# DeGate Playbook

> Reference library on EU crypto tax compliance, on-chain stocks, CEX alternatives, and self-custody for active DeFi. Written by the team behind a self-custodial multichain wallet. Each reference is evidence-driven editorial preparation — not personal tax or legal advice.

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Italian (IT) index: https://degate.com/playbook/it/llms.txt.

## Topics

### DAC8 & EU Crypto Tax Compliance

- [Where Do European Crypto Exchanges Report Under DAC8?](https://degate.com/playbook/dac8-exchange-reporting-paths.md): A reference on DAC8 reporting paths — same member state, cross-border EU exchange, and non-EU CASPs — and why exchange location is not a loophole.
- [Do Exchange Withdrawals to Self-Custody Get Reported Under DAC8?](https://degate.com/playbook/dac8-self-custody-withdrawals.md): A reference on DAC8 reporting and self-custody for European crypto-asset users moving funds off centralized exchanges in 2026.
- [Italian Crypto Tax in 2026: A Reference on Quadro RW, Quadro RT, and DAC8](https://degate.com/playbook/italian-crypto-tax-2026.md): A pre-commercialista reference for Italian crypto holders: the 2026 capital-gains rate, Quadro RW, Quadro RT, ravvedimento operoso, DAC8, and records.

### On-chain Stocks

- [How Tokenized Stocks Enter Self-Custody Wallets: Secondary Markets, Exchange Withdrawals, and Direct Minting](https://degate.com/playbook/how-tokenized-stocks-enter-self-custody.md): How tokenized stocks reach a self-custody wallet — secondary-market swaps, exchange withdrawals, and direct minting — and what each route changes.
- [On-chain Stocks for Self-Custody Wallet Users: A 2026 Reference](https://degate.com/playbook/on-chain-stocks-self-custody.md): A 2026 reference on tokenized stocks in self-custody — issuer structures (xStocks, bStocks, Ondo, Dinari), the wallet-native path, risk layers, and reporting.
- [Ondo Perps: What Changes When Tokenized Stocks Become Collateral](https://degate.com/playbook/ondo-perps-tokenized-stock-collateral.md): Ondo Perps lets tokenized stocks serve as perpetual-futures collateral. What the collateral legally is, which Ondo entity runs what, and where risks stack.
- [Robinhood Stock Tokens: What You Hold and What You Can Withdraw](https://degate.com/playbook/robinhood-stock-tokens.md): Robinhood has two stock-token products: Classic EU app contracts and Jersey-issued onchain Stock Tokens. What you hold and what you can withdraw.
- [You Can Buy NVIDIA On-Chain. Many AI Supply-Chain Stocks Still Don't Have Tokenized Versions — Here's Why](https://degate.com/playbook/tokenized-ai-stocks-availability.md): Where tokenized AI-stock coverage really sits, and how to check any stock through four filters: buyable, withdrawable, holdable, usable in DeFi.
- [How Arbitrage Keeps Tokenized Stock Prices in Line — and Why It Can't Work Perfectly 24/7](https://degate.com/playbook/tokenized-stock-arbitrage-price-alignment.md): Who keeps tokenized stock prices close to the underlying — the arbitrage loop, what it needs to run, and the structural limits that cap 24/7 alignment.
- [How Tokenized Stock Dividends Work: xStocks Rebasing, Ondo Total-Return Pricing, and Dinari Stablecoin Distributions](https://degate.com/playbook/tokenized-stock-dividends-mechanisms.md): How xStocks rebasing, Ondo's sValue multiplier, Dinari's USD+ payouts, bStocks, and Robinhood Stock Tokens show up in a self-custody wallet — what to track.
- [What Is the Tokenized Stock in Your Wallet? Four Issuance Models Compared](https://degate.com/playbook/tokenized-stock-issuance-models.md): What a tokenized stock legally is depends on its issuer, not the ticker: xStocks, Ondo, Dinari, Binance bStocks, and Robinhood Classic compared.
- [Why 24/7 Tokenized Stocks Do Not Mean 24/7 Price Discovery](https://degate.com/playbook/tokenized-stocks-24-7-price-discovery.md): Tokenized stocks trade on-chain 24/7, but the underlying US market — and its price discovery — does not. Where the off-hours gap matters.
- [Tokenized Stocks Issuer Failure: Recovery Paths for xStocks, Ondo, and Dinari](https://degate.com/playbook/tokenized-stocks-issuer-failure-recovery.md): How recovery works if a tokenized stocks issuer fails: Jersey SPV (Backed), BVI SPV (Ondo), SEC transfer agent (Dinari), bStocks, and Robinhood Stock Tokens.

### CEX Alternative

- [You Bought Stocks on a Crypto Exchange. Can You Actually Take Them With You?](https://degate.com/playbook/cex-stocks-withdrawal-self-custody.md): Stocks bought on a crypto exchange may be a brokerage position, a platform contract, or an on-chain token — only one can leave for a self-custody wallet.
- [What Happens to Your Crypto When an Exchange Loses Its MiCA Authorisation](https://degate.com/playbook/exchange-not-mica-authorised.md): What ESMA requires an unauthorised crypto exchange to do as it winds down, the protection its clients have, and an orderly-exit checklist for your assets.
- [What MiCA Changes About Leaving a Centralized Exchange — and What It Doesn't](https://degate.com/playbook/mica-leaving-a-centralized-exchange.md): How MiCA reshapes the CEX-versus-self-custody choice for EU users: what it changes on the exchange side, what it leaves untouched in self-custody.
- [USDT in the EU After MiCA: What Delisting Means If You Self-Custody](https://degate.com/playbook/usdt-eu-mica-delisting.md): USDT delisting in the EU is a platform event, not an asset ban. What MiCA changes, why USDT stayed available so long, and what it means if you self-custody.
- [Can Self-Custody Replace a CEX? What You Can and Cannot Do Without Coinbase or Binance](https://degate.com/playbook/can-self-custody-replace-cex.md): Which centralized-exchange functions a self-custody setup can actually replace — holding, swaps, DeFi — and where fiat rails, support, and limits remain.
- [Best CEX Alternatives for Self-Custody in 2026: How to Move Off Coinbase or Binance Safely](https://degate.com/playbook/cex-alternatives-self-custody.md): How to move off Coinbase or Binance to self-custody in 2026 — which CEX alternative fits your use case, and how to migrate without losing funds.

### Self-custody for Active DeFi

- [Can You Trade Perpetuals From a Self-Custody Wallet? What Actually Happens to Your Margin](https://degate.com/playbook/perpetuals-self-custody-wallet.md): A self-custody wallet signs your on-chain perpetuals, but your margin sits in a protocol account, not at your address. What changes, and what stays like a CEX.
- [Using a Self-Custody Wallet as Your Main DeFi Account: Where Your Assets Actually Sit](https://degate.com/playbook/self-custody-wallet-defi-account.md): Where your assets actually sit when you use a self-custody wallet to swap, earn, bridge, and trade, and the check to run before you sign.

## Country spotlights

### Italy

- [Italian Crypto Tax in 2026: A Reference on Quadro RW, Quadro RT, and DAC8](https://degate.com/playbook/italian-crypto-tax-2026.md): A pre-commercialista reference for Italian crypto holders: the 2026 capital-gains rate, Quadro RW, Quadro RT, ravvedimento operoso, DAC8, and records.

## Contact

Corrections, primary-source updates, and editorial input: corrections@degate.com