Austria: Crypto Trading Rules & Available Platforms

Austria's regulator currently permits crypto trading.

Asset classes on Canborsa

Crypto perps

52 markets ›

Stock & pre-IPO perps

26 markets ›

Commodity perps

4 markets ›

Index perps

4 markets ›

27.5% special tax rate (besonderer Steuersatz) on income from cryptocurrencies. Section 27(1) EStG counts income from cryptocurrencies among income from capital assets; section 27b defines that income as current income plus income from realised increases in value; section 27a(1) no. 2 sets the special rate at 27.5% for everything other than bank deposits and unsecuritised bank claims, which take 25%.

Austria treats crypto trading as legal.

31 exchanges serve Austria, among them Aevo, ApeX and Aster.

For crypto traders in Austria: 27.5% special tax rate (besonderer Steuersatz) on income from cryptocurrencies.

Contracts for difference may be marketed, distributed and sold to retail clients only where all five conditions of the FMA-Produktinterventionsverordnung (FMA-PIV, BGBl.