Crypto guides
The same principle as the comparator: no primary source, no data, and no investment advice.
Where to store your crypto? Platform, third party, hot wallet or cold wallet
Platform, custodian, hot wallet or cold wallet: who holds your private keys, what each option means for you, and what MiCA does and does not cover.
How to choose a crypto platform: exchange, broker or custodian?
Exchange, broker, custodian: who sets the price of your purchase, who holds your crypto-assets, and what MiCA requires of each. Plus asset managers, separately.
Buying your first bitcoin in Europe: a step-by-step guide
The six steps of a first bitcoin purchase in the European Union: choosing, checking the licence, verifying your identity, depositing, buying and storing.
Crypto taxation in Germany: tax-free after a one-year holding period
The most distinctive regime in Europe: 0% tax after holding for one year, but progressive income tax rates before that. A 1,000 € exemption threshold, taxable crypto-to-crypto swaps, and the unsettled question of staking.
Crypto taxation in Spain: savings income scale, modelo 721
The regime that applies to individuals, line by line: progressive scale from 19% to 30%, FIFO valuation method, taxable crypto-to-crypto swaps, and the modelo 721 filing for assets held abroad.
Crypto taxation in Europe: which country has the most favourable regime?
France, Germany, Spain, Italy: four regimes, four different logics. A comparison of rates, exemption thresholds and the treatment of crypto-to-crypto swaps, with a link to the detailed article for each country.
Crypto taxation in Italy: 33% substitute tax in 2026
The highest rate among the regimes reviewed by Uncrypt, raised again in 2026, with no exemption threshold left. Plus an annual 0.2% wealth-style levy on holdings that none of the other three countries apply.
MiCA regulatory authorities: who supervises what, country by country
AMF in France, BaFin in Germany, CySEC in Cyprus... A MiCA licence acts as a passport across the whole Union, but each member state keeps its own competent authority. The full list of 27, including the cases where supervision is split between several authorities.
Crypto taxation in France: flat tax, thresholds, reporting
The regime that applies to individuals, line by line: flat tax rate, 305 € exemption threshold, forms 2086 and 3916-bis, and the special case of platforms licensed under MiCA in another EU member state.