BBitcoin & Co. Read More 3 minute read MiCAR – Europe-wide regulation of the crypto spacebyDr. Matthäus Schindele11. February 2021 With the proposal for the “Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation” (“MiCAR”) a uniform, Europe-wide regulation of crypto-assets is now… Read More
BBitcoin & Co. Read More 3 minute read 101 on how to distinguish between crypto assets and e-moneybyDr. Susanne Grohé14. July 2020 Crypto assets and e-money are very similar. Both are usually issued by private entities and serve as a… Read More
TTax Read More 5 minute read Bitcoin & Co.: current caselaw regarding the taxation of profits from the purchase and sale of cryptocurrenciesbyDr. Steffen Rapp2. June 2020 Background In part 1 and part 6 of my posts on the taxation of cryptocurrencies, I looked into… Read More
AAnti Money Laundering Read More 3 minute read PayTechTalk 46 – Crypto custody business: Amendments to the KWG in connection with the implementation of the fifth Anti-Money Laundering DirectivebyFrank Müller5. December 2019 At first glance, the “Act implementing the Amending Directive of the fourth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive” does not… Read More
BBitcoin & Co. Read More 4 minute read Crypto tokens: BaFin provides details on administrative practicebyDr. Matthäus Schindele15. October 2019 On 16 August 2019 the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) published a new guidance note regarding crypto… Read More
TTax Read More 3 minute read The tax treatment of Libra: old wine in new barrels?byDr. Steffen Rapp3. September 2019 What is the Libra cryptocurrency? Libra is a cryptocurrency which, like other cryptocurrencies, is based on a blockchain… Read More
BBitcoin & Co. Read More 7 minute read Is Libra e-money?byDr. Susanne Grohé13. August 2019 Is Libra e-money or rather a virtual currency? Since Libra is based on blockchain technology, it would stand… Read More
BBitcoin & Co. Read More 6 minute read The Libra cryptocurrency – a simple explanationbyDr. Susanne Grohé1. July 2019 …also for people who have so far not looked into blockchain… What is the Libra cryptocurrency? Facebook has… Read More
PPodcast Read More 2 minute read PayTechTalk 42 – Libra’s macroeconomic implicationsbyFrank Müller27. June 2019 It is safe to say that Facebook’s announcement of Libra, the world’s first stable crypto currency, has caused… Read More
BBitcoin & Co. Read More 5 minute read Crypto values: new regulation for Bitcoin & co.byDr. Matthäus Schindele19. June 2019 On 20 May 2019, the German Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) presented its draft bill on the implementation… Read More