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The IRS asks about digital assets directly on Form 1040.
You cannot simply skip the question. Knowingly providing a false answer can lead to serious penalties and possible criminal consequences.
Even if you received no tax form from an exchange, you are still responsible for reporting taxable crypto activity.
The Golden Rule:…
A lot of people made serious money during the big crypto runs. Others moved coins around constantly, chased meme tokens, earned staking rewards, or jumped between wallets and exchanges without ever stopping to think about taxes.
That is where the trouble starts.
For years, many taxpayers assumed crypto was too decentralized, too confusing, or too…