Pay the tax you greedy prick.
Re: Ask HN: I have a $1.1M crypto portfolio. How do I sell without incurring taxes?
#11He probably bought the crypto using income which he'd already paid tax on. So, why should he be taxed twice? If his cryptos went to zero would he get a refund on the tax already paid on the money used to buy them? Heads, the taxman wins. Tails, you lose.