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German Bundestag holds hearing on petition against bitcoin tax

  • —Petition against the bitcoin tax was organized by expert Nicole Nowak
  • —Nowak: scrapping the exemption would penalize BTC savings-plan holders
  • —Germany's Finance Ministry cited an ongoing inter-ministerial review
  • —CDU representatives signaled doubts about the bitcoin tax
Why it matters: Scrapping the one-year exemption would hit all German BTC holders, including long-term investors and savings plans.
Source: Block-Builders