CRYPTOCURRENCY
Germany's Largest Bitcoin Seizure: 50,000 BTC Confiscated in Piracy Probe
German authorities seized 50,000 Bitcoins linked to a piracy website, with suspects transferring the digital currency to police wallets, causing uncertainty in cryptocurrency enforcement.
AI's 2024 Outlook: Insights from Germanidis, Hooker, Liang, Luccioni, Moiloa, and Scott
Batch Issue 229 envisions AI's 2024 vision, emphasizing inclusive, transparent, and ethical development, focusing on multimodal models, real-time interactivity, language gap, transparency, governance, and human contributions.
Banks Embrace Tech to Navigate Economic and Cyber Challenges, ISG Highlights
Global banking and financial services (BFS) firms are increasingly leveraging technology to improve customer experience and navigate the tumultuous landscape, according to a report by Information Services Group. The ISG TechXchange event in Paris will explore how BFS institutions can use data, automation, and AI to differentiate themselves in a saturated market. The event will feature prominent BFS leaders discussing the future of banking, emerging tech platforms, and the potential of the metaverse.
DeFiChain To Sponsor the National Fighting Championship in Germany
DeFiChain, the world’s leading blockchain on the Bitcoin network dedicated to bringing decentralized financial applications and services to everyone, is delighted to announce that its community has voted to sponsor the National Fighting Championship (NFC) this year. The NFC is the German version of the widely known UFC, in charge of the mixed martial arts (MMA) fighting league in Germany.
Scammers Target Australians in Cryptocurrency Call Center Scheme
An Israeli-run cryptocurrency fraud targets Australians, according to a raid on Eastern European scam call centers.
DZ Bank to Integrate Digital Currencies Into Asset Management Services in collaborated with Turkish technology company
Metaco has also worked with Togg and UnionBank of the Philippines.
DekaBank to Launch Blockchain-Based Tokenization Platform
German asset management DekaBank is cooperating with Metaco to build a tokenization platform but won't trade Bitcoin.
The Bitcoin logo lights up Berlin
The Berlin TV Tower displayed the Bitcoin logo. German Bitcoiners tweeted images and videos of the lighting. These "advertisements" are legally illegal, so proceed cautiously.
German Authority Cautions Of New Banking And Crypto Malware "Godfather"
On Jan. 9, Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) issued a warning about Godfather, a spyware that steals user data from banking and crypto applications. The agency has yet to ascertain how the virus assaults consumers' devices. In December, reports indicated that Godfather was targeting Android users in 16 countries.
Bitpanda is Germany's first "European retail" crypto platform.
Bitpanda has a crypto custody license from BaFin. Austrian crypto exchange can legally market to Germans. Bitpanda is regulated in Austria, the UK, Italy, the Czech Republic, Spain, Sweden, and France.