UK tax rules raise fears of linking Bitcoin users to their home addresses

HMRC's rollout of the OECD crypto reporting framework will require exchanges to collect home addresses, and critics warn that data could be tied to public Bitcoin transactions Starting 1 January 2026, crypto exchanges operating in the UK will need to know where their customers live. Not roughly. Their actual home address. The requirement comes from HMRC’s adoption of the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, known as CARF. Privacy advocates are uneasy, because Bitcoin ’s ledger is public and permanent, and they say pairing it with a street address creates a risk that is hard to undo.

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Source: Crypto Briefing