Jack Dorsey’s Block sues Bitcoin.com over ‘Verse’ name in Europe
Legal counsel for Block sent letters to Bitcoin.com in July and August 2022 informing the company it was infringing on trademarks under German law, according to reports.
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Germany’s BaFin admonishes Coinbase over its business organization
Digital asset exchange Coinbase was reprimanded by German financial supervisory authority BaFin over corporate deficiencies, with the latter demanding the firm carry out organizational change.
Germany: Nuri bank urges customers to remove funds from platform ahead of shutdown
Unfavorable macroeconomic conditions exacerbated Nuri's financial woes, leaving the bank with no choice but to pull the plug on its operations before the year ends.
3 OneCoin associates stand trial in Germany over alleged $335M laundered for ‘Cryptoqueen’
The three are the first to stand trial in Europe over the $4 billion digital asset pyramid scheme, as reports claim Ruja was tipped off before she vanished.
Germany’s DZ Bank to offer custodial services for the digital euro, other virtual assets
Seeking to address client demands amid soaring digital asset adoption rates, DZ Bank will offer custody services from scratch that will be closely affiliated with wholesale CBDCs.
Crypto lending platform Hodlnaut, German exchange Nuri latest to fail
The ‘crypto’ collapse continues unabated, with customers of both Singapore-based lending platform Hodlnaut and German digital asset exchange Nuri fearing for the safety of their funds.
Kurt’s personal blog: Live aus Berlin!
The people at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress were very excited to learn about an efficient and powerful blockchain to use in their dev stack, CoinGeek’s Kurt Wuckert Jr. writes.
Bitcoin Association represented Bitcoin SV at WeAreDevelopers World Congress with more than 8000 attendees
Bitcoin Association for BSV represented Bitcoin SV at WeAreDevelopers World Congress in Berlin with more than 8000 attendees. The association sparked great interest in Bitcoin SV on an excit-ing market and during an important stage for the BSV ecosystem.
Kurt’s personal blog: Eine reise!
CoinGeek Chief Bitcoin Historian Kurt Wuckert Jr. is going to Germany along with representatives from TAAL, GorillaPool, and Bitcoin Association to give a few presentations at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress.
Germany: BaFin reminds firms of digital securities license registration guidelines as deadline looms
In a recently published leaflet by BaFin, the regulator stated that the for application for licenses would close on June 10, 2022.
Germany won’t tax digital currency held for 1 year
Most notably, the new laws stipulate that Germany will not impose a capital gains tax on the sale of BTC and ETH held for more than one year.
Germany’s Commerzbank seeks license for digital assets custody
If approved, Commerzbank, which has over 18 million customers and around 70,000 institutional clients, aims to serve as a digital currency exchange by offering custody and trading services.