@ShedinjaIsOP@BradHuston Imagine being an artist. You paint something and put it up for sale. Random walks by and says "I'd be willing to pay $1m for that" then walks away without buying it. That's unrealized gains. Would you as the artist be responsible for paying income tax on $1m? No.
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