{
  "id": 4453895,
  "title": "Advanced Blockchain: Schlammschlacht bei Deutschlands Blockchain-Pionier",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/advanced-blockchain-schlammschlacht-bei-deutschlands-blockchain",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-30T15:24:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/maerkte/aktien/advanced-blockchain-schlammschlacht-bei-deutschlands-blockchain-pionier/100249346.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Frankfurt – Directors of listed companies prefer to talk about the future at shareholder meetings. Yet, during the annual meeting of Advanced Blockchain AG, a pioneer of cryptocurrency in Germany, last Thursday, little time was dedicated to this topic. Instead, open demands for millions, dubious deals, and postponed past business reports dominated the agenda. A crisis that has lasted for four years has shaken the confidence of many small shareholders in Advanced Blockchain AG: Since the peak of the blockchain boom in 2021, the stock price has plummeted from around 17 euros to just over one euro, a decrease of more than 90 percent. At the shareholder meeting held in February for the year 2025, the shareholders initiated a special audit to review the past and restore confidence. However, this review might be halted unexpectedly even before it begins. Among those who might benefit is Michael Geike, the Remscheid-based crypto entrepreneur, whose public persona hardly fits the accusations surrounding Advanced Blockchain AG.",
  "summary": "Millionenforderungen, fragwürdige Geschäfte und Vorwürfe belasten die Advanced Blockchain AG. Eine Sonderprüfung sollte Klarheit schaffen. Nun könnte sie enden, noch bevor sie begonnen hat.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}