Regulatory Risk
The risk that government action will change an asset's accessibility, tax treatment, or value. For crypto, the largest unpriced risks are: (a) changes to wash-sale-rule applicability (exempt as of mid-2026 -- a tax-loss-harvest advantage Congress has repeatedly proposed closing; verify before relying on it), (b) changes to cost-basis accounting (FIFO vs HIFO), and (c) stablecoin regulation. The 2024 spot Bitcoin ETF approvals were one regulatory cycle; subsequent cycles could reshape the framework.
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