Crypto's second U.S. lobbying front — tax policy — sees industry push on mining, staking

Policy Crypto's second U.S. lobbying front — tax policy — sees industry push on mining, staking The crypto sector's leading U.S. advocacy groups asked the U.S. House's tax committee to advance a bill to clarify treatment of assets from mining and staking. By Jesse Hamilton | Edited by Nikhilesh De Jun 22, 2026, 3:56 p.m. 2 min read Make preferred on Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email Make preferred on Representative Mike Carey, an Ohio Republican, is pushing a mining bill that the crypto industry is cheering on. (The Washington Post) Summary Show Though there's been some criticism of a U.S. House of Representatives bill that would allow recipients of mined crypto assets or staking rewards to defer their treatment as income, leading crypto groups are asking that the bill be advanced without changes. Republican Representative Mike Carey's bill would give miners the option of putting off the moment new assets are taxable, instead of assuming them as immediate income. Tax issues have drawn a lot of recent crypto industry attention even as the final points of the crypto market structure bill are still being debated in the U.S. Senate. Top U.S. crypto lobbying groups united to ask that the U.S. House of Representatives embrace a bill that gives digital assets miners and recipients of staking rewards an option for deciding when to take a tax hit on the new assets — either when they're first obtained or when the holders ultimately unload the cryptocurrency. The policy outlined by one of several crypto tax bills currently contemplated by the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, the Tax Clarity for Mining and Staking Act offered by Representative Mike Carey , should be advanced in Congress, according to an industry letter addressed to the Republican chairman and senior Democrat of the tax panel dated Sunday. "The tax code should not force Americans who help secure decentralized networks to sell assets before they can reasonably monetize them simply to satisfy an immediate tax obligation," said Summer Mersinger, CEO of the Blockchain Association, in a statement alongside her counterparts at the Digital Chamber and the Crypto Council for Innovation, who joined to send the letter that advocated the legislation get advanced as-is. While the top focus of the industry remains the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act that would establish a full U.S. regulatory regime for crypto activity, its second priority has been on crypto taxation, which was the central thrust of a June 9 committee hearing discussing several bills, including the legislation from Carey, an Ohio Republican. Democrats on the committee revealed some concerns about how this bill would be utilized by the industry in practice, and outside critics such as the Revolving Door Project argued that crypto mining firms — including American Bitcoin, in which President Donald Trump's sons Eric and Donald Jr. have a significant stake — could defer taxes indefinitely while still getting a financial benefit from their holdings. The industry letter countered that the bill "does not provide unlimited deferral or full parity with all forms of self-created property; instead, it ensures income is recognized while avoiding immediate taxation before taxpayers can monetize the asset." Crypto tax policy has been approached by a number of legislative efforts over the years. The latest House bills remain at a fairly early stage of the process, while the current congressional session is facing its final months, so it's uncertain what their viability is at this stage. The Senate's crypto bandwidth is taken up at the moment with the Clarity Act, which is still in heavy negotiations even as the final days tick down toward a make-or-break moment. Crypto insiders are pinning their hopes on it arriving to the Senate floor by mid-July, though a number of its most contentious provisions haven't yet been definitively worked out. 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