TamtamBam on Nostr: Awesome guys. That's a great new twist on decentralisation! Although — from someone ...
Awesome guys. That's a great new twist on decentralisation!
Although — from someone who hasn't got their escape residency sorted yet and still lives in the UK — following the advice in the suggested article
https://liberation.travel/live-off-crypto-loan-legally-pay-no-tax-2026/#aave-v4 it's worth noting:
The stablecoin tax exemption doesn't kick in until April 2027 (still draft legislation, and no one's confirmed which coins qualify yet). And the wrap is the real trap: HMRC has no wrap-specific guidance, and its general rule — swapping one cryptoasset for a different type is a disposal — points to the wrap being taxable. If so, appreciated BTC crystallises its whole gain at the wrap step, before you've even borrowed. Accountants may argue it's a mere transfer, but that's untested.
Firefish is the only route here that avoids the wrap entirely (BTC stays native), you just pay ~10% instead of 1–4%. On-chain only makes sense if you already hold the wrapped coin or buy it fresh. And the April 2027 rules only clean up the collateral and stablecoin-spending legs — the wrap question stays open either way.
And that's before the FX gap: your debt and spending sit in EUR/USD stablecoins while your life is in GBP — every conversion costs, and until April 2027 the GBP/USD swings are taxable disposals too.
🤍⚡🤘😎
https://fountain.fm/episode/ba2u4NnBTQ7yXvpghgGv
Published at
2026-10-25 22:52:30 UTCEvent JSON
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