The German tax authority announced that starting in 2026 crypto exchanges will have to follow stricter transparency requirements, including the collection of taxpayers’ identification numbers. Investors who do not provide their tax number risk a penalty of up to €50,000. The rules aim to improve tax compliance on crypto transactions while still allowing some anonymous trades under specific conditions.
The German financial supervisory authority BaFin announced that it will move its main office to the former central headquarters of Deutsche Bahn in Frankfurt. The relocation is planned for 2028 and is justified by the regulator as offering several advantages for its operations.
The U.S. Justice Department alleges that KKR concealed key documents from antitrust regulators in over a dozen cartel cases, leading to a record fine of one million dollars being imposed on the firm.
During the fallout from the Ukraine conflict, traders at Gazprombank’s Luxembourg branch generated multi‑million profits by taking advantage of European Union sanctions imposed on Russia.
Investors such as BlackRock and Vanguard have signaled they will push back against Prosus NV’s dual‑class share structure and high executive pay, urging the company and its parent Naspers to adopt a more shareholder‑friendly governance model.
Zondacrypto’s boss, Przemysław Kral, is under fraud investigation in Poland and is cooperating with prosecutors to obtain a reduced sentence, with customer losses estimated at $650 million.
Goldman Sachs says that the EU’s current and planned trade restrictions could cover roughly 27% of China’s yearly nominal exports to the bloc, highlighting the high stakes in the economic dispute between the two sides.
The European Central Bank reiterated that users of the future digital euro will remain anonymous, defending privacy as central bank digital currencies face worldwide scrutiny.
Dutch regulators imposed a €825 million penalty on Uber for automatically suspending driver accounts in breach of GDPR, marking the second‑largest fine ever issued under the EU privacy law.
Chinese e‑commerce giant JD.com faces an EU competition investigation over its bid to buy German consumer‑electronics retailer Ceconomy, prompting the Chinese justice ministry to warn of possible retaliation.