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My account with Bunq was closed for "unexpected usage" I read a lot of good thing in this forum about Blackatcard, do you have more details?

Thank you. Basically I am getting two views on the matter from this thread: i) try to hid the transactions through crypto, small transactions, collateralized loans, various accounts etc ii) be transparent, it should be fine, declare taxes, and move on A friend of mine (who used to deal a lot...

I am of course aware of this narrative/theme, but what's the alternative, if you had to pick-up a fixed-income asset in the long term (so excluding precious metals, btc): which currency will you select? or maybe a basket of currencies? Which ones? I got a buying agent, and I went with the most...

Slightly different story when compared to USD. My prefrence is to get my "retirement" income in USD/EUR/GBP, I might be wrong though

These are all assumptions about very complex systems

What did you end up deciding out of curiosity? I am also considering real estate with crypto, and I saw Portugal can offer that as well. Did you look at Porto or Lisbon. I agree with the above as for my first investments, after literally visiting more than 20 flats across many Asian markets, I...

Oh thanks for the info!!!

When I had a call with SilverBullion, they told that Singapore does not report anything proactively. For real estate as a foreigner, you need to a dd a stamp duty of 30% I think,...

how did it go?

Very interesting discussions as I am currently struggling with were to relocate in Asia. Thanks for sharing!! HK: residence is not possible as I need to open a company, get approval etc. AND US clients are now banning me from working from HK! Taiwan: I went there for a month, very little English...

I am also residing in Cyprus and currrently considering Thailand. I am thinking of the Elite visa for 5 or 10 years. Please correct me, but I understood that you can stay as long as you want with the Elite visa and you are not considered tax resident unless you explicitly apply for one from the...

I dont disagree, and I am not recommending you put 100% in Real estate or 100% in these countries. But debasement compared to what? I plan to retire in Thailand, so I would rather have my revenue center in countries with EUR/USD/GBP, convert the income/dividends to Thai Bhat, which i assume will...

Looking at your list, getting residencies in some of these countries is not cheap (singapore, hk) and might require the 183 days

Wow just looking at Mt Pelerin, really nice! I have been looking at private banks in Singapore. I am also a finance professional and know a lot about wealth management, but here are the services that they claim to help with: - free/private safe in a number of locations in Singapore - access to...

I have been asking myself the same question. I've looked at Western and non-Western countries (Philippines, Thailand, UAE etc.). Here are my key observations: - I've decided to give up on Asia: too complex, no urban planning, very illiquid second markets, and generally hard to get your money...

Makes sense, thanks! It seems to me that indeed EU countries don't care much about capital controls: real estate developers in Cyprus accept payments in crypto, and the representative told me it was mainly for the Chinese. Also Portugal accepts bitcoin payment for real estate investments -->...

Thank you so much for your support and explanation. Yes, I am exploring USDT and I have identified vendors there. For some reason, I was paranoid about justifying those USDT to the bank later, because I am doing the P2P in cash. I know they don't care about capital controls but you know how some...

The inheritance/ original bank balance is in Tunisia (North Africa) but I am EU citizen and resident in EU, and my typical current account is in EU. There is no way to transfer the money out through official means (I can refer you to central bank regulations), hence going though informal crypto...

Thank you for your help, here is my issue from my other post "What I am struggling with right now: As I said my revenue is 100% coming from clear and low risk sources (consulting with listed western companies..). However, I recently got an inheritance. Good news right? Yes but it is not in hard...

12.5% on profit and 2.5% on dividends yes for non dom residents. In any case, be careful not to be seen as "tax resident" by other jurisdictions, in your case Italy...that's the big problem. Cyprus is happy as long as you pay taxes and they won't really annoy you about the "minimum" but Italy is...