CoinTracking
👤 Dario Kachel (Munich IT manager. Couldn't track crypto gains across exchanges, so he shipped the first crypto portfolio tool solo in 2013.)🌐 site
A Munich IT pro shipped the first crypto portfolio tool in 2013; a 2014 IRS rule turned it into mandatory tax software.
Will it work? · our read
Forced demand. A law made every crypto trade taxable, and Kachel already owned the plumbing. But the same enforcement lets exchanges auto-report basis - the aggregator's edge can erode.
01How the money moves
Trader disposes crypto across many exchanges & wallets - each a taxable event
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CoinTracking auto-imports 400+ sources, computes cost basis in local tax rules
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User pays $49-169/yr for the compliant tax report (Form 8949, HMRC, and more)
02The numbers
2.2M+
users
site
25K
corporate clients
site
400+
exchange/wallet imports
site
Scale is first-party (cointracking.info); dollar revenue is undisclosed. cointracking.info
Revenue undisclosed (private GmbH); third-party estimate about $2M+/yr.
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CoinTracking - official site (users, pricing, 400+ imports, ISO 27001)Crypto-News - founder Dario Kachel interview (solo build, April 2013 launch)IRS Notice 2014-21 - crypto taxed as property; every disposal reportableCointelegraph - rival Accointing sold to Blockpit, shut down Jan 2024NorthData - CoinTracking GmbH registry (financials paywalled)
Revenue is NOT first-party disclosed. CoinTracking GmbH is a private German company; statutory financials are paywalled (NorthData). The "about $2M+/yr" figure is a weak third-party aggregator estimate (Owler/Prospeo) and is likely understated given 2.2M+ users and 25K corporate clients paying $49-169/yr - true revenue is undisclosed, so tagged Estimate, not independently confirmed. First-party/official: founding story, current pricing, user/integration/country counts, ISO 27001 (cointracking.info), and the 2014 IRS ruling (IRS.gov). The "own the plumbing" framing and the erosion thesis are our read, not founder statements ([infer]). Accointing's 2024 shutdown is documented (Cointelegraph). Funding: Kachel built it solo and grew from paying customers; one aggregator hints at a redacted round, so I say "effectively bootstrapped", not "never raised". Rival prices are approximate, not freshly verified. We never score you.