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I'm mostly an investor in stocks and derivates (stocks, options, currency and occasionally commodites). My understanding ist that all capital appreciation is tax free for (non-dom) Cyprus residents, is that true? I trade a lot of stock options, probably on average 4-6t imes per month with a...

Crypto is a giant Ponzi scheme, no intrinsic value, no value to society. They only exist to facilitate criminal activity. Eventually they'll all trade at zero. The sooner the better. POS to zero.

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ad 1.: you don't have to hold the 500k as a deposit, a stock portfolio is fine. Be prepared to stock up if market value goes down. A portfolio of 700k in blue chips should be sufficient and give you a return of 8% if carefuly selected. ad 5.: there are very smalll studios (~20 sqm) available for...

That was new to me, thanks for pointing this out.

I'm in the same situation. I have boiled down the list of countries to Cyprus and Monaco. The main advantage of Monaco is that you actually don't have to file a tax return at all. Gains on stocks, derivatives, currencies, commodities etc. are completely tax free. Disadvantages are that there is...