Germany

Germany’s Local Banks Bring Crypto Trading to Millions as Traditional Finance Embraces Digital Assets

Germany's traditional banking sector is taking one of its biggest steps into cryptocy as the country's local savings banks (Sparkassen) and cooperative banks…

2 weeks ago

Europe’s Landmark MiCA Crypto Rules Are Now Fully in Effect as Winners and Losers Begin to Emerge

The European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation has officially entered its final enforcement phase, marking one of the most significant regulatory…

2 weeks ago

Germany Launches First Fully Digital Bond on Blockchain, Cutting Issuance Time to Just One Hour

Germany has taken a major step toward modernizing its financial system after successfully issuing its first fully digital bond on…

4 months ago

U.S. DOJ, Europol Seize World’s Largest Dark Web Drug Market Operating via Monero

An international law enforcement effort has dismantled one of the world’s largest and longest-running criminal marketplaces on the darknet, arresting its…

1 year ago

California Man Sentenced for Using Bitcoin To Launder Dark Web MDMA Profits

A California man has been sentenced for his role in using Bitcoin to launder the proceeds of an operation selling MDMA on the…

1 year ago

Siemens Issues $330M Digital Bond on Private Blockchain with Major German Banks Including Deutsche Bank

German industrial giant Siemens AG said Wednesday that it issued a 300 million euro ($330 million) digital bond on blockchain…

2 years ago

German Government Sells Off All 50,000 of Seized of Bitcoin

The German government has sold all its Bitcoin holdings with its wallet now showing a $1.85 balance as confirmed by…

2 years ago

Germany Still Holds $1.5B in Bitcoin After Surge of Exchange Transfers

In the film Die Hard, East German criminal mastermind Hans Gruber took over Nakatomi Plaza in a plot to steal…

2 years ago