Blog
Short posts from the cleanup. One thing that happened, the receipt, and what it changed.
2026-09-04BTCI ETF: the notice said 96%, the 8937 said 44%A field note on one BTCI payment and its two documents: the Rule 19a-1 notice that estimated 96% return of capital and the Form 8937 that finalized 44.462767%.2026-09-04Fidelity crypto IRA: what the page saysA field note on the Fidelity Crypto IRA page as fetched 2026-09-04: three account types, four assets, the fee line, the custody language, what it leaves out.2026-09-04MSTY dividend yield: two numbers, one pageA field note on the two yields MSTY prints on its own page, a distribution rate near 100% and a 30-day SEC yield under 2%: what each one measures and why.2026-09-04MSTY ETF: the fund that does not own MSTRA field note on the MSTY ETF: the prospectus line saying the fund does not own the underlying security, the holdings that confirm it, and what the payment is.2026-09-04Self-directed IRA crypto: the prohibited-transaction costA field note on self-directed IRA crypto from the statute and the IRS: what section 4975 prohibits, who is disqualified, and why the IRA ends on day one.2026-09-03Coinbase 1099-DA: what the first form showedA field note on the first Coinbase Form 1099-DA, for 2025 sales: the boxes it filled, the basis it left blank, and what a holder with dead bags has to supply.2026-09-03Crypto capital gains tax: the rules, read from the sourceA field note on crypto capital gains tax from the IRS pages and the Code: property, the one-year line, the 2025 rate thresholds, the $3,000 cap, the 1099-DA.2026-09-03Crypto.com tax forms: what the 2025 help page saysA field note on Crypto.com's tax forms for 2025, from its own help page: the three forms, how they arrive, the 1099-DA boxes, the basis it chose not to report.2026-09-03Kraken 1099-DA: what the first form reportedA field note on the first Kraken 1099-DA, for 2025 sales, from Kraken's own help pages: what went to the IRS, what stayed on the client copy, the transfer gap.