France’s National Assembly has postponed the vote on the revenue section of the 2027 budget for a second time, and the proposed crypto exit tax has been put on hold along with it—but this is a delay, not a rejection. The November 17 deadline for review at first reading is still ahead. The proposal isn’t dead; it’s just been squeezed into a gap in the schedule. Anyone who takes this to mean “France has given up on taxing” is mistaking a procedural pause for a policy shift. I’m watching that date: before November 17, the revenue section has to return to the agenda. Whether the exit tax provision is removed, revised, or revived as-is will depend on how those days are scheduled. For holders, the thing to do now isn’t celebrate—it’s figure out whether your cost basis could be redefined before year-end. To put it bluntly, lawmakers delaying a vote once is harder to predict than watching candlesticks all night. $BTC