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🚨 MUST-READ FOR ALL BTC HOLDERS: Crypto Holding Period in Jeopardy? Quorum BROKEN! 🚀

Important news for all crypto investors in Germany: The quorum of 30,000 votes for the Bundestag petition 201716 has already been reached! Over 34,000 investors have already signed.

📌 What exactly is this about?

The petition calls for maintenance of the 1-year holding period under Section 23 of the German Income Tax Act (EStG) for private sales of cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.).

Profits realized after a holding period of more than 12 months should thus remain tax-free and cryptocurrencies should be classified as “other economic assets.”

💡 Why is this crucial for your portfolio?

Legal certainty & retirement planning: Many savers use Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a long-term component of their wealth-building strategy. Tax-exemption rewards long-term investing rather than short-term speculation.

Germany as a Location: A repeal would lead to capital flight and the migration of innovation to countries such as Switzerland or the Czech Republic.

Preventing Bureaucratic Madness: If, in the future, all micro-transactions and wallets were subject to taxation without a holding period, it would drown millions of investors and tax authorities in FIFO chaos.

⏳ What is the current status?

Has the quorum (30,000) been reached? YES! ✅ (This means the Petitions Committee must publicly address the issue).
Signing period: Until September 15, 2026.
The more signatures, the stronger the message to policymakers!

👉 Link to the petition:
epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_2026/_05/_30/Petition_201716.html

💬 What do you think? Do you think the 1-year deadline is essential, or do you expect lawmakers to adjust it anyway?👇

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8 Commenti

Fl_ow@Fl_ow

As an Austrian, I'm not familiar with the luxury of being tax-free 🤣, so it's hard for me to say whether it's essential in Germany.
Personally, I don't think it's essential, but it's still a nice perk for long-term investors.

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Niels@Niels19

@Fl_ow Existing holdings (prior to March 1, 2021) are tax-exempt in Austria

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Gomerdoc@Gomerdoc

As far as I’m concerned, full taxation is fine.
As a taxpayer, I don’t understand why I have to pay capital gains tax on stocks but not on Bitcoin.
If $BTC is supposed to be a serious investment (and that’s what Bitcoin wants to be), then it should be taxed as well.
Or, for all I care, stock price gains shouldn’t be taxed either. That’d be fine too 😎.

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Philip@Philipwdr

@Gomerdoc It’s certainly not going to happen that taxes on stock/ETF gains will be eliminated, so the only options are not to tax BTC (after a holding period) or to tax both… And I actually think option one is better. Personally, I think the “fairest” approach would be to simply introduce a general holding period for stocks, crypto, and everything else—whether that’s 1, 5, or 10 years. 😅

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Gomerdoc@Gomerdoc

@Philipwdr That’s certainly one way to look at it. Above all, such a holding period would likely curb mindless speculation on the stock market. Fundamentally-based trading would then be more important than technical analysis or automated trading strategies executed fully automatically by a computer.

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Timo@Aktienorang-Utan

Correct & important!💪🏻

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Chris@Psychedelic_Sunflower

That's great—hopefully we'll get as many more votes as possible.

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SomeRandomGuy@SomeRandomGuy

I’m sure many people here probably don’t want to hear this, but it’s a highly speculative asset and completely out of place under “other assets.”

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