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Topic
Board Legal
Re: Buying property with crypto
by
Bushdark
on 10/07/2023, 20:31:43 UTC
Unfortunately, it's illegal to buy property in the EU with BTC. To those who are not familiar with this business, it's also illegal to pay in a foreign currency like the US dollar, or to pay cash save in one country.  Even if the buyer accepts BTC, the transaction must be in the currency which is legal tender in the country, and the price shall be written in the contract. Sorry, but there's no choice.
Good to know how it's done in EU. But this cannot be taken as standards for othe countries. In my country bitcoin is not a legal tender but people still trade it. But I also thin there might be problems in reconciling the price to fiat for documentation. This is actually a problem easy to solve, just convert your btc to fiat and buy your property.
Bitcoin is not generally acceptable that is why every countries have there own law that is backing them up. If Bitcoin is acceptable in your country for trades then that is fine but that are some places that the use of crypto is purely ban while we areas, they are strictly regulated because the government is keeping an eye on how frequent and what sort people are using crypto for. Maybe in years coming if there is a need for Bitcoin to become a general currency then the aim of Satoshi Nakamoto will be accomplished but there is still fear that Bitcoin might become regulated.
To buy real estate for cryptocurrency you need to solve two main problems:
Find a notary and a lawyer who will execute the contract and register this purchase.
You need to pay taxes on cryptocurrency, read the latest tax guides:
https://coinpanda.io/guides/crypto-taxes-france/
https://blockpit.io/en/tax-guides/tax-crypto-guide-france/
Pay your taxes, but don't feel like an idiot afterwards. Some tax rates are inadequate.

Paying tax is both involved in whether one is ready to sell or trade in fiat or cryptocurrency  but I think weighing the level of tax to pay when we trade in cryptocurrency will be less and not compared when tbe figures is in fiat when the government always have stable percentage they will collect. Taxes is one thing that cripple the interest of trading in cryptocurrency especially when we want to sell real estate. If the government frown or does not have a simple law that support cryptocurrency, they could want to stress those who will like to trade for cryptocurrency with a high tax rate to reduce the influence of cryptocurrency by the citizens.