{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"TamtamBam wrote","author_name":"TamtamBam (npub1va…kpxey)","author_url":"https://nostr.now/npub1va3773umzrydk4vd0q2xsnjg8qrsym7up9j9agnzcxd8u398wulq6kpxey","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.now","html":"Awesome guys. That's a great new twist on decentralisation!\n\nAlthough — 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:\n\nThe 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.\n\nFirefish 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.\n\nAnd 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.\n\n🤍⚡🤘😎\n\nhttps://fountain.fm/episode/ba2u4NnBTQ7yXvpghgGv\n\nnostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxqupzpwrxeemtukuzv62esqjgxg4cmaxrs9sgl7j6tdrufuaturv0wea9qqsgpqrnqlxlnsduht772sursacv8kv3dff5apkutncsuhn2pxkzqwcqdqng2"}