Long-Term Capital Gains vs Tax-Loss Harvesting

Quick comparison to help you distinguish these two crypto terms.

Long-Term Capital Gains
beginner
fundamentals

Profit earned from selling or disposing of a cryptocurrency held for more than one year, qualifying for preferential lower tax rates compared to short-term gains.

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Tax-Loss Harvesting
intermediate
strategy

A tax strategy where investors deliberately sell cryptocurrency at a loss to realise capital losses that offset capital gains, reducing overall tax liability for the year.

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