Trading on Bitcoin.de has been largely suspended since June after the German financial regulator BaFin rejected its application for authorization under the EU’s MiCA framework. The platform is now looking for regulated partners to resume services.
A recent decision by Germany’s Federal Fiscal Court clarified that tax benefits from special expenses for restoring heritage-protected houses cannot be inherited, except when the heir is the spouse of the deceased.
The FCA has launched an investigation into its handling of a whistleblower, Simon Andriesz, who committed suicide after exposing alleged misconduct at a brokerage owned by Cantor Fitzgerald.
Ruja Ignatova, considered the inventor of the alleged cryptocurrency Onecoin, is being pursued internationally for fraud. Some victims have received positive news as part of the fraudulent assets have been confiscated.
Greenfield Capital said it had been trying for months to obtain board changes at the Safe Ecosystem Foundation and has now turned to the Swiss regulator, asking it to step in and resolve the governance dispute.
Japan announced that it is sanctioning the crypto exchange Garantex, adding it to a list of entities barred for facilitating Russian evasion of financial restrictions related to the Ukraine conflict. The move aligns Japan with earlier sanctions by the United States, the European Union and other jurisdictions.
The Italian government is moving to reduce road taxes after discovering that 60,000 vehicles with Polish licence plates were being used to evade Italy’s road levy, highlighting a tax avoidance issue linked to foreign-registered cars.
In an interview on Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction, Bitpanda co-CEO Christian Trimmer highlighted that the EU’s MiCA framework has boosted confidence among European crypto investors in regulated exchanges, and urged authorities to enforce the regulation more rigorously against non‑compliant operators.
The governments of Italy and Greece are seeking leeway from the EU’s fiscal framework, arguing that the need to subsidise fuel prices and the surge in inflation are straining their budgets and could jeopardise compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact.
In an interview, Catella Investment Management’s chief Michael Fink criticised the sluggishness of German building‑permit processes, arguing that faster approvals are needed to address the housing shortage. He highlighted prefabricated construction as a fast‑growing segment and suggested that former military barracks could be repurposed for residential use.