Unfortunately, you did not leave a link to the news. That I found: "All transactions made with the Bitcoin currency a year or more ago in Germany are exempt from the tax to increase the market value of capital. According to the information published on the German news site Die Welt,  Financial expert Frank Scheffler said: "I am glad that some legal certainty and accuracy in the matter of investing in Bitcoin has been achieved.The income of individuals obtained by selling the Bitcoin currency is no longer taxed if the period between the purchase and sale transactions  It takes one year or more ".  It seems to me that these are not very convenient conditions, given the volatility of the bitcoin price.