State taxpayers have been sitting on a mountain of cryptocurrency assets for nearly a decade. According to one estimate, by the tax software and compliance firm Revenue Solutions Inc., 4.7 million California residents have stockpiled crypto assets valued at $56.2 billion, while 2.3 million New Yorkers are hoarding $27.7 billion in crypto. Are any of them paying capital gains taxes on the accumulated wealth tied up in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether and other digital tokens? And what about those investments in digital art, like Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible tokens?
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