The German Bundestag will host an educational Bitcoin event, and a pro-Bitcoin draft bill aims to make BTC legal tender in the country.
Joana Cotar began her journey as a politician in 2013 after she joined the newly founded Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party. Her introduction to Bitcoin happened the same year when her brother told her about the foundational cryptocurrency.
In the German federal elections of 2017, Cotar became a member of the Bundestag — the German federal parliament — as part of the AfD’s federal executive. On Nov. 21, 2022, Cotar left the party after 10 years for several reasons.
As an independent member of parliament (MP), Cotar was now free to fight for what she believed in without the limitations of a political party.