Germany


Mercados

Binance Enters German Market via Partnership With Crypto Investment Firm

Binance has partnered with licensed German investment firm CM-Equity to offer crypto asset management and brokerage services in Germany and Europe.

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Mercados

Blockchain Fintech Firm Bitbond Joins German Bank Association Bankenverband

The Berlin-based fintech firm announced Tuesday it joined the association for private banks in Germany.

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Mercados

FATF Under Germany: Expand Digital AML/CTF Efforts

Dr. Marcus Pleyer has outlined the objectives for his next two years as president of the global AML watchdog.

FATF meeting.

Regulación

German Regulator Had Just 1 Person Checking Wirecard’s $3.1B Books: Report

Germany's finance and accounting agencies seem to have missed their chance to spot a $2.1 billion black hole in Wirecard's accounts.

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Regulación

Germany's Neufund Shuts Down Security Token Platform, Saying BaFin Failed to Act

Citing regulatory concerns, Berlin-based security token startup Neufund has announced plans to freeze its fundraising campaigns and sideline future tokenized equity offerings.

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Finanzas

Germany's Crypto Custody Law Hits a Snag: Startups Can't Get Bank Accounts

Even though the crypto custody law falls under the German banking act, German banks are hesitant to give crypto firms bank accounts.

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Finanzas

German Startup Pitches Decentralized ID for Prescription Pickup During COVID-19

Coronavirus drove blockchain startup Spherity to develop a decentralized ID prototype for interacting with healthcare providers and pharmacies.

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Finanzas

Boerse Stuttgart Subsidiary Launching Institutional Crypto Custody Services

Blocknox, a subsidiary of the second-largest German stock exchange, is expanding its crypto custody service to institutional players.

Boerse Stuttgart location in Gustav-Heinemann-Platz.

Finanzas

German Bank to Offer Tokenized Securities Based on Stellar

One of the oldest banks in Europe, von der Heydt, is developing a euro stablecoin to facilitate private placements in securities tokenized on the Stellar blockchain.

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Regulación

Germany's BaFin Clarifies Licensing Process for Foreign Crypto Custodians

In its latest guidance released in January, the regulator said firms already custodying digital assets for Germans would not be penalized for not having a license. Instead, they’d be grandfathered into the same protection that crypto custody firms based in Germany already have under the new law.

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