AfD's Record Vote in Saxony-Anhalt Puts Crypto Regulation Back in Focus

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party secured its best regional result ever in Sunday's Saxony-Anhalt state election, taking 43.8% of the vote and 39 seats in the state parliament.

The AfD has long been known as a pro-Bitcoin platform, advocating for 'extensive deregulation' of Bitcoin, digital wallets, and trading.

Its national agenda includes excluding Bitcoin from the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework entirely, preserving Germany's 12-month tax-free holding period for privately owned Bitcoin, and opposing the European Central Bank's proposed digital euro.

Mainstream parties, including Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU, continue to refuse any national coalition with the AfD, limiting how far its Bitcoin agenda can actually travel.