BaFin Confirms Regulatory Exemption of Utility Tokens in Germany
In the past, we already reported about so-called Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) that may be a suitable alternative source of corporate financing. Until recently,...
Archive for the author ‘Benjamin Kirschbaum’
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Getting a Voice on the Blockchain: “Delegated Proof of Stake” Interesting for Companies
Blockchain technology, which was originally developed by the anonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto, is based on the idea of creating a decentralized database...
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Cryptocurrencies: Mining VAT Exempt in Germany
By circular of February 27, 2018, the Federal Ministry of Finance has clarified some open VAT-related questions with respect to the trading and mining of...
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Cryptocurrencies: Federal Ministry of Finance confirms VAT exemption
The last few days and weeks have seen a lot of uncertainty among companies trading in cryptocurrencies. According to a media report, the Bonn tax office had...
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Hard Fork: German Tax Treatment and Date of Acquisition
More often, so-called “hard forks” occur in the cycle of a cryptocurrency. The first cryptocurrency that completed a hard fork was the Ethereum...
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Regulation of ICOs in Germany and at international level
The common opinion that Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) are a form of raising capital that is subject to no regulations is increasingly facing headwinds from...
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Cryptocurrencies: How Will Mining be Taxed in Germany?
Cryptocurrencies are not only attractive for investors and speculators. Apart from the purchase and sale of Bitcoin, creating their own cryptocurrency through...
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Initial Coin Offerings: A New Type of Corporate Financing
Recently, numerous start-ups have raised substantial amounts of money as funding for their business ideas through so-called initial coin offerings (ICOs)....
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Four banks develop Blockchain as alternative to central bank
Last year in September, Swiss bank UBS and the American start-up company Clearmatic presented their concept of a “Utility Settlement Coin” (USC) to the...
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Bank of England promotes Blockchain for central banks
In 1987 the renowned economist James Tobin published an article in which he raised the question if “big financial institutions can be allowed to fail?”....
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