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Crypto Founders and Tax Residency: Structuring Before the Token Generation Event
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Crypto Founders and Tax Residency: Structuring Before the Token Generation Event

Residency and entity decisions made after a token generation event are usually too late to change the tax outcome. Here's what needs to happen before it.

25 Aug 2026 5 min
Stock Options Across Borders: The Tax Trap Nobody Flags at Grant
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Stock Options Across Borders: The Tax Trap Nobody Flags at Grant

Options granted in one country and vested after a relocation can trigger tax in both. Here's why grant-date paperwork rarely accounts for it.

19 Aug 2026 5 min
'Trusts for Founders: Why "I''ll Do It Later" Is the Most Expensive Decision'
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'Trusts for Founders: Why "I''ll Do It Later" Is the Most Expensive Decision'

A trust settled after a liquidity event does a fraction of the work of one settled before. Here's why timing determines almost everything a founder's trust can achieve and why "later" usually means "not effectively."

13 Aug 2026 5 min
Pre-exit housekeeping: the eighteen months that decide what you keep
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Pre-exit housekeeping: the eighteen months that decide what you keep

Value is lost at exit in diligence, not in negotiation. This guide sets out what to fix eighteen months before a sale — cap table, IP ownership, intercompany agreements, residence and tax position — and which of those changes stop being available once a buyer is in the room.

1 Aug 2026 11 min
Why founders lose value twelve months before a sale — not at the sale
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Why founders lose value twelve months before a sale — not at the sale

A seven-, eight- or nine-figure exit is not decided at the term sheet. It is decided in the twelve to eighteen months of quiet structuring work before the buyer ever sees a data room. Founders who wait until an LOI to think about holding companies, IP location and personal residency consistently leave value on the table. Here is what changes if you start early.

4 Jul 2026 9 min
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