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Greece Passes Crypto Tax Law With 10% Gains Levy, 15% on Staking and DeFi

Greece Passes Crypto Tax Law With 10% Gains Levy, 15% on Staking and DeFi

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…

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