The non-custodial Bitcoin exchange petitioned to annul a French decree implementing DAC8, arguing the rules could create surveillance and physical risks for up to 135 million European crypto holders.
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Bitcoin exchange Bull Bitcoin said Wednesday that it had petitioned France’s Council of State (Conseil d’État) to strike down a French decree implementing the European Union’s DAC8 crypto tax reporting rules. DAC8 requires crypto service providers to collect users’ identity and transaction data and automatically report it to national tax authorities, which then exchange the information with their counterparts across EU member states. The directive went into effect on Jan. 1, 2026. The exchange said in a Wednesday press release that DAC8 risks creating a “mass database” linking legal identity and home addresses, including transactions with no relevance to taxation. “Against a backdrop of daily data leaks and a surge in kidnappings targeting crypto-asset holders, building such a database endangers the physical safety of millions of holders and their loved ones.” Bull Bitcoin said it fi
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Bull Bitcoin exchange, recently licensed under MiCA, is challenging the European directive in French courts that sets up a mass surveillance database, putting millions of crypto users at risk. Bull Bitcoin, the world’s oldest Bitcoin-only and non-custodial exchange, recently licensed under MiCA by France’s financial markets regulator AMF, has filed a legal challenge before the Conseil d’État, France’s supreme administrative court. The challenge seeks to annul Decree No. 2025-1276, the main measure transposing the European DAC8 directive into French law, on the grounds that it creates a massive surveillance grid and database that institutions can not secure from leaks and data hacks, ultimately putting civilians at risk of kidnapping and physical harm. Alongside the legal action, the company is making dac8.com public: “a complete, fully source
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A non-custodial Bitcoin exchange taking the French government to its highest administrative court over a tax reporting directive might sound like a long shot. But Bull Bitcoin’s legal challenge against the EU’s DAC8 crypto tax reporting framework is grounded in something far more visceral than regulatory disagreement — it’s about whether collecting and centralizing data on millions of crypto holders could get people killed. Key takeaways Bull Bitcoin filed a petition before the French Conseil d’État on February 24, 2026, to annul Decree No. 2025-1276, the French implementing measure for DAC8. DAC8 requires crypto service providers to collect user identity and transaction data and report it automatically to national tax authorities, with first reports due by September 30, 2027. France recorded 41 crypto-related kidnappings since the start of 2026 and 19 confirmed wrench attacks in
Bull Bitcoin's legal challenge could set a precedent for privacy rights in crypto, potentially reshaping EU regulatory approaches and data security.
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Tech magnate Elon Musk, who has owned the X platform since 2022, failed to appear at his court hearing on Monday, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. The billionaire, founder of Tesla and the aerospace company SpaceX, had been summoned by French authorities as part of an investigation launched last year into the social media platform X and its AI assistant, Grok.
