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Germany Crypto Laws
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12 related laws
| Law / Regulation ↕ | Jurisdiction ↕ | Status ↕ | Effective ↕ | Topics | Summary | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BaFin Crypto Custody Guidance under the Banking ActBaFin mb_200302_kryptoverwahrgeschaeft; KWG §1(1a) s.2 no.6 · Guidance · Added Sep 17, 2026 | DEGermany | Effective | Mar 02, 2020 | AML / CFTCustody+3 more | BaFin’s 2020 guidance explained when crypto custody was a regulated financial service under Germany’s Banking Act. MiCAR/KMAG and the amended KWG now shape current custody supervi… | www.bafin.de ↗ |
| Germany Crypto Markets Supervision Act (KMAG)BGBl. 2024 I Nr. 438, S. 2; FNA 7610-25 · Act · Added Sep 17, 2026 | DEGermany | Effective | Jul 01, 2024 | Licensing & RegistrationDisclosure & Marketing+3 more | Germany’s KMAG implements national supervision powers for MiCAR, designating BaFin as competent authority and setting German rules for authorization, enforcement, reporting, trans… | www.recht.bund.de ↗ |
| Germany Crypto-Asset Income Tax Treatment GuidanceIV C 1 - S 2256/00042/064/043 · Guidance · Added Sep 17, 2026 | DEGermany | Effective | — | stakingtaxation-reporting+3 more | Germany’s 2025 BMF circular explains income tax treatment of crypto-assets, including mining, staking, lending, airdrops, ICOs, private sales, valuation and records. It replaces t… | www.bundesfinanzministerium.de ↗ |
| Germany Money Laundering Act Crypto-Asset AML and Transfer RegimeGwG; BGBl. I 2017 p. 1822; FinmadiG BGBl. 2024 I No. 438 · Act · Added Sep 17, 2026 | DEGermany | Effective | Dec 30, 2024 | AML / CFTLicensing & Registration+2 more | Germany’s GwG, as amended by FinmadiG, brings MiCA crypto-asset service providers and certain ART issuers into AML scope and adds crypto-transfer/self-hosted-address due diligence… | www.gesetze-im-internet.de ↗ |
| Germany Banking Act Qualified Crypto Custody Business RegimeKWG § 1(1a) s. 2 no. 6; §§ 26b, 32, 46i, 65a · Act · Added Sep 17, 2026 | DEGermany | Effective | Dec 30, 2024 | Consumer ProtectionCustody+3 more | German Banking Act regime for BaFin-supervised qualified crypto custody of cryptographic instruments and related private keys, with segregation and insolvency allocation rules aft… | www.gesetze-im-internet.de ↗ |
| Germany Financial Market Digitalization Act (FinmadiG)BGBl. 2024 I Nr. 438 · Act · Added Sep 17, 2026 | DEGermany | Effective | Dec 30, 2024 | AML / CFTLicensing & Registration+3 more | Germany’s FinmadiG aligns national financial laws with MiCA, crypto transfer rules and DORA, creating KMAG and BaFin powers for crypto markets, AML transfer rules and operational … | www.recht.bund.de ↗ |
| BaFin MiCAR Crypto-Asset Services GuidanceBaFin Merkblatt, Jan. 2025 · Guidance · Added Sep 17, 2026 | DEGermany | Effective | Jan 03, 2025 | CustodyLicensing & Registration+1 more | BaFin’s January 2025 MiCAR guidance explains Germany’s approach to crypto-asset services, CASP authorisation, Article 60 notification and domestic-scope questions. | www.bafin.de ↗ |
| BaFin ICO and Crypto Token Classification GuidanceWA 11-QB 4100-2017/0010; WA 51-Wp 7100-2019/0011; IF 1-AZB 1505-2019/0003 · Guidance · Added Sep 17, 2026 | DEGermany | Effective | Feb 20, 2018 | Licensing & RegistrationDisclosure & Marketing+3 more | BaFin guidance explains how Germany classifies ICO and crypto tokens case by case under securities, prospectus, investment and authorisation rules, focusing on rights, transferabi… | www.bafin.de ↗ |
| Germany Electronic Securities Act (eWpG)eWpG; BGBl. I 2021, p. 1423; FNA 4134-5 · Act · Added Sep 17, 2026 | DEGermany | Effective | Jun 10, 2021 | Licensing & RegistrationMarket Structure & Regulatory Perimeter+2 more | Germany’s eWpG provides a register-based route for issuing eligible securities electronically, including crypto securities in crypto securities registers supervised through BaFin … | www.gesetze-im-internet.de ↗ |
| Germany Crypto Fund Units Regulation (KryptoFAV)KryptoFAV; BGBl. I 2022 S. 868; FNA 7612-3-7 · Regulation · Added Sep 17, 2026 | DEGermany | Effective | Jun 18, 2022 | CustodyLicensing & Registration+3 more | Germany’s KryptoFAV permits eligible fund units to be issued as crypto fund units entered in a crypto securities register, applying selected eWpG rules and assigning register duti… | www.gesetze-im-internet.de ↗ |
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