How Bitcoin Ordinals can be weaponized for tax avoidance: I am in international waters. But anyone can observe that in the US, the IRS considers words “wash sale” mean buying and selling the same asset for a tax loss. For example, I buy Bitcoin and Tesla stock. Bitcoin rises, and Tesla falls. So to avoid paying tax on Bitcoin, I sell my Tesla stock and capture a capital loss. Then I re-buy Tesla back. The stock market already has rules against these “wash sales” where it doesn’t count the loss if you re-buy back the same asset in a period of time. However, cryptocurrency does not have this. The government is unhappy, and so they’re trying to push through rules that Bitcoin “wash sales” should not be exempt. If I were to someday go to America, then I would say I am not just buying “some” Bitcoin, but instead it is the unique artistic Ordinal that sparks my inner passion. Therefore, because the assets are not the same, and I would be investing solely because of the artistic nature of this new particular Ordinal, the new wash-sale rule would not apply. Oh you can’t tell the difference? Well my friend, you have no taste in art
Great Idea! If i would pay taxes, i would avoid it that way :)