Re: Germany Approves Cryptocurrency As Legal Means Of Payment
On Monday, Germany's finance ministry brought Bitcoin one step closer to legitimacy by declaring it a "unit of account," thus allowing it to be used as legal currency for tax and trading purposes. Supporter and parliament member Frank Schaeffler says that classifying the virtual currency under the country's banking rules represents "a first step" towards denationalizing the production of money, and hopes that the government doesn't interfere with its success: "A free country should...not intervene in citizens' private choice of money." 
As Bitcoin continues to grow in popularity, it's been attracting increased attention from government and financial institutions. Germany's ruling opens the way for officials to collect tax on commercial profits made through Bitcoin transactions, which FOREX.com research director Katherine Brooks says is "a good example of German forward-thinking...[Bitcoin] could become an alternative to the euro if the single currency ever ceased to exist." BTCBTCBTC
If the Director of the Forex really makes such statements then he is a stupid idiot. Germans really far-sighted and clever nation. They will never take such a stupid step to make cryptocurrency state. Even if the Euro dies. They can always easily return to the Deutsche mark. Probably Katherine Brooks wants to destroy the German economy.As Bitcoin continues to grow in popularity, it's been attracting increased attention from government and financial institutions. Germany's ruling opens the way for officials to collect tax on commercial profits made through Bitcoin transactions, which FOREX.com research director Katherine Brooks says is "a good example of German forward-thinking...[Bitcoin] could become an alternative to the euro if the single currency ever ceased to exist." BTCBTCBTC