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by runako 2057 days ago
> rather than a currency

IANAL but tax is also levied on fiat currencies where similar profit/loss occurs. In that sense, the IRS is treating crypto like it treats other currencies.

Congress addressed this in 1986, the IRS is just administering duly enacted tax law:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/988