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ForkLog 35 08.12.2020

Germany’s finance minister brands Libra’s renaming ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’.

Something more than a simple rebranding of Facebook's cryptocurrency will be required to ease regulators' concerns about its launch in Europe. German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said this, according to Reuters.

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ForkLog 9 03.12.2020

German private bank to launch cryptocurrency fund

An investment company created by the German private bank Hauck & Aufhäuser Privatbankiers AG for digital assets and the fintech Kapilendo announced a joint launch of a cryptocurrency fund.

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ForkLog 15 01.11.2020

Bundesbank selects Ocean Protocol to develop a decentralised data network

The German central bank selected the Singaporean blockchain project Ocean Protocol to develop a decentralised network for the secure publication, transfer and processing of public and private data. The tender results were published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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ForkLog 21 30.10.2020

Germany confirms Wirecard executive’s ties to Austrian security service

The former chief operating officer of the bankrupt fintech Wirecard, Jan Marsalek, collaborated with Austria’s security service. This is reported by Sueddeutsche Zeitung, citing a statement from the German Federal Prosecutor's Office.

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ForkLog 24 21.10.2020

Bundesbank warns of risks posed by digital euro to the financial system

Member of the Executive Board of the German Bundesbank Burkhard Balz believes that the introduction of the digital euro could have sweeping consequences for the entire financial system.

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ForkLog 13 20.10.2020

Trial opens in Germany against operators of the ‘cyber-bunker’

In Trier, Germany, a trial has begun against operators of one of the world’s largest darknet site hosts, known as the 'cyber-bunker'. They are accused of involvement in 249,000 crimes, according to the German publication Der Spiegel.

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ForkLog 23 19.10.2020

Bar in Berlin that accepted Bitcoins since 2011 closes

Entrepreneur Jorg Platzer closed the Room 77 bar, whose customers could pay for orders with Bitcoin. He wrote about it on Reddit.

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ForkLog 13 08.09.2020

German regulator sets rules for Bitcoin ATM providers

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) said that its permission is required to install crypto ATMs in public places.

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ForkLog 9 17.08.2020

In Germany, €25 million in bitcoins seized from video-piracy operators

German police seized bitcoins worth €25 million. The funds were linked to the operation of an illegal streaming site, according to CryptoDaily.

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ForkLog 11 13.08.2020

Germany to Move Securities onto the Blockchain

Regulators in Germany plan to bring blockchain to the securities market, replacing paper shares and bonds with digital versions.

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ForkLog 76 10.08.2020

How Wirecard collapsed: dubious clients, forged reports and a €2bn hole

The card-issuing Wirecard, one of the 30 largest German companies by market capitalization, collapsed at the end of June, having proven to be a carefully masked hollow shell.

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ForkLog 26 07.08.2020

German authorities begin operation to seize Shitcoins Club Bitcoin ATMs

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has begun seizing the Shitcoins Club Bitcoin ATM network. Earlier, the regulator had demanded that the Polish operator of the terminals, KKT UG, halt operations, CoinDesk reports.

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