What are the tax implications for CeDeFi trading?

Published on Jan 29, 2026Updated on Jan 29, 20262 min read
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CeDeFi trades are executed within a self custody wallet and users are responsible for approving transactions to be executed in the self custody wallet with any third party decentralized protocols. OKX is NOT obligated to report CeDeFi trades to the IRS. It's solely users' responsibility to keep track of the transactions within a self custody wallet and deliver the applicable statements.

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