Francois Volpoet, Chainalysis’ CEO for France, warned that the measure could undermine efforts to bring more crypto transactions into the regulated financial system.

“Do we want more taxpayers to declare their assets, or a higher tax rate applied to a base that is increasingly evaded?” Volpoet said in an email to CoinDesk. He said authorities can more easily monitor regulated stablecoin transactions than trades made through decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms or self-hosted wallets.

Another amendment backed by the finance committee on Oct. 9 would require French taxpayers to declare self-hosted crypto wallets holding at least €100,000 ($116,000 approximately) in assets, with fines of up to $11,600 for failing to comply.

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