Recently, I’ve really been educated by the matter of taxes/filing... I used to think “deal with it at the end of the year,” but then I kept transferring back and forth on the chain and moving between exchanges, and when it came time to reconcile, my brain just crashed. Now I have a simple method: take a screenshot of each deposit and withdrawal, export the exchange statement once a month, and write a couple of notes on on-chain transfers with the transaction hash and remarks (like “exchanged U” or “failed to arbitrage”), just to leave a record. Even if it looks ugly, it’s better than relying solely on memory when the time comes.

Seeing that a certain region is again talking about increasing taxes and tightening compliance actually has a pretty big impact on my mental expectations: I used to switch platforms casually without worry, but now I think “how do I explain this transaction in the future,” so I’m less likely to mess around.

Personally, I trust data more than intuition... intuition often gives me the illusion of “probably fine,” but data at least makes me admit: oh, I really am this active. Let’s keep it like this for now, and not go crazy at the end of the year.