Updated guidelines from the U.S. and U.K.'s tax agencies were finally released this year, but the initial relief felt by conscientious bitcoiners was to prove short-lived, for on closer examination, the documentation has left many crypto questions unanswered.

It's 2019 and Tax Is Still Taxing

The lack of uniformity regarding tax on crypto earnings, with some national governments happy to kick the can down the road and others determined to immediately collect their pound of flesh is frustrating, to put it mildly. The latest guidelines from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for U.K. residents has succeeded in muddying the already-feculent waters.