Base from my recent post "Does bitcoin could be call a job?" I have read your opinions regarding to that. Doing these things is a form of earning money basically we have income. So does it need to be taxed? Because this is also a source of income, and we might call it as a job?
I don't agree. Since your premise is the "need" of it being taxed. I think that there is no need to do that; however, what urges countries and governments to do that is the fact that the cryptocurrency market has been unfolding to be a big-earning market. At first, many are quite doubtful and negative about it, with some countries even threatening to ban any activity related to it. However, since the past year, there has been a great attention and focal shift to the cryptomarket that helped in introducing the advantages it can bring to the global trade and investment market scene. Having said, many countries are seizing the chance to strike while the iron is hot and try to impose taxes on it, or at least, in parts they can to add some revenue to their government to improve their local economies. As they say, the government in each country is the strongest and leading business entity, thus, finding ways to earn more is always their priority, which can be done through taxation.