Greece passes crypto tax law: 10% on all gains above €500

Greece is drawing a clean line between passive holding gains and yield-generating activity, taxing staking, lending and DeFi liquidity provision at a higher rate — a distinction that could become a template as EU states localize MiCA-era rules. The parliament's own scientific service flagging that crypto-to-crypto swaps may be swept into the 10% levy is the detail that matters most, since it would tax transactions that generate no fiat exit. The finance ministry's pending guidance on transparency and audits will determine how much of this is enforceable in practice; whether the swap exemption is adopted, and how audits are scoped, is the open question.