{"id":43520,"date":"2025-05-31T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/?p=43520"},"modified":"2025-05-31T13:03:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T10:03:32","slug":"us-government-opposes-coinbase-users-request-to-block-access-to-crypto-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/us-government-opposes-coinbase-users-request-to-block-access-to-crypto-records\/","title":{"rendered":"US Government Opposes Coinbase User\u2019s Request to Block Access to Crypto Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States government<\/strong><\/a> has argued that the Supreme Court should reject a case brought by a Coinbase<\/strong> <\/a>user who attempted to block the transfer of his cryptocurrency transaction data to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).<\/p>\n

In a document dated May 30, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer stated that James Harper, a Coinbase user, does not have a constitutional right to hide his crypto transaction records<\/strong>. The government noted that Harper had \u201cvoluntarily\u201d shared his information with Coinbase and that the IRS followed a legal process by obtaining the data through a court-approved summons.<\/p>\n

Harper\u2019s case is tied to an IRS investigation launched in 2016. At that time, the agency observed that millions of users were conducting Bitcoin<\/a> transactions<\/strong> through Coinbase, while only a small number were reporting those gains on their tax returns. As a result, the IRS issued a \u201cJohn Doe\u201d summons to access the data of high-volume users.<\/p>\n

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