greg Stephens,  a third year student at University of Virginia School of Law, take a look at a better way to tax tokens earned through staking. Read the full story here. This episode is sponsored by Kava, BCB Group and Koinly. This episode was edited & ... Show More
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