It is not only bitcoin payment but other cryptocurrencies.
I have just seen this on X. I think it will be true.
BREAKING
NEW EU AML LAWS BAN ALL ANONYMOUS CRYPTO PAYMENTS.
ANY CASH PAYMENT ABOVE €10,000 WILL BECOME ILLEGAL, WHILE ALSO ANONYMOUS CASH PAYMENTS ABOVE €3,000.
https://twitter.com/Ashcryptoreal/status/1771470306848170399?t=Mos0R80oSD44bjinonMJww&s=1Government just want control when there paper fiat is anonymous. But this is rubbish because some people will still use noncustodial wallet for transactions.
Stupid law.
I guess that I'm gonna just "fly under the radar" since most of my payments are way below 3,000 euro.
Crypto to fiat transaction(and vice versa) aren't anonymous because the crypto seller knows your bank account info such as name, address, IBAN, etc. Only crypto-to-crypto transactions can be truly anonymous and I don't know how the European regulators are going to track and ban transactions, which are happening on the blockchain. We've seen this before. Bitcoin is having a bull run and the regulators and governments start creating FUD via proposals for mindless crypto regulation. Nothing new here. I guess that Switzerland is the best country in Europe when it comes to crypto regulations.