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Archive for the Author ‘Benjamin Kirschbaum’
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 that may be used to process value transactions. Contrary to the monetary system provided by the central banks, the […]
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 cryptocurrencies. According to the circular, transactions in bitcoin are VAT exempt. Accepting bitcoin as consideration is […]
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 refused to grant VAT exemptions for transactions in Bitcoin as they considered Bitcoin to […]
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 blockchain. In the course of the so-called DAO hack in 2016, Ethereum was split into Ether (ETH) and […]
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 international regulatory authorities. Supervisors in many countries have made it clear through public statements that ICO […]
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 mining is profitable for many entrepreneurs. In this context, numerous tax and accounting questions occur. Basically, mining cryptocurrencies at […]
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). Essentially, these companies create their own cryptocurrency and sell its tokens to interested investors. The tokens as such confer no decision-making […]
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 world. Now a group of these two companies and the Spanish bank Santander as well as the […]
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?”. Today, after the financial crisis of 2008, we know the answer. In his paper, Tobin suggested […]
Bitcoins and Criminal Law
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) considers bitcoins to be units of account and thus financial instruments within the meaning of the German Banking Act. Accordingly, whoever operates banking transactions or financial services with bitcoins commercially or to an extent, which […]