Solana Breakpoint · Olympia London · 15 to 17 November
In London for Breakpoint? Know what your next move costs.
Crypto founders and holders live across more borders than almost anyone. Heed follows the tax law, residency rules and changes of the countries you live between, counts your days, and shows what a move would cost you, with every figure from an official source.
Crypto in the UK, from GOV.UK.
What applies to a UK resident individual, read from HMRC's own pages on 4 November 2026.
18% or 24%
Capital Gains Tax on an individual's crypto gains: 18% on the part that falls within the basic rate band, 24% above it.
GOV.UK, Capital Gains Tax rates£3,000
The tax-free allowance for gains in the 2026 to 2027 tax year. Gains above it are reported to HMRC.
GOV.UK, Capital Gains Tax ratesSwaps count
Selling tokens, exchanging them for another token, paying with them or giving them away (except to a spouse, civil partner or charity) is a disposal.
GOV.UK, tax when you sell cryptoassets4 years
Someone who becomes UK resident after at least ten consecutive years abroad can claim relief on foreign income and gains for up to four tax years.
GOV.UK, the 4-year foreign income and gains regimeWhere crypto people look next.
The headline rates each country's tax authority publishes. How it taxes crypto is in Heed, with its source.
United Arab Emirates
- Personal income tax
- 0%
- Company tax
- 9%
Official guidancechecked 8 November 2026
Tax guideSwitzerland
- Personal income tax
- 39.3%
- Company tax
- 14.1%
Official guidancechecked 8 November 2026
Tax guide
What Heed does for someone on the move.
Detect
Changes to tax law, residency and reporting rules in the countries you follow, from their official sources, proposals included.
The Change FeedMatch
Each change is matched to your own position: where you live, where you spend your days and what you hold. Crypto mode puts the crypto rate first.
The Residency TrackerAct
Model a move before you make it: both countries' tax on your own income, the best day to move and the checklist for before, during and after.
Map your moveQuestions
What people ask at Breakpoint.
Straight answers, each from an official source.
For most individuals who hold tokens as an investment, a gain on disposal is subject to Capital Gains Tax at 18% within the basic rate band and 24% above it, after a £3,000 tax-free allowance in the 2026 to 2027 tax year. Selling, swapping for another token, paying with tokens and giving them away all count as disposals. Tokens received as pay are taxed as income instead. Checked against GOV.UK on 4 November 2026.
A short visit does not, on its own. Under the UK's Statutory Residence Test you are resident automatically if you spend 183 days or more in the UK in a tax year (6 April to 5 April); with fewer days, your UK ties, such as a home, work or family here, decide it. Heed's Residency Tracker counts your days in every country you follow.
The ones crypto founders and holders ask about most include the United Arab Emirates (0% headline personal income tax), Portugal (53% headline personal income tax), Switzerland (39.3% headline personal income tax), Singapore (24% headline personal income tax), Italy (43% headline personal income tax). The headline rate is only where it starts: each treats crypto gains, staking and trading income in its own way, and your old country's exit and residency rules decide when the new rules apply to you. Heed members see each country's crypto rate with its official source.
Yes, for members. The Rankings show each country's crypto and capital gains treatment with its official source and the date Heed last checked it, and with crypto mode on in Settings they open on the crypto rate. Paid plans start with Signal at $12 a month; the Tax Situation Roast is free.
No. Heed is information, not advice: the current rule, its official source and your own numbers, and what to ask a qualified adviser in each country.
See you at Olympia.
Start with the Roast: a straight read of your tax situation in about a minute, free. Or join the waitlist and we will let you in as we open. Say hello at hello@heed.finance.