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According to the recent <a href="https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/crypto-privacy-battle-started-by-words-inserted-in-2021-law/?utm_source=telegram&amp;utm_medium=organic_social&amp;utm_campaign=" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">publication</a>, a new legislation will force US-based companies to gather the name, address, and government ID of anybody who spends over ten thousand dollars on crypto in the year 2024. 
<h2 id="span-style-font-weight-400-compliance-in-crypto-span">Compliance in Crypto</h2> 
The Department of Justice claimed that the law was just another manifestation of Congress’s established authority to improve compliance with tax laws. The government’s attorneys claimed: “Though our taxation system is voluntary, Congress’s authority to require transaction disclosure has been upheld since the modern tax system was established.” 
<h3 id="span-style-font-weight-400-name-id-dob-and-other-details-to-be-tracked-span">Name, ID, DOB and Other Details to be Tracked</h3> 
When the legislation comes into effect, organizations will be required to compile the name, address, and identification number of everyone who buys for products or services through cryptocurrency valued at or above ten thousand dollars.&nbsp; 
<h2 id="span-style-font-weight-400-government-s-best-weapon-against-tax-evasion-span">Government’s Best Weapon Against Tax Evasion</h2> 
The government attorneys stated: “One of the government’s best defenses against tax evasion is collecting information about taxpayers when they send or receive money,” while adding: 
“These requirements have survived numerous constitutional challenges by taxpayers unhappy to learn that the IRS is aware of income they receive from sources that would otherwise be difficult to trace.” 
<h3 id="span-style-font-weight-400-crypto-think-tank-coin-center-opposes-data-tracking-span">Crypto Think Tank Coin Center Opposes Data Tracking</h3> 
This comes after a judge dismissed a lawsuit in July, ruling that the crypto think tank Coin Center and its co-plaintiffs lacked capacity to bring a lawsuit since the regulations hadn’t yet taken effect and whatever claimed harms are theoretical. Notably, Coin Center <a href="https://www.coincenter.org/coin-center-has-filed-a-court-challenge-against-the-treasury-dept-over-unconstitutional-financial-surveillance/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">sued</a> the Treasury Department and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who holds the role of enforcing the legislation, claiming the new regulations lead to “unconstitutional financial surveillance.”&nbsp; 
“This law will apply to all of us in six months,” Coin Centre Executive Director Jerry Brito <a href="https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/1682073502336139274?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">stated </a>on <a href="https://thecoinrise.com/twitter-has-been-rebranded-to-x-details/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">X, the online communication site formerly referred to as Twitter</a>. He adds: “Time is of the essence, and we’ll be appealing to the Sixth Circuit right away.” 
The US Department of Justice is currently quite engaged in regulatory enforcement efforts. <a href="https://thecoinrise.com/us-doj-investigates-binance-over-violations-of-russia-sanctions/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Binance was examined by the governmental agency</a> in May for violating Russia sanctions. 
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