Cyprus crypto tax puts island among Europe’s lowest-rate regimes

Cyprus has moved to position itself among Europe’s more competitive jurisdictions for cryptocurrency investors, introducing a dedicated tax regime for crypto assets from January 1, 2026, with a flat 8 per cent rate on realised profits.

The change comes at a time when the European Union has brought much of the crypto market under a common regulatory framework through the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, known as MiCA, while leaving taxation largely in the hands of individual member states....