Crypto options in Germany: Kraken opens bitcoin and ether options, and the gate is a questionnaire
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On October 26, Kraken opened options on bitcoin and ether to retail clients in the European Economic Area, with access tied to a derivatives account and a passed appropriateness assessment. For German tax purposes, the one-year holding period does not apply; Section 20 of the Income Tax Act taxes gains at 25 percent from the first euro.
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