Crypto tax center

Crypto tax recordkeeping basics for cost basis, transfers, rewards, and exports.

A U.S.-focused informational hub for organizing crypto records before filing season turns wallet activity into a reconstruction project.

Records

Cost basis trail

Keep acquisition date, amount, fair market value, fees, venue, wallet, and transaction hash together so later disposals can be reconstructed.

Classification

Transfers versus disposals

Moving assets between your own wallets is different from selling, swapping, paying, or receiving rewards, but every movement still needs a record.

Timestamps

Income events

Mining, staking, airdrops, referrals, work payments, and rewards may need fair market value at the time received, plus later basis tracking.

Caution

Professional review

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Tax reads

Guides and worksheets

Tax Basics

Crypto tax recordkeeping basics: cost basis, transfers, income, and realized gains

A U.S.-focused informational guide to crypto tax records, cost basis, transfers, income events, and why exchange history is not enough.

9 min read
Tax basics

Crypto tax recordkeeping checklist

A U.S.-focused informational worksheet for dates, fair market value, fees, wallet movement, transaction hashes, and income events.

Printable download
Portfolio Math

Crypto position sizing and drawdown math: risk per trade, recovery, and concentration

How to size crypto positions around downside, drawdown recovery, stop discipline, and concentration instead of excitement.

9 min read
Portfolio Math

DCA vs lump sum in crypto: volatility, cash drag, regret, and execution risk

A practical comparison of dollar-cost averaging and lump-sum crypto entries for volatile markets, uncertain timing, and behavioral risk.

8 min read
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