DAC8 is a European Union directive that is part of a set of rules created to allow EU countries to exchange tax information with each other.

We are at DAC-8 because this directive has already been amended several times over the years. Each version closed a new “door” that allowed tax avoidance or opacity. First it was bank accounts, then foreign income, then digital platforms, and now… crypto-assets.

DAC8 entered into force on 1 January 2026 and requires cryptocurrency platforms to collect, identify, and automatically report to tax authorities data on transactions of users resident in the European Union.

This includes purchases, sales, swaps between cryptocurrencies, and other movements carried out on centralized and regulated services.

In practice, this means that tax authorities can now associate real identities with crypto activity, and that information is shared between EU countries

IN REAL TIME.

What you do in one country no longer stays “hidden” in another.

The impact on the Eurozone is direct:

using crypto through centralized platforms now has the same level of tax visibility as a traditional bank account.

The official narrative is the fight against tax evasion.

The real consequence is less privacy for those who use intermediaries.

The technology has not changed.

The legal framework has changed.

And that will force many people to rethink how they use — or in this case, speculate on — crypto, where they use it, and with what degree of sovereignty.

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