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by cameldrv 2825 days ago
The reason people want to give crypto is because they haven't reported it to the IRS. There are a lot of people with big gains in crypto that they should have reported years ago, and they're not sure what to do with it now. If they can directly give it without a reporting requirement, they're happy. Perhaps there's a secondary (primary?) business in people receiving anonymous donations from a generous benefactor, which they then are able to report as income and get square with the government without admitting to underreporting income.