Germany Financial News
23.02 / 21:37
European Union
Culture
Kyiv
Ukraine to impose state of emergency amid Russia tensions
Ukraine is set to declare a nationwide state of emergency that would allow for transport and individual checks to be imposed amid escalating tensions with Russia.
23.02 / 13:53
Europe
Germany-Led Group Wants a New EU Watchdog to Regulate Crypto Firms
The European Union is planning to dote its planned anti-money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog with powers related to oversight over cryptoasset businesses, according to "people familiar with the matter." The designed authority is to be launched in 2024 and become fully operational two years later.
23.02 / 11:37
Germany Puts Nord Stream 2 Pipeline On Hold Amid Ukraine Crisis, Raising Supply Worry
Russia’s troop deployment to two breakaway regions of Ukraine threatens to extend Europe’s energy crisis, after Germany put a major natural-gas pipeline on hold and traders grew concerned Moscow would withhold gas in retaliation.
23.02 / 01:33
business
Hackers
hacks
Ethereum Classic
Exploit
Journalist alleges Mimo Capital co-founder was behind 2016 exploit of The Dao: Report
Laura Shin, a cryptocurrency journalist and host of the Unchained Podcast, claimed to have discovered the identity of the individual behind an exploit which drained more than 3.6 million Ether from Germany-based startup Slock.it’s The DAO in 2016.
23.02 / 00:27
Biden announces sanctions on Russian oligarchs and banks
US President Joe Biden announced the US was ordering heavy financial sanctions against Russian banks and oligarchs on Tuesday, declaring that Moscow had flagrantly violated international law by invading Ukraine.
22.02 / 15:59
Germany moves to suspend certification of Nord Stream 2 over Ukraine tensions
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that he has ordered the withdrawal of a key document needed for the certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
22.02 / 12:33
Europe
economics
Coronavirus
recovery
Supply Disruptions Add to Inflation, Undermine Recovery in Europe
Kristalina Georgieva is Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Oya Celasun is Assistant Director in the European Department and leads the surveillance of the German economy, and Alfred Kammer is the Director of the European Department at the IMF.
22.02 / 10:07
UPS
CEO
Morningstar
Credit Suisse faces fresh scrutiny over culture after client data leaks
LONDON — Credit Suisse is facing fresh scrutiny from Swiss regulators and the European Parliament after leaked data purported to show the bank had served human rights abusers, corrupt politicians and businessmen under sanctions for decades.
21.02 / 21:53
Fire
Winter Olympics
Putin to recognise Ukrainian separatist regions, Kremlin says, in escalation of tensions
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to recognise the independence of two rebel-controlled regions in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said, breaching the 2015 protocol that ended the conflict in Donbas and further inflaming the tensions between the two countries.
21.02 / 14:51
Climate
week
UK braces for floods as third storm batters the islands in a week
Dozens of flood warnings have been issued across the UK as it is battered by the third storm in a week.
21.02 / 13:41
business
Adoption
Bitfury
Bitcoin
Georgia punches well above its weight for Bitcoin mining: Report
At first glance, the pint-sized Republic of Georgia is an unlikely suspect for Bitcoin (BTC) mining activity. An underdog for mining, the country boasts abundant hydropower while ranked seventh worldwide for the World Bank’s ease-of-doing-business index — ahead of the United Kingdom and Germany.
21.02 / 10:27
festival
YouTube
week
UK braces for floods as third storm batters islands in a week
Dozens of flood warnings have been issued across the UK as it is battered by the third storm in a week.
21.02 / 08:45
festival
Swiss
Leak
Credit Suisse leak alleges Swiss bank stashed billions in illicit funds
Credit Suisse was accused by an international investigation carried out by several media of hosting funds of criminal or illicit origin.
20.02 / 22:35
20.02 / 08:05
compliance
KPMG-audited fund reported to FCA for years-long compliance failure in UK arm
Aquila Capital, a German fund group audited by KPMG, has become the subject of a whistleblower report to the Financial Conduct Authority after a breach of the UK's pension rules, as has one of the firm's senior staff.
20.02 / 04:39
UPS
SEC
Career
Polkadot parachain fraudster revealed thanks to SEC’s complaint in 2019
On 13 January, Composable Finance celebrated winning Polkadot’s seventh parachain slot auction. The DeFi interoperability protocol was declared a victor with over 9,000 members of the community raising more than six million DOT.
19.02 / 15:19
European Union
Crisis in Ukraine
Storm Eunice: Over a dozen dead as gales sweep across northern Europe
Storm Eunice continued to sweep northwestern Europe on Saturday morning with strong gusts still expected along Germany's coastline. It has already caused at least 13 deaths and left in its wake extensive property damage as well as massive power cuts.
18.02 / 23:03
Digital Currency
FBI
FBI to form digital currency unit, Justice Dept taps new crypto czar
FBI is launching a unit for blockchain analysis and virtual asset seizure. The creation of the FBI's «virtual asset exploitation» unit comes after the Justice Department's largest-ever financial seizure earlier this month. It charged a married New York couple with allegedly laundering bitcoins now valued at over $4.5 billion that were stolen in the 2016 hack of the digital currency exchange Bitfinex. U.S. regulators under President Joe Biden have been ratcheting up their scrutiny of the crypto industry in the wake of a series of high-profile cyberattacks last year on the largest U.S. fuel pipeline network and the world's largest beef supplier. Ransomware groups often demand their fees in bitcoin.
18.02 / 16:37
Adoption
Europe
Asia
Survey
Financial
More Investors Enter Crypto But Keep Multiple Financial Service Providers - Survey
Crypto ownership is on the rise, but investors are not abandoning traditional financial services as a result of their intensifying interest in cryptoassets. On the contrary, crypto investors are more likely to use multiple financial services providers than the general population is, suggests a recent report by global business intelligence firm Morning Consult.
18.02 / 14:37
Sport
European Union
'Finger cutter': Police arrest one of Europe's most-wanted criminals
One of Europe's most-wanted criminals, nicknamed the "finger cutter", has been arrested in Switzerland.
18.02 / 14:37
Sport
European Union
NATO
Putin to oversee military drills as tensions mount over Ukraine
Russia announced massive drills of its nuclear forces on Friday as tensions with the West mount over allegations it has some 150,000 troops on Ukraine's border.
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