Dennis Weidner
Dennis Weidner is managing director of Cryptoticker.io GmbH in Berlin and runs the editorial operation behind CryptoTicker, published since 2017 in German, English, French and Spanish. A founder and investor, he has worked with digital business models for more than twenty years. His writing focuses on the point where regulation meets what investors actually do: MiCA authorisation of trading venues, taxation and DAC8, self-custody and staking. He works from verifiable primary sources rather than price speculation: supervisory registers, vendor post-mortems, original specifications. His articles are analysis, not investment advice.
Expertise
Crypto Taxes, Bitcoin, Staking, Regulation, NFTs, DeFi
Total Articles998
October 27, 2026 7:27 AM
Is Venice Token a Good Buy at Current Prices?
Venice Token has multiplied within twelve months and has been correcting since its September high. We check the chart, the supply and the risks of VVV against the question of whether the token is a good buy at the current price.
October 27, 2026 4:20 AM
Is Internet Computer a Good Buy at Current Prices?
Internet Computer sits far below its twelve-month high but well above the August low. We weigh the chart, the RSI and the supply mechanics, and set out the conditions under which ICP is a good buy at current prices.
October 27, 2026 3:16 AM
Buying Bitcoin under 18 in Germany: what parents and exchanges can do
Under 18 there is no account of your own at the large crypto exchanges in Germany, and a purchase without parental consent stays provisionally invalid. This guide shows what the pocket-money rule covers, how a gift to a child works and who pays the tax in the end.
October 26, 2026 11:22 PM
Is Sky a Good Buy at Current Prices?
Sky is the renamed MakerDAO, and its governance token is tied to the earnings of a lending protocol with its own stablecoin. Is SKY a good buy at current prices? We weigh the chart position, the savings rate, supply mechanics and the open question of European regulation.
October 26, 2026 9:24 PM
Hardware wallet after the data breach: four ways to order without a home address
Keystone has confirmed a data breach and Trezor lost customer data at its logistics provider: the keys stayed safe in both cases, the delivery addresses did not. This piece shows the four routes to obtaining a hardware wallet in Germany without writing your home address into the next database.
October 26, 2026 6:29 PM
Crypto gains and German health insurance: the limit rises to 590 euros in 2027
A crypto gain costs compulsorily insured employees no health insurance contribution; voluntary members do pay. For those covered by family insurance, the income limit rises to 590 euros a month in 2027.
October 26, 2026 3:50 PM
Fear and Greed Index: what a reading of 54 says about the crypto market
The Fear and Greed Index condenses crypto market sentiment into a single number between 0 and 100. Where that number comes from, why two providers report different readings, and why the index is not an entry signal.
October 26, 2026 3:21 PM
Swapping Bitcoin for gold: what it means for your holding period and tax
Swapping Bitcoin directly for gold bars is a sale in tax terms. Whether tax is due depends solely on how long you held the coins, and a fresh period starts for the gold on the swap date.
October 26, 2026 12:48 PM
Dogecoin: 22,538 transfers a day, barely a seventh of Litecoin
For context: the Dogecoin network produced 1,379 blocks in 24 hours and moved 22,538 transfers in them, a good 16 per block. Litecoin, served by the same scrypt miners, came to 253 per block. What that means for fees and for moving into your own wallet.
October 26, 2026 12:41 PM
Which cryptocurrencies are there? The list of the main coins by purpose
Around 22,500 cryptocurrencies are counted, and only a few dozen carry meaningful capital. This overview sorts the most important of them by their job, from means of payment through stablecoins to tokenised securities, each with an order of magnitude as of October 25, 2026.
October 26, 2026 12:22 PM
X100 exploit: a flashloan bought two of three senate seats, what to check now
An attacker used a flashloan to buy the governance majority at X100 Global and emptied the project treasury, with damage of $4.75 million to $4.85 million. The case shows which three settings to look up in every protocol in which you lock tokens.
