German Consumers Flock To Cash As Faith in Banks Reaches new Low
Most of the Germans feel the European Central Bank is to blame. They feel the ECB is igniting eurozone inflation with negative interest rates. Having faith in a bank is not something most people are accustomed to these days. Things seem to be going from bad to worse in Germany. Savers are pulling funds out of savings to park cash in such a way they can avoid negative interest rates. This decline in saving accounts’ popularity could be good news for Bitcoin in the long run. Similarly to most countries in the world, Germany is faced with looming negative interest rates. This means users who....
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With multiple countries around the world looking to become cashless, things are starting to change slowly but surely. In Germany, the Social Democrats want to impose a limit on cash transactions, as well as get rid of the 500 EUR note completely. However, Germany may prove to be quite a different country when it comes to abolishing cash, as non-cash payment methods are not gaining the upper hand just yet. Removing Big Notes And Limiting Cash Transactions. When it comes to paying in cash, the process feels a bit clumsy most of the time. Not only is there a variety of bills to take into....
German authorities are auctioning bitcoin seized from the darknet in cybercrime cases. The auction website reportedly experienced high traffic to bitcoin listings, with 4,000 new registered users over the past few days.
German Government Auctioning Seized Bitcoin
The Justice Ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s largest state by population, announced Monday an auction of bitcoin seized from criminal cases.
Justiz Auktion, the auction website for the ministry, experienced high traffic to the bitcoin listings Monday after the prosecutors began listing the....
European Banks. In 2008, Europe followed the United States into a financial crisis, a crisis that was best described as caused by: "Too many people, borrowing money that they couldn't afford, from people they didn't know, to buy things they didn't need, so they could impress people that they didn't like." A German television documentary called "State secrets and Bank bailouts" was aired in Germany and France in March this year, and this documentary has raised some interesting issues. Two documentary makers in Germany, Harald Schumann and Arpad Bondi, became concerned that the popular....