Cointelegraph auf Deutsch presents a weekly digest of selected cryptocurrency and blockchain-related developments from the German-speaking world.
Austria News
The Federal Republic of Austria is a country in central Europe with 88,000 square kilometers of area and a population of around nine million people. Austria has a developed, highly-industrialized economy that provides itself with one of the highest GDPs per capita. The main industries in Austria are construction, machinery, agriculture and wood products. Austria had the largest industry companies nationalized until the 1980s, when privatization started to reduce state holdings. Bitcoin is legal in Austria. However, Austria has issued Bitcoin taxes, despite not considering it to be a currency. For the rest of the industry, Austrian blockchain-related businesses are free to operate. Austria has Bitcoin ATMs, Bitcoin exchanges and cryptocurrency startups. The high personal income and level of education make Austria a welcoming place for blockchain startups.
- Local News
- Local News
by Joeri Cant
This week’s selected cryptocurrency and blockchain news from the German-speaking world, courtesy of Cointelegraph auf Deutsch.
- Analysis
by Henry Linver
As the deadline for the so-called travel rule looms, crypto exchanges and issuers are responding to the pressure.
- Local News
by Joeri Cant
From Cointelegraph auf Deutsch: Germany announces additional crypto regulations, Switzerland adds a new blockchain hub and Austrian scammers use fake celebrity ...
- Local News
by Liam Frost
This week from Cointelegraph auf Deutsch: German authorities’ opinion on Facebook’s Libra and Swiss crypto banks getting FINMA licenses.
- Local News
by Kollen Post
From CT auf Deutsch: a highly active BaFin and a bankruptcy filing from an Austrian crypto ATM start-up lead the week’s news from the German-speaking world.
- News
by Helen Partz
Major Austrian telecom operator A1 has started accepting six cryptos as payment in select shops in Austria.
- News
by Jack Martin
Online survey by ING shows Austrians are the most skeptical towards cryptocurrency.
- News
Youniqx Identity AG, a subsidiary of the Austrian State Printing House, has developed a cryptocurrency hardware wallet.
- News
by Helen Partz
Austria's Graz to use DLT-enabled energy trading platform by Power Ledger in move toward zero-carbon energy.
- News
Austrian steel trading company Alukönigstahl is working on a blockchain-based steel trading data system.
- News
by Helen Partz
Austria-based fiber supplier Lenzing Group plans to apply blockchain to track its fiber supply and to “green up the textile industry.”
- Interview
We sat down with Ulrike Huemer, the CIO of Austria’s capital city Vienna, to talk blockchain and to elaborate on its role as part of the Smart City initiative.
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- Bitcoin Price Loses $8,000 Support as Bears Drive Market to 4-Week Low