diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 42cad54a0..2a75a6a32 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Changed
+
+- Optimized the activities import by allowing a different currency than the asset's official one
+
 ## 1.298.0 - 2023-08-06
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/import/import.service.ts b/apps/api/src/app/import/import.service.ts
index 3d9c2999d..026f3610e 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/import/import.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/import/import.service.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { DataProviderService } from '@ghostfolio/api/services/data-provider/data
 import { ExchangeRateDataService } from '@ghostfolio/api/services/exchange-rate-data/exchange-rate-data.service';
 import { SymbolProfileService } from '@ghostfolio/api/services/symbol-profile/symbol-profile.service';
 import {
+  DATE_FORMAT,
   getAssetProfileIdentifier,
   parseDate
 } from '@ghostfolio/common/helper';
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ import {
 import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { DataSource, Prisma, SymbolProfile } from '@prisma/client';
 import Big from 'big.js';
-import { endOfToday, isAfter, isSameDay, parseISO } from 'date-fns';
+import { endOfToday, format, isAfter, isSameDay, parseISO } from 'date-fns';
 import { uniqBy } from 'lodash';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 
@@ -248,17 +249,20 @@ export class ImportService {
 
     const activities: Activity[] = [];
 
-    for (const {
-      accountId,
-      comment,
-      date,
-      error,
-      fee,
-      quantity,
-      SymbolProfile,
-      type,
-      unitPrice
-    } of activitiesExtendedWithErrors) {
+    for (let [
+      index,
+      {
+        accountId,
+        comment,
+        date,
+        error,
+        fee,
+        quantity,
+        SymbolProfile,
+        type,
+        unitPrice
+      }
+    ] of activitiesExtendedWithErrors.entries()) {
       const assetProfile = assetProfiles[
         getAssetProfileIdentifier({
           dataSource: SymbolProfile.dataSource,
@@ -296,6 +300,35 @@ export class ImportService {
             Account?: { id: string; name: string };
           });
 
+      if (SymbolProfile.currency !== assetProfile.currency) {
+        // Convert the unit price and fee to the asset currency if the imported
+        // activity is in a different currency
+        unitPrice = await this.exchangeRateDataService.toCurrencyAtDate(
+          unitPrice,
+          SymbolProfile.currency,
+          assetProfile.currency,
+          date
+        );
+
+        if (!unitPrice) {
+          throw new Error(
+            `activities.${index} historical exchange rate at ${format(
+              date,
+              DATE_FORMAT
+            )} is not available from "${SymbolProfile.currency}" to "${
+              assetProfile.currency
+            }"`
+          );
+        }
+
+        fee = await this.exchangeRateDataService.toCurrencyAtDate(
+          fee,
+          SymbolProfile.currency,
+          assetProfile.currency,
+          date
+        );
+      }
+
       if (isDryRun) {
         order = {
           comment,
@@ -533,15 +566,21 @@ export class ImportService {
           ])
         )?.[symbol];
 
-        if (assetProfile === undefined) {
+        if (!assetProfile) {
           throw new Error(
             `activities.${index}.symbol ("${symbol}") is not valid for the specified data source ("${dataSource}")`
           );
         }
 
-        if (assetProfile.currency !== currency) {
+        if (
+          assetProfile.currency !== currency &&
+          !this.exchangeRateDataService.hasCurrencyPair(
+            currency,
+            assetProfile.currency
+          )
+        ) {
           throw new Error(
-            `activities.${index}.currency ("${currency}") does not match with "${assetProfile.currency}"`
+            `activities.${index}.currency ("${currency}") does not match with "${assetProfile.currency}" and no exchange rate is available from "${currency}" to "${assetProfile.currency}"`
           );
         }
 
diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/exchange-rate-data/exchange-rate-data.service.ts b/apps/api/src/services/exchange-rate-data/exchange-rate-data.service.ts
index d94037530..24b0ed5d0 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/exchange-rate-data/exchange-rate-data.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/exchange-rate-data/exchange-rate-data.service.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ export class ExchangeRateDataService {
     return this.currencyPairs;
   }
 
+  public hasCurrencyPair(currency1: string, currency2: string) {
+    return this.currencyPairs.some(({ symbol }) => {
+      return (
+        symbol === `${currency1}${currency2}` ||
+        symbol === `${currency2}${currency1}`
+      );
+    });
+  }
+
   public async initialize() {
     this.baseCurrency = this.configurationService.get('BASE_CURRENCY');
     this.currencies = await this.prepareCurrencies();
diff --git a/test/import/invalid-currency.csv b/test/import/invalid-currency.csv
index e04db317b..6782047c7 100644
--- a/test/import/invalid-currency.csv
+++ b/test/import/invalid-currency.csv
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 Date,Code,Currency,Price,Quantity,Action,Fee
-12/12/2021,BTC,EUR,44558.42,1,buy,0
+12/12/2021,BTC,<invalid>,44558.42,1,buy,0
diff --git a/test/import/unavailable-exchange-rate.json b/test/import/unavailable-exchange-rate.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d21a76c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/import/unavailable-exchange-rate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "meta": {
+    "date": "2023-02-05T00:00:00.000Z",
+    "version": "dev"
+  },
+  "activities": [
+    {
+      "comment": null,
+      "fee": 0,
+      "quantity": 0,
+      "type": "BUY",
+      "unitPrice": 0,
+      "currency": "EUR",
+      "dataSource": "YAHOO",
+      "date": "1990-01-01T22:00:00.000Z",
+      "symbol": "MSFT"
+    }
+  ]
+}