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KfW bank issues digital bond using ‘Trigger Solution’

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9 September, 2024

KfW bank issues digital bond using ‘Trigger Solution’

German state-owned investment and development bank KfW has issued its second bearer digital bond, following the €100 million ($110 million) first issuance in

Germany seizes 13 BTC ATMs, nearly $280K in fresh crackdown

Business

Steve Kaaru

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26 August, 2024

Germany seizes 13 BTC ATMs, nearly $280K in fresh crackdown

Germany’s financial market watchdog, BaFin, says the ATMs were operating illegally in breach of the country’s Banking Act and have...

Germany’s state-owned KfW bank selects Boerse Stuttgart as blockchain bond partner

Business

Steve Kaaru

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19 August, 2024

Germany’s state-owned KfW bank selects Boerse Stuttgart as blockchain bond partner

Boerse Stuttgart Digital, the German exchange group's digital assets arm, will secure the private keys and manage wallets for KfW’s...

Swan Bitcoin capitulates, BTC miners shrink, consolidation grows, fears mount

Tech

Steven Stradbrooke

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23 July, 2024

Swan Bitcoin capitulates, BTC miners shrink, consolidation grows, fears mount

The CEO of Swan Bitcoin shared that his firm "is unlikely to continue with our Managed Mining business" as the...

Germany’s DekaBank issues digital bond in ECB’s wholesale digital euro trial

Finance

Steve Kaaru

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17 July, 2024

Germany’s DekaBank issues digital bond in ECB’s wholesale digital euro trial

DekaBank issued the ‘crypto’ security on its SWIAT blockchain infrastructure, with the buyer—Metzler Bank—making the payment in the wholesale digital...

Suddenly abundant BTC token’s fiat crash wreaking havoc on miners

Business

Steven Stradbrooke

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9 July, 2024

Suddenly abundant BTC token’s fiat crash wreaking havoc on miners

The BTC token suffered another serious dip in fiat value, spurred by selling pressure from Germany’s government and the Mt...

Germany’s state-owned KfW bank issues $4B digital bond

Finance

Wahid Pessarlay

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7 July, 2024

Germany’s state-owned KfW bank issues $4B digital bond

Germany's KfW bank's bond ranks as the largest single issuance of a digital bond, following Hong Kong's $756 million offering...

Germany losing out in AI race, KfW bank says

Business

Steve Kaaru

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4 July, 2024

Germany losing out in AI race, KfW bank says

Despite being Europe’s largest economy and having decades’ worth of AI research, Germany is a net importer of AI products...

Spain’s BBVA to launch digital bank in Germany by 2025

Finance

Steve Kaaru

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26 June, 2024

Spain’s BBVA to launch digital bank in Germany by 2025

BBVA has expanded aggressively in Italy, where it now has 500,000 clients on its digital banking platform, and it plans...

Most Germans remain unaware of what digital euro is: poll

Finance

Gavin Lucas

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12 June, 2024

Most Germans remain unaware of what digital euro is: poll

Despite a constant push, many Germans still don't know what a digital euro is, with some thinking it's meant to...

German state-owned bank KfW to issue its first blockchain-based bond

Finance

Steve Kaaru

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11 May, 2024

German state-owned bank KfW to issue its first blockchain-based bond

KfW has been on a digitalization journey, and the digital currency securities bond is its latest venture, with DZ Bank’s...

10% of German money could shift into digital euro: Bundesbank

Finance

Fred Baker

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8 May, 2024

10% of German money could shift into digital euro: Bundesbank

The overall estimate found by Deutsche Bundesbank was that 10% of German money holdings would shift into the digital euro,...

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