Donald Trump is likely to sign a key executive order establishing a zero capital gains tax on crypto.
Trump has been vocal about his crypto policies. In early 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order fulfilling his election promises of ending Biden’s anti-crypto executive orders. Before the elections, he also promised to establish crypto friendly laws and a Bitcoin Reserve.
Lately, the White House Crypto Summit is a key step in that direction which will be attended by top industry experts, US regulatory chiefs and many others. The meet would see discussions on assets to be included in the US Crypto Reserve and establishing a clear crypto policy in the USA.
Benefit Likely For Made in USA Cryptos Only
It is likely that the benefit of zero Capital Gains Tax would be limited to Made in USA cryptocurrencies only. This assumption is based on Trump’s Made in America crypto policy.
- Bitcoin (BTC)
- Ethereum (ETH)
- XRP (XRP)
- Solana (SOL)
- Cardano (ADA)
- Chainlink (LINK)
- Algorand (ALGO)
- Ondo Finance (ONDO)
- Litecoin (LTC)
- Uniswap (UNI)
- Filecoin (FIL)
- Aptos (APT)
- Near Protocol (NEAR)
Crypto Markets Could Reach Another ATH Soon
If the rumor of zero capital gains tax turns out to be true, in that case the crypto markets would soon recover to their ATH levels of $3.79 trillion. Lately, crypto markets have seen very huge volatility caused by lack of liquidity and excessive short-selling in the markets.
At press time, we see many of the short positions have been covered or squared off which is indeed a bullish sign.
Leading cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, XRP, Solana and Cardano would also see further gains. Bitcoin is expected to cross $100k, XRP could cross $3, Solana could cross $200 and Cardano could cross $1.5 within hours of the announcement.
A Look At Crypto Taxes Across The World
The US Tax law on crypto would be one of the most supportive decisions for the crypto markets, taking it to new highs. Further, this tax law would
Crypto is generally traded as a commodity or a financial asset in most of the countries.
While there exists a direct ban in China, crypto faces severe restrictions or high taxes in France, Italy and India. France imposes a 30% tax, Italy does 46% and India does 30% and doesn’t allow adjusting profits with losses.
On the other hand, countries like UAE and Singapore have established themselves as crypto havens.