you got to hope it stays in play and the powers that be don't ban it?
We have the courts so far on our side, so that's good.
Real issue is how this gets treated tax wise next year. In filing this year, I set the stage for a few different options in case the IRS or the gubment does make it clear how it will be treated.
The biggest problem, and the first instance I'm talking about in my signature, is the Big Beautiful Bill.
It made being a professional gambler more expensive, so I'm trying to get around that. My final option, if no other works out, will be to continue to file next year as a professional gambler, and eat the 10% cut in writing off losses.
Otherwise, I'm going mark to market as as trader and with that still have options open as to whether these get filed as futures contracts or straight ordinary income.
I'll probably draw up a new LLC just for trading on the exchanges as well.
I'm sure all this shit will cause an audit for the 2026 or 2027 or later, lol.