How to Reduce You Taxes by Reporting Crypto Thefts

Clinton discusses how cryptocurrency theft losses (thefts, rug pulls, and scams) can be claimed to reduce tax bills. By claiming theft losses, investors can itemize deductions and save money on their taxes, even if they lost money due to closures of exchanges. However, claiming theft losses can be difficult as investors must prove the asset was taken with criminal intent, which can be challenging to prove. In the case of the FTX exchange collapse, its CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was indeed criminally charged, opening the door to claiming this provision, sometimes known as the Madoff provision.

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00:00 Introduction
03:01 Thefts, rug pulls, and scams
03:26 Proving a theft loss
03:59 What’s a safe harbor?
04:25 Itemizing up to 95% of your crypto losses
05:11 How do you claim a theft loss?
05:47 Recent theft loss cases including FTX
06:09 Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) indicted for criminal fraud
06:29 Did you lose money at Celsius?
07:16 Terra Luna and UST collapse
07:30 Do Kwon indicted for criminal fraud
08:11 BlockFi filed for bankruptcy
08:24 Alameda Research fraudulent funding
08:42 You can claim 75% in some cases
10:02 Taxes are sexy

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