Biden Budget Proposal Targets Crypto Investors Using Like-Kind Exchange Provision; Plan Aims to Tax Crypto Miners 30%

On Thursday, the Biden administration released the U.S. president’s 182-page budget proposal for the fiscal year 2024, which aims to “grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out.” The budget includes an $835 billion increase in military spending, but the administration claims it will reduce the deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade. Additionally, the budget proposes “closing a loophole that benefits wealthy crypto investors” and plans to gradually introduce a 30% tax on the electricity used in cryptocurrency mining. Biden Budget Aims to Reduce Deficit by Raising Taxes Unlike many past U.S. presidents who promised no