2019-9-28 20:41 |
Libra tries to convince France and Germany of its merits by going through EU
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Coinspeaker Facebook Releases Full Details of Libra’s Basket of CurrenciesFacebook has finally released the full list of the fiat currencies which will back Libra. While it may not come as much of a surprise, what remains yet to be seen is how France and Germany will be encouraged to accept Libra.
2019-9-23 11:43 | |
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Germany adopted the national blockchain strategy and made clear that Facebook's Libra is not welcome in the national market.
2019-9-22 17:34 | |
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Germany's cabinet has passed a national strategy for exploring blockchain tech, while limiting the threat of stablecoins like Facebook's Libra.
2019-9-19 17:27 | |
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France and Germany have agreed to block Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency. In a joint statement, the two governments confirmed that no private entity can claim monetary power, which is inherent to the sovereignty of nations.
2019-9-14 18:17 | |
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The German government will approve its proposed blockchain strategy this September which reportedly blocks projects like Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency. Germany Readies Anti-Libra Response According to Spiegel, Germany’s federal cabinet will approve its blockchain strategy announced back in June 2019.
2019-9-14 16:12 | |
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The central bank of Germany, the Bundesbank, released a bulletin in which they say that Libra’s benefits should be allowed despite regulatory uncertainty. The bulletin was titled Crypto tokens in payment transactions and in securities settlement and it was published on July 22nd, according to Cointelegraph.
2019-7-23 18:54 | |
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During the G7 meeting in France last week, Jens Weidmann, president of Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, came out in favor of Facebook's Libra project, noting that regulators should not work to suppress innovation before clarifying details can be provided.
2019-7-23 19:13 | |
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Jens Weidmann, the President of Germany’s Central Bank Bundesbank, stated that global regulators should not suppress Facebook’s Libra project in its early stages. The statement appeared in an email newsletter shared by Mati Greenspan, a senior marketing analyst at eToro.
2019-7-20 20:40 | |
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According to Mati Greenspan, Libra has garnered some support at long last, and from an unlikely figure no less. Citing a recent article, which he translated via Google, the eToro analyst noted that the President of the Bundesbank, the central bank of Germany, lauded the Facebook-backed crypto project.
2019-7-19 13:30 | |
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Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and sister party the Bavaria-based Christian Social Union (CSU) have released a joint report calling for the setting up of a German euro-backed stablecoin cryptocurrency.
2019-7-2 20:01 | |
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The new whitepaper from Facebook provides a lot of information about their new cryptocurrency, and there are countries everywhere seeking to find the best way to handle this cryptocurrency, and Germany is no different.
2019-6-27 01:04 | |
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Earlier in the year, Europe’s Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde insisted that Bitcoin would not be included in the reserve portfolios of central banks under the ECB’s umbrella; the statement was intended to draw a firm boundary around sovereign engagement with digital assets.
European Central Bank officials kept a clear target this week: launch the digital euro in 2029. That goal was described as realistic by senior ECB figures, even as the bank said it will carry on with preparation work beyond the formal end of its current phase in October 2025.
Bitcoin price fell to a low of $ 107,385 on Friday as stocks and crypto plummeted. BTC slipped alongside Wall Street after US President Donald Trump recommended a 50% tariff on European Union. Per Coinglass data, the total 24-hour liquidation spiked to more than $550 million.
The registration paves the way for the Switzerland and Singapore-based banking group to expand into the European Union and European Economic Area.
The European Banking Authority estimates that 15 technical standards for crypto platforms like stablecoin issuers will become official before the end of 2024.
Stripe has reportedly added support for Bitcoin and crypto purchases for its EU clients. Users can now buy crypto using Stripe-issued credit or debit cards. Stripe’s customers in the European Union can now purchase Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with credit or debit cards, according to a report by the Irish Independent.
Circle Mint France will issue the euro-denominated EURC stablecoin and USDC in the European Union in compliance with MiCA.