Bitcoin took a thrashing on April 23 after US President Joe Biden was said to propose almost doubling the capital gains tax for the prosperous. 

At the time of the inscription of this copy, the cryptocurrency was trading down 6.89 percent at $49,964.06. It impressed a 24-hour high of $55,471.08 and a 24-hour low of $48,655.69. Year to date, bitcoin is up an additional than 73 percent. 

Bitcoin prices have been in a remedial phase after experts hinted at a prospect of a bubble following its grand rise that saw the cryptocurrency ascending $64,000 as of 23rd April’ 2021. 

Biden will roll out a strategy to raise taxes on the richest Americans, including the largest-ever increase in charges on investment gains, to fund around $1 trillion in childcare, universal pre-kindergarten teaching and paid leave for labours, sources acquainted with the proposal said. 

The plan is a measure of the White House's push for a far-reaching overhaul of the US tax system to make rich people and big companies pay more and aid foot the bill for Biden's determined economic schedule. 

The proposal calls for growing the top marginal income tax rate to 39.6 percent from 37 percent, the sources said. It would also virtually double taxes on capital gains to 39.6 percent for people receiving more than $1 million. 

Preceding the announcement, bitcoin values were already in a remedial phase after experts hinted at an opportunity of a bubble following a huge rise that saw the cryptocurrency scaling $64,000 just a week prior. 

In India, a planned law is expected to ban digital currencies and may embrace provisions to provide an exit window of three-six months to existing crypto holders of private entities, The Indian Express has stated. 

According to illegal estimates, Indians hold around $1.5 billion or Rs 10,000 crore prices of crypto assets.