{"id":49714,"date":"2026-11-07T14:34:50","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T13:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/greece-passes-crypto-tax-law-with-10-gains-levy-15-on-staking-and-defi\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T14:34:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T13:34:50","slug":"greece-passes-crypto-tax-law-with-10-gains-levy-15-on-staking-and-defi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/greece-passes-crypto-tax-law-with-10-gains-levy-15-on-staking-and-defi\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece Passes Crypto Tax Law With 10% Gains Levy, 15% on Staking and DeFi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In brief<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Greece&#8217;s parliament approved a 10% tax on annual net cryptocurrency gains exceeding \u20ac500 ($557), with the rules scheduled to apply from January 2027.<\/li>\n<li>Income from staking, crypto lending and DeFi liquidity provision will face a separate 15% tax.<\/li>\n<li>A parliamentary review warned that crypto-to-crypto swaps could be taxable under the law&#8217;s wording, despite the government&#8217;s stated intention to exempt them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Greece&#8217;s parliament <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellenicparliament.gr\/Nomothetiko-Ergo\/Anazitisi-Nomothetikou-Ergou?law_id=21cf1a39-09ed-4b79-9fba-b4f0001d94e6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\">passed a bill<\/a> Thursday imposing a 10% capital-gains tax on cryptocurrency profits, marking a shift from a proposal discussed in October to legislation approved by lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>The measure also puts a 15% tax on income from staking, crypto lending and decentralized finance, or DeFi.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation\u2019s crypto provisions sit inside a wider <a href=\"https:\/\/minfin.gov.gr\/se-diavoulefsi-to-neo-plaisio-gia-ofeiletes-kai-servicers-oles-oi-allages-se-idiotiko-chreos-crypto-kai-chrimatopistotiki-agora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\">Finance Ministry<\/a> package dealing with debt servicing, financial oversight, and government accounting, with the new crypto income-tax rules scheduled for January 1, 2027.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Individual investors with annual net crypto gains of \u20ac500 ($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 \u20ac500 ($557).<\/p>\n<p>For example,<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/382756\/greece-passes-crypto-tax-law-staking-defi\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In brief Greece&#8217;s parliament approved a 10% tax on annual net cryptocurrency gains exceeding \u20ac500 ($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 review warned that crypto-to-crypto swaps could be taxable under the law&#8217;s wording, despite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":49715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[103,36],"class_list":["post-49714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crypto","tag-law-and-order","tag-mixtv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}