Germany's Alternative for Germany calls for looser regulation of Bitcoin, wallets and exchanges

Odaily Planet Daily News Germany will elect a new parliament on February 23, which may have an impact on the financial industry of Europe's largest economy. The conservative alliance of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Merz and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) is leading in the polls, but on fiscal issues, the alliance has only put forward general ideas without specific details. The far-right Alternative for Germany party ranks second in the polls, but the country's mainstream parties refuse to work with them to form any government, which means that these proposals may never be made public. However, their fiscal plan is the most specific and radical, including support for "extensive deregulation" of Bitcoin, wallets and transactions, opposition to the digital euro, and insistence on the constitution to recognize cash as legal tender and basic civil liberties. (Reuters)