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Mar 2, 2020
AML/CFT Banking & Financial Access Custody +2 more
BaFin’s 2020 guidance explained when crypto custody was a regulated financial service under Germany’s Banking Act. MiCAR/KMAG and...
EU Crypto Regulation
Explore EU crypto laws, including MiCA rules, exchange licensing, stablecoin regulation, taxes, AML compliance, and digital asset oversight.
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Feb 20, 2018
BaFin guidance explains how Germany classifies ICO and crypto tokens case by case under securities, prospectus, investment and...
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Jan 3, 2025
BaFin’s January 2025 MiCAR guidance explains Germany’s approach to crypto-asset services, CASP authorisation, Article 60 notification and domestic-scope...
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Dec 30, 2024
German Banking Act regime for BaFin-supervised qualified crypto custody of cryptographic instruments and related private keys, with segregation...
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Jun 18, 2022
Germany’s KryptoFAV permits eligible fund units to be issued as crypto fund units entered in a crypto securities...
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Jul 1, 2024
Germany’s KMAG implements national supervision powers for MiCAR, designating BaFin as competent authority and setting German rules for...
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Germany’s 2025 BMF circular explains income tax treatment of crypto-assets, including mining, staking, lending, airdrops, ICOs, private sales,...
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Jun 10, 2021
Germany’s eWpG provides a register-based route for issuing eligible securities electronically, including crypto securities in crypto securities registers...
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Oct 29, 2022
German regulation setting operational, documentation, access, data-security and DLT-specific requirements for central electronic registers and crypto securities registers...
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Dec 30, 2024
Germany’s FinmadiG aligns national financial laws with MiCA, crypto transfer rules and DORA, creating KMAG and BaFin powers...
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