{"id":17343,"date":"2024-09-27T16:30:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T13:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/germany-establishes-federal-bitcoin-association\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T16:30:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T13:30:37","slug":"germany-establishes-federal-bitcoin-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/germany-establishes-federal-bitcoin-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Establishes &#8216;Federal Bitcoin Association&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sixty-four members of the Bundestag have founded the &#8216;Federal Bitcoin Association&#8217;. The group will focus on promoting the first cryptocurrency at both national and European levels, as well as creating favorable business conditions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">Gestern haben wir im Bundestag den <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a>-Bundesverband gegr\u00fcndet. ?\u26a1\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>64 Gr\u00fcndungsmitglieder k\u00e4mpfen nun gemeinsam f\u00fcr ihre Interessen, f\u00fcr finanzielle Bildung und f\u00fcr Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Ich freue mich sehr, Teil des Verbandes zu sein und gratuliere <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pjah91?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@pjah91<\/a> herzlich zur Wahl als\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S7s441DXtc\">pic.twitter.com\/S7s441DXtc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joana Cotar (@JoanaCotar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoanaCotar\/status\/1839606559854211105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The association will offer companies a platform for knowledge exchange, expertise strengthening, community building, and lobbying for Bitcoin as a technology and means of payment.<\/p>\n<p>Any firms, as well as individuals (without voting rights), can become members of the association.<\/p>\n<p>The structure focuses exclusively on digital gold, without addressing other cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Participants have committed to promoting business-friendly regulations, including tax incentives and support for mining.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cBy focusing on the first cryptocurrency and collaborating with political and business circles, we are creating a stable foundation for the further development of the Bitcoin economy in Germany and Europe,\u201d<\/em> states the organization&#8217;s program document.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in July, Bundestag member Joana Cotar <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/german-bundestag-criticizes-governments-bitcoin-sale\">criticized<\/a> the authorities for selling Bitcoin. Within a month, the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany sold <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/michael-saylor-urges-germany-to-retain-bitcoin-holdings\">49,858 BTC<\/a> for \u20ac2.6 billion ($2.88 billion).<\/p>\n<p>In September, ForkLog reported on Commerzbank&#8217;s plans to offer corporate clients in Germany cryptocurrency trading and custody services in collaboration with Crypto Finance.<\/p>\n<p>A similar initiative is being implemented by DZ Bank in cooperation with Boerse Stuttgart Digital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixty-four members of the Bundestag have founded the &#8216;Federal Bitcoin Association&#8217;. The group will focus on promoting the first cryptocurrency at both national and European levels, as well as creating favorable business conditions. Gestern haben wir im Bundestag den #Bitcoin-Bundesverband gegr\u00fcndet. ?\u26a1\ufe0f 64 Gr\u00fcndungsmitglieder k\u00e4mpfen nun gemeinsam f\u00fcr ihre Interessen, f\u00fcr finanzielle Bildung und f\u00fcr [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,109,36],"class_list":["post-17343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-germany","tag-regulation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"24","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}