Crypto tax insights and concepts made easy to understand and reviewed by a Former Big 4 CPA. All blog posts are for educational purposes only and do not constitute tax advice.
Bitcoin Ordinals and BRC-20 taxes for 2026: inscribing costs, Magic Eden trades, Runes, rare sat hunting, creator royalties, the 28% collectibles question, and records.
Does the wash sale rule apply to crypto in 2026? No. Learn why crypto is exempt, how the tax-loss loophole works, the ETF exception, and what could change.
Ethereum DeFi taxes for 2026: Uniswap swaps and v3 LP positions, adding and removing liquidity, impermanent loss, Aave and Compound interest, borrowing and liquidations, WETH wrapping, airdrops as income, and where broker reporting actually stands.
Ethereum gas fee taxes for 2026: when gas adds to cost basis, when it reduces proceeds, why spending ETH on gas is itself a taxable disposal, failed transactions, DeFi gas, L2 fees, and the records that hold it all together.
Liquid staking and restaking taxes for 2026: is ETH to stETH taxable, how rebasing income works, rETH and cbETH appreciation, EigenLayer points and airdrops, and basis tracking.
Ethereum NFT taxes for 2026: why buying with appreciated ETH is a two-sided trade, selling and holding periods, the collectibles 28 percent look-through test, creator royalties on Schedule C, minting, wash sales, worthless NFTs, and getting OpenSea and Blur history onto Form 8949.
Ethereum staking taxes for 2026: when validator rewards become income, solo vs pooled vs exchange staking, Schedule 1 vs Schedule C, NIIT, quarterly estimates, and 1099-DA reporting.
Selling Bitcoin taxes for 2026: short vs long term rates, 0/15/20 brackets, NIIT, cost basis methods, Rev. Proc. 2024-28 wallet rules, 1099-DA, and Form 8949.
Solana airdrop taxes for 2026: when JTO, JUP, and other airdrops become income, how claim-gated drops are timed, valuing illiquid tokens, NIIT, and reporting.
Solana DeFi taxes for 2026: how swaps, Raydium LPs, Kamino and marginfi lending, borrowing, yield rewards, and wrapped SOL are taxed, mapped action by action.
Liquid staking taxes for 2026: is swapping SOL for mSOL or JitoSOL taxable, how LST value accrual is taxed, redeeming back to SOL, JTO airdrops, and reporting.
Solana NFT taxes for 2026: buying, minting, and selling on Magic Eden and Tensor, creator royalties, the collectibles question, compressed NFTs, spam drops, and losses on rugged projects.
