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    • Why a holding period?
      • Cryptocurrencies are purchased with income that has already been taxed
      • The holding period rewards Bitcoin savers rather than short-term speculation
      • Bitcoin Today—Gold Tomorrow?
      • Not all cryptocurrencies are the same
      • Massive bureaucracy for banks, brokers, and crypto exchanges
      • Who is actually supposed to collect the crypto tax?
      • Bitcoin payments would become practically unusable
      • Austria shows the problems of a crypto tax
      • Billions from crypto tax?
      • Does the crypto tax threaten Germany’s status as a business location?
      • The holding period primarily protects small savers
      • Bitcoin is more than just speculation
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  • Sign Petition 201716 – by September 15
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Category: <span>Press Release</span>

  • Vote now: The Bundestag petition to maintain the Bitcoin holding period is open for voting 4. August 2026
  • 2026 Bitcoin Adoption Study: The Holding Period Protects Long-Term Small Savers 25. June 2026
  • Bison Study: Those Who Save in Cryptocurrencies Would Be Particularly Affected by the Elimination of the Holding Period 25. June 2026
  • ProHaltefrist.de launches as a central platform for maintaining the tax holding period for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies 19. June 2026
ProHaltefrist Logo — initiiert vom Bitcoin Bundesverband

To preserve the tax-exempt holding period for cryptocurrencies. Initiated by the German Bitcoin Association.

ProHolding period

  • Why a holding period?
  • Current Tax Plans
  • Contact Representatives
  • About ProHaltefrist
  • Supporters
  • Sign Petition 201716 – by September 15

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Warum Haltefrist?

  • Cryptocurrencies are purchased with income that has already been taxed
  • The holding period primarily protects small savers
  • Bitcoin Today—Gold Tomorrow?
  • Not all cryptocurrencies are the same
  • Massive bureaucracy for banks, brokers, and crypto exchanges
  • Who is actually supposed to collect the crypto tax?
  • Bitcoin payments would become practically unusable
  • Austria shows the problems of a crypto tax
  • Billions from crypto tax?
  • Does the crypto tax threaten Germany’s status as a business location?
  • The holding period rewards Bitcoin savers rather than short-term speculation
  • Bitcoin is more than just speculation
  • Deutsch (German)
  • English
  • Español (Spanish)