The Procurator of the Portuguese Republic has reported that complaints over cryptocurrency fraud more than doubled in 2022 from 38 reported cases in 2021 to 94 last year. Since 2016 the number of [...]

The Portuguese financial authorities are to put a new legal framework to govern trading with cryptocurrencies on hold. Bank of Portugal Director Luís Laginha wants to instead wait until the [...]

From next year, cryptocurrencies will be subject to taxes as set out in the State Budget for 2023. This does not mean that you will have a duty to declare the possession of cryptocurrencies. [...]

CRYPTOCURRENCIES ARE AN INCREASINGLY COMMON MEANS OF CARRYING OUT TRANSACTIONS QUICKLY, SECURELY AND AT REDUCED COSTS, WITHOUT THE INTERVENTION OF ANY INTERMEDIARY ENTITIES. ESSENTIAL BUSINESS [...]

Binance, the largest crypto assets platform in the world, is hiring in Portugal as it awaits its financial services licence from the Bank of Portugal. There are currently four positions open in [...]

The Portuguese real estate agency Zome has signed its first public property contract involving cryptoassets in Portugal. It made a direct exchange between crypto assets and a property without [...]

Rules governing the purchase of property using cryptocurrencies in Portugal will become tighter and more regulated from this week. The property news site Idealista/News reported last week that it [...]

The Brazilian cryptocurrency company 2TM has bought the Portuguese platform Criptoloja. The Brazilian company has declined to divulge the acquisition price or the terms of the transaction, but [...]

The Bank of Portugal (BdP) is to create a “contact group” to debate the cryptocurrencies phenomenon and the future issue of a digital euro. The project is currently under discussion at the [...]

Cryptocurrencies – some say they are dangerous pyramid schemes, others say they are the future of trading in the digital age. While the European Central Bank rushes to create its own, [...]