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Bundesbank chief Joachim Nagel says no decision has been made thus far regarding holding limits for a digital euro. The European bloc has yet to determine the parameters of holding limits for a potential digital euro, as Bundesbank president Joachim…

Germany’s Deutsche Bundesbank has revealed the results of its survey, showing that around 50% of the respondents could “generally imagine” using a digital euro. Many people in Germany are “open to the idea of the digital euro,” according to the…

Austrian crypto exchange Bitpanda has joined forces with Germany’s largest lender Deutsche Bank to provide real-time payment solutions. Crypto exchange Bitpanda is expanding its partnership with Deutsche Bank, Germany’s largest financial lender, to provide banking solutions for incoming and outgoing…

Germany’s state-owned bank, Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, is stepping into blockchain territory with its first digital bond, set to transform investment options. The German state-owned bank Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW) is gearing up to launch its first-ever blockchain-based digital bonds in…

Crypto exchange Kraken is expanding its footprint across European markets with a partnership to service German clients. 

Nearly 90% of German households “appear open” to the idea of embracing a central bank digital currency during banking stress, Germany’s Bundesbank says. A recent survey conducted by the Deutsche Bundesbank revealed that a very large majority of Germans “appear…

Deutsche Bundesbank president Joachim Nagel reaffirmed Eurosystem’s inability to identify individuals through CBDC payments, highlighting minimal data visibility. The Eurosystem wouldn’t be able to identify people based on their payments with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), as it would see…

Germany’s largest federal bank is set to launch crypto custody services in collaboration with crypto exchange Bitpanda, targeting institutional and corporate clients. Germany’s biggest state-backed lender with over $350 billion in assets under management, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), will launch crypto…

A recent KPMG study shows a renewed enthusiasm among German investors for the cryptocurrency market. The latest uptick in investment comes after a challenging year for the sector and just as the market anticipates the upcoming Bitcoin halving event in…

German crypto investors are showing renewed optimism and confidence, a KPMG study reveals, following last year’s market challenges. KPMG recently conducted a study with BTC-ECHO that surveyed about 2,400 private crypto investors in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The findings show…

Deutsche Börse announced the launch of a new crypto spot platform for institutions in collaboration with Crypto Finance, a FINMA-regulated provider of trading it acquired in 2021. Deutsche Börse Group, a German multinational financial behemoth, has announced the launch of…

Frankfurt has emerged as the most suitable location for the situation of anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing (AML/CFT) authority headquarters in Europe.

Telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom has announced a partnership with the Fetch.ai Foundation. According to the blog post, the main goal of cooperation is to promote the development of technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) in the Web3 industry. Deutsche Telekom will…

Switzerland-based crypto brokerage firm Crypto Finance has obtained four licenses from Germany’s BaFin as it plans to double down on the European market. Digital asset brokerage firm Crypto Finance owned by multinational financial giant Deutsche Börse has secured four licenses…

DZ Bank, Germany's second-largest financial institution, plans to launch a cryptocurrency trading pilot.

German authorities have confiscated approximately 50,000 Bitcoins, valued at around $2.1 billion.