[2017-12-13] Germany monitoring bitcoin market impact: FinMin

[Terraformer]

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is carefully monitoring the impact of cryptocurrencies on markets, a finance ministry spokesman said on Wednesday, as bitcoin surged and the futures of the best known cryptocurrency made their world debut on a U.S. stock exchange.

“The finance ministry, the (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) BaFin and the Bundesbank are monitoring developments on financial markets attentively and this applies to bitcoins,” Dennis Kolberg told a news conference.

He added that he would not comment on the value developments of bitcoin on markets.

“Generally speaking I can say that bitcoins are no legal means of payment and subject to no deposit guarantee,” Kolberg added.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-markets-bitcoin-germany/germany-monitoring-bitcoin-market-impact-finmin-idUSKBN1E71OO

[Guardian.P]

From the words of Dennis Kohlberg you might think that they are planning a package of laws on the prohibition of crypto currency. In general, these are only my assumptions and maybe he does not agree with a package of laws, on the contrary legalize bitcoins, so he expressed himself