CoinLedger
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US law taxes every crypto trade. CoinLedger ranks #1 for 'crypto taxes' and turns that forced demand into paid filings.
Will it work? · our read
Forced demand. The IRS makes crypto reporting mandatory, so buyers Google the fix - CoinLedger won by ranking #1 for free, not ads. But demand rides the crypto cycle and rivals are VC-funded.
01How the money moves
IRS taxes every crypto sale - filers must report gains
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User googles 'crypto taxes' and lands on CoinLedger, ranked #1
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Pays per tax year for an auto IRS Form 8949 + TurboTax export
02The numbers
$2,000
to start (2018)
founder
500K+
users filing
coinledger
$6M
raised, 2022
PRNewswire
Bootstrapped to $2M+ ARR before that raise. PR Newswire, Feb 2022
$2M+ ARR bootstrapped on $2,000, then a $6M raise (2022).
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CoinLedger - About (founders, mission)PR Newswire - CoinLedger raises $6M (Feb 2022)IRS - Final 1099-DA broker reporting regsDRW VC - CoinLedger founder spotlightLatka - revenue estimates (third-party, unverified)
First-party/press-confirmed: founders, 2018 start, $2,000 seed, 500K+ users, $6M 2022 raise, and the IRS 1099-DA timeline. The $2M+ bootstrapped ARR is founder-stated (STATED). Later figures ($5.9M 2023, $10M 2024) come from Latka, a third-party aggregator - treated as unverified. The crypto-cycle and 1099-DA erosion 'dies' logic is [our read], not the founder's. We never score you.