The programs of the parties in the crypto check


On the occasion of the upcoming federal election, BTC-ECHO checked with the largest parties and studied the party programs. What is the attitude of the parties towards Bitcoin, Blockchain and Co.?

The Angela Merkel era comes to an end in September. The Chancellor directed the fortunes of the Federal Republic for 16 years. Your departure creates a power vacuum, but also the chance for a new beginning. But what could this restart look like – and what does that mean for the crypto space? To get answers to this question, BTC-ECHO checked with CDU, SPD, Greens, FDP, Left and AFD and searched the election programs of the six Bundestag parties for the most relevant crypto keywords and summarized the most important findings briefly and concisely.


The parties at a glance

On the subject of money laundering, for example, the CDU / CSUthat the burden of proof “in the case of assets of unclear origin” should be reversed (p. 112, lines 3942 f.). On the same page it says in the party program: “Acquiring real estate by cash payment should only be possible through banks that have to check the identity of the buyer and the origin of the money in the context of an existing business relationship; The same applies to exchanging cash for crypto currency and vice versa.”(P.112, line 3944 ff.)

From this it can be concluded that the Union would probably introduce even stricter KYC regulations if it had the opportunity to do so.

In the party program of the SPD the terms “Bitcoin”, “Cryptocurrencies”, “Blockchain”, “CBDC”, “E-Euro”, “Digital Euro” and “Central Bank Money” are not mentioned with a single syllable. However, on page 24 it says: “We reject the privatization of currencies. This also applies to private digital currencies that are kept artificially stable in their value (Stablecoins). ”

Alliance 90 / The Greens find more direct words, write for example: “We strictly reject the erosion of the monetary and currency monopoly by the private currencies of powerful large corporations” (page 87) – probably a swipe at Facebook’s Diem. In general, however, the party program of the party led by Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck reads – perhaps surprisingly for some voters – quite open to the crypto space. So it says something like: We want to do justice to the rapid developments in the area of ​​decentralized financial applications and sound out the opportunities and risks of cryptocurrencies and blockchains in a differentiated manner. “

FDP, Left and AFD

You want to know what the FDP, Left and AFD think of Bitcoin, Blockchain and Co. and get a deeper insight into the party programs of the CDU, SPD and Greens with regard to the crypto space? Then the current issue of our monthly magazine Kryptokompass is recommended to you. Because in this we have dealt with the topic in detail on the occasion of the upcoming federal election. It’s worth reading!