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> What? That doesn't even make any sense. You can sell the bitcoin for USD then pay your taxes.

If that's the logic we're going with, I can pay my taxes with baseball cards and beanie babies too.

That's a great analogy, thanks for posting. I'm going to use that. I think it really will help drive home the speculative nature of the markets right now, especially to total newcomers who just want a quick buck.

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