In brief – Greece’s parliament approved a 10% tax on annual net cryptocurrency gains exceeding €500 ($557), with the rules scheduled to apply from January 2027. – Income from staking, crypto lending and DeFi liquidity provision will face a separate 15% tax. – A parliamentary…
view warned that crypto-to-crypto swaps could be taxable under the law’s wording, despite the government’s stated intention to exempt them. Greece’s parliament passed a bill Thursday imposing a 10% capital-gains tax on cryptocurrency profits, marking a shift from a proposal discussed in October to legislation approved by lawmakers
The measure also puts a 15% tax on income from staking, crypto lending and decentralized finance, or DeFi. The legislation’s crypto provisions sit inside a wider Finance Ministry package dealing with debt servicing, financial oversight, and government accounting, with the new crypto income-tax rules scheduled for January 1, 2027. Individual investors with annual net crypto gains of €500 ($557) or less will be exempt.
Cross that threshold, though, and the 10% tax applies to the entire gain, rather than just the amount over €500 ($557). For example, an investor with €600 ($669) in net gains would face a €60 ($67) tax under the new rate, not €10 ($11). The rules generally calculate gains by subtracting the acquisition cost from the value received when the crypto is disposed of.