Title of linked article "U.S. court authorizes IRS to seek identities of taxpayers who have used cryptocurrency". This is puzzling. The IRS didn't have that ri

Title of linked article "U.S. court authorizes IRS to seek identities of taxpayers who have used cryptocurrency". This is puzzling. The IRS didn't have that right before? It seems obvious. Any large transfer from any external entity to your bank triggers money laundering flag here in France and I have to declare and give my Kraken (and other exchanges) user ID to the local IRS.