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Next year German banks will be able to manage cryptocurrencies like bitcoin after the fourth EU money laundering directive goes into effect. The directive passed in the German parliament, Bundestag, allows banks in the country to act as cryptocurrency custodians rather than rely on third-party custodial services. German Banks Will Soon Be Able to Manage […]
The German-speaking world saw a number of crypto and blockchain events this week, with the German Federal Government releasing its blockchain strategy and local companies and associations launching new industry initiatives. Here is the past week of German crypto and blockchain news in review, as originally reported by Cointelegraph and Cointelegraph auf Deutsch. New DLT public […]
As the CoinDesk reported on March 8, the German Ministry of Finance has recommended that the country recognize blockchain-based securities as a legitimate form of financial instrument and regulate them as such. In a paper published Friday, the agency said securities can be issued in electronic form and shouldn’t have to be documented on paper. “German law […]
The German government is seeking industry feedback ahead of developing the country’s blockchain strategy by the summer, the CoinDesk writes. A Reuters report on Monday, citing anonymous government sources, said that companies and industry groups “that could become stakeholders in a blockchain deployment process” have been invited to provide recommendations on the strategy. Whether proposed recommendations would […]
East-West Cryptobridge Conference was held in Frankfurt 22-23 October and we (Cryptotexty) were lucky to attend it, as well as several other meetups which were held in different locations during German Blockchain Week. The first day of East-West Conference had a focus on Technology and ecosystem. The conference took place in Frankfurt School and it started […]