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  • Germany’s Crypto Tax Regime Is About to Flip. Here’s Why It Matters.

    KEY TAKEAWAYS On September 10, 2026, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Finance circulated a draft bill (Gesetzentwurf) that fundamentally restructures the tax treatment of cryptocurrency gains. The proposal, which still requires approval from both the Bundestag and Bundesrat, would end a 15-year tax advantage that has made Germany one of Europe’s most crypto-friendly jurisdictions: the ability…

  • The CLARITY Act Is Dead. Now What?

    KEY TAKEAWAYS What exactly failed Monday Before unpacking the politics, a technical clarification that most coverage will blur: what the Senate voted on on Monday was not the CLARITY Act itself but cloture on the motion to proceed – a procedural vote to allow formal debate on the bill. A yes vote would not have…

  • Bitcoin and the Quantum Clock: Real Risk, Wrong Narrative

    KEY TAKEAWAYS What changed in 2026 For most of Bitcoin’s history, the quantum threat was comfortably distant. The working assumption was that breaking Bitcoin’s elliptic curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA) would require a fault-tolerant quantum computer running around 9 million physical qubits — a machine that existing hardware could not plausibly approach for decades. Two…

  • CLARITY Act: Why the Senate Clock Is Running Out

    KEY TAKEAWAYS What the CLARITY Act actually does To understand why its delay matters, it helps to be precise about what the CLARITY Act would change. At its core, the bill ends what critics have long called ‘regulation by enforcement’ — the era in which the SEC and CFTC both claimed jurisdiction over digital assets…

  • STRC Isn’t a Bitcoin Problem — It’s a Strategy Problem

    KEY TAKEAWAYS What STRC actually is Strategy’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC, Nasdaq) is a perpetual preferred share with no maturity date, designed to trade near its $100 par value. Its annualized dividend rate is adjusted monthly — currently 12.00% effective for July 2026 record dates, up from 11.50%, after STRC…

  • Macro Turmoil – A Bitcoin Macro Update 

    Macro Turmoil – A Bitcoin Macro Update  By Dominik Poiger, Head of Product Management, DDA Let’s make it quick as we all know what happened: The Trump administration slapped a blanket of tariffs on imports from various countries. And naturally, other countries (i.e. China) reacted with countermeasures on US good imported to their countries.  This…

  • Performance in Focus: DDA Crypto Select 10 ETP – Rebalancing February 2025

    Performance in Focus: DDA Crypto Select 10 ETP – Rebalancing February 2025 By Dominik Poiger, Head of Product Management, DDA Key Takeaways The DDA Crypto Select 10 ETP went through its sixth rebalancing since DDA incepted and listed the product on Deutsche Börse Xetra on 22 June 2023. The index provider MarketVector released its quarterly…

  • Understanding The Role of Altcoins and Bitcoin in a Portfolio Strategy: Why Bitcoin Remains the Key Asset

    Understanding The Role of Altcoins and Bitcoin in a Portfolio Strategy: Why Bitcoin Remains the Key Asset By: Dominik Poiger, Head of Product Management, DDA Marc des Ligneris, Chief Investment Officer, DDA The cryptocurrency market is highly volatile and has seen significant changes over the past decade. As a result, the top 10 crypto assets…

  • Performance in Focus: DDA Heliad Dynamic Blockchain ETP – Rebalance Recap

    Performance in Focus: DDA Heliad Dynamic Blockchain ETP – Rebalance Recap Key Takeaways The DDA Heliad Dynamic Blockchain ETP went through its first rebalancing since its listing on Börse Stuttgart in December 2024. The index sponsor Heliad Crypto Partners together with the index provider Lixx released its quarterly review of the Heliad Dynamic Blockchain Index, the underlying…

  • Performance in Focus: DDA Crypto Select 10 ETP – Rebalance Recap

    Performance in Focus: DDA Crypto Select 10 ETP – Rebalance Recap By Dominik Poiger, Head of Product Management, DDA Key Takeaways The DDA Crypto Select 10 ETP went through its fifth rebalancing since DDA incepted and listed the product on Deutsche Börse Xetra on 22 June 2023. The index provider MarketVector released its quarterly review…