Germany Crypto News

A new blog post by former IMF official tracked the history of offline CBDCs and why he thinks they should used worldwide to promote financial inclusion.

German residents are not required to pay capital gains tax on crypto assets held for over a year.

Crypto winter has left Nuri insolvent, while CoinFlex is looking to restructure to deal with its unpaid debt.

The European Union is also considering extending its Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) law to other digital assets and crypto innovations, including the Web3 and financial sectors.

Cryptocurrency investors in Germany can benefit from 0% tax rates on their profits if they hold their coins for a year without cashing out.

A recent study concluded Germany is the most crypto-friendly country for the first quarter of 2022. However, the same source also states that there is no DeFi adoption in the region.

Law enforcement officers have also seized roughly €23 million in Bitcoin from the now-defunct platform.

Further investigations show a Proof-of-Work mining ban was never on the agenda, much to the satisfaction of Bitcoin advocates.

As Western countries have agreed on imposing restrictions cutting off Russian banks from the SWIFT global payment system, affected Russian banks are “picked carefully” to minimize potential energy crises.

An increasingly common critique of crypto is the notion that Bitcoin mining accelerates climate change. This claim is inaccurate.

One of Germany's oldest banks is about to be purchased by a company closely related to crypto exchange BitMEX, with the goal of establishing regulated crypto products in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

The co-founder of N26 acknowledged that the German fintech giant made a poor call prioritizing geographical expansion over adding crypto services.

T-Systems MMS, a subsidiary of German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom, participates with its infrastructure in securing and maintaining the Polkadot network. As part of the partnership, T-Systems MMS acquires DOT tokens.

The leading German banking group admitted to working on a pilot project for crypto integration.

The German Bundesliga, after studying the NFT market for the last 18 months, signs a 2 years deal with Sorare.

No more volatile than gold was for centuries, Bitcoin has the potential to replace the precious metal, Deutsche Bank believes.

The global investment manager has announced the listing of three new crypto ETNs on the European stock market giant. 

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are on the verge of going from "trendy" to "tacky," argued Deutsche Bank's analysts.