US House Crypto Tax Bill Omits Mining, Staking Reward Deferral

The omission of a deferral for mining and staking rewards is the key signal here: lawmakers are willing to modernize treatment of fees, stablecoins and lending, but not to touch the timing question that has long created friction for validators and miners who owe tax on rewards before they can be sold. That leaves those operators under existing rules while other parts of the market may get clarity. Whether the deferral resurfaces in later drafting, or gets traded away, is the open question worth watching.