Thank you for your comments! Reading my post again I realize that I should have referred to being taxed on the earnings of the investment, not the investment itself, as you pointed out. Of course, you can also lose money on an investment and that could be a tax deduction. Regardless, it really is a complex issue that cannot be easily summarized in a few sentences!

Like you, I am also a bit mystified by the number of tribes that don’t have a well defined focus that would distinguish them from what is already in place and successful. What is the point of that? Even then, do you really need a separate token to go along with a group identity? Filtering on well defined tags might be all you really need for focusing on your favorite group or topic.

Cheers!