German Chancellor Merkel: Euro needs to join the digital currency market

Bitcoin House Newsletter: Latest news, according to foreign media reports, German Chancellor Merkel said: " The euro needs to join the digital currency market to boost the economy .

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Almost at the same time, the EU interior and justice ministers announced that they would hold a crisis management meeting in Brussels this Friday. They will urge the European Commission to formulate corresponding measures to strengthen the control of "non-bank payment methods", including electronic payments, anonymous payments, virtual currency payments, prepaid card payments, and the transfer of gold and other precious metals. This action is seen by the outside world as an important feedback that EU countries plan to strengthen control over virtual currencies, anonymous online payments or payments through prepaid cards to cut off the source of funds for terrorists .

     Among all EU member states, Germany is one of the few countries in the world that is open to Bitcoin. As early as August 2013, the German government officially recognized the legal status of Bitcoin, which can be used for tax payment and other legal purposes.