UK Tax Authority Proposes Changes to Treatment of DeFi Lending, Staking
Regulators around the world have cast their eyes on DeFi, and policymakers have “highlighted specific risks including cyber risks and other technical risks, as well as increased dependencies between traditional and decentralized financial systems and a lack of backstops in periods of market stress,” HMRC said.
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