Step-Up Basis on Bitcoin: What Your Heirs Inherit (and What They Don’t)
Under current US tax law, Bitcoin held until death transfers to heirs at a stepped-up basis — the embedded capital gain is wiped clean for tax purposes.
Buy, Borrow, Die Explained: How Ultra-Wealthy Families Compound Capital Tax-Efficiently
Buy long-term appreciating assets. Borrow against them instead of selling. Pass them to heirs at a stepped-up basis. The combined effect can erase decades of capital-gains tax.
How Buy, Borrow, Die works in crypto vs. traditional securities
The same playbook works on-chain. The borrowing tools are faster, the liquidation dynamics are unforgiving, and the estate-planning side has fewer guardrails. Here is what changes.
Buy, Borrow, Die: the strategy ultra-wealthy families use to skip capital gains forever
Buy long-term appreciating assets. Borrow against them instead of selling. Pass them to heirs at a stepped-up basis. The combined effect erases decades of capital gains tax.