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PortuguêsBitcoin’s price took another hit Thursday morning, dropping close to $31,000 since markets opened in Europe and the U.S.. Investors rushed to take short-term profit, concerned about when – or…
Continue ReadingThe publisher of the upcoming online space strategy game “Infinite Fleet” is providing a chance to buy into equity and share in future profits through the launch of a public…
Continue ReadingThe European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde has repeated her insistence that global regulators need to tighten the rules to ensure Bitcoin (BTC) falls under more coordinated oversight. In an…
Continue ReadingTelegram, a popular messaging app within the cryptocurrency space, surpassed 500 million monthly active users during the first week of January, according to Telegram chief executive officer Pavel Durov. In…
Continue ReadingA Wall Street Journal report published Jan. 12 claims European eToro users were given just four hours notice that the platform’s margin trading services would be halted on Friday. EToro…
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Continue Reading2020 has been a stellar year for the crypto economy, with more enterprises and institutions than ever before implementing the technology. Big announcements, such as PayPal’s decision to enable its…
Continue ReadingIt is hard to imagine that just two years ago, the general discourse around central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, was mainly focused on the potential and possibility of issuing…
Continue Reading2020’s Crypto Performances: The Biggest Token Losers and This Year’s Top-Performing Cryptocurrencies Digital currency markets have climbed significantly in value all year long, despite the gloomy global economy and the…
Continue ReadingBinance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has started shipping its physical Binance Visa cards in the European Economic Area. According to a Dec. 14 announcement, users in the EEA region…
Continue ReadingA number of popular U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins exist on the crypto market. Stablecoins based on the euro also exist, but are notably less liquid, according to Zahreddine Touag, co-founder and…
Continue ReadingListen To This Episode: For this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s Fed Watch, my cohost Christian Keroles and I get into specifics on the plans of the European Central Bank (ECB)…
Continue ReadingThe Libra Association may have rebranded itself as Diem but that means little to German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz. According to a Reuters report, Scholz said in a statement that…
Continue ReadingFidelity Digital Assets president Tom Jessop says that bitcoin is not a true store of value just yet because the digital asset is still too volatile, Reuters reported. However, investors…
Continue ReadingThe United Kingdom Tory Party’s nemesis, Nigel Farage, has gone “full crypto.” On Nov. 27, Farage sat down for a video interview to discuss all things crypto with Sam Volkering,…
Continue ReadingSeveral experts from various European banks agreed that even a proof of concept for a digital euro is four or five years away. In a panel on Monday called “Upgrading…
Continue ReadingRipple Labs Inc. is selling 4 million of its shares in Moneygram, or about a third of its total shareholding in the company. The decision seems in part to be…
Continue ReadingOver the years, we have been introduced to a digital transformation, which has created and shaped communities around the world. Digital technologies have introduced newly evolved ways of how the…
Continue ReadingEarlier this week, Lithuania’s tax service, the Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate, added $7.6 million dollars to the state budget through the sale of cryptocurrencies seized in criminal investigations. The occasion…
Continue ReadingCrypto.com is trying to bulk up its Maltese financial licenses in search of a competitive edge across Europe. The Hong Kong-based crypto firm received preliminary approval from the Malta Financial…
Continue ReadingThe evolution of new digital technologies has created a new shift in the value proposition for financial products and services. Digital asset management based on distributed ledger technology has opened…
Continue ReadingMainstream interest for cryptocurrency is becoming ever-apparent as major online payment systems such as PayPal begin to offer support for digital currencies. While a revolutionary step for both the crypto…
Continue ReadingUkraine is ranked as the world’s leader in the Global Crypto Adoption Index 2020, according to a research published by Chainalysis earlier this fall. Despite this, cryptocurrencies still remain a…
Continue ReadingIn a Twitter thread on Sunday, Christine Lagarde, former Managing Director of the IMF and current President of the European Central Bank, invited public commentary on a potential eurozone central…
Continue ReadingFrom what started as something of a “technological experiment” with Bitcoin (BTC) over a decade ago, the crypto asset industry has become a significant driver for change in global financial…
Continue ReadingEthereum software firm ConsenSys has just sealed its sixth central bank digital currency project. On Oct. 28, the blockchain organization announced that it will be collaborating with Société Générale Forge on…
Continue ReadingTo gain a deeper understanding of how professional investors feel about digital assets, Cointelegraph Consulting has published a 70+ page research report written by eight authors and supported by SIX…
Continue ReadingCrypto-asset broker Voyager Digital Ltd is buying LGO Markets, a French cryptocurrency exchange focused on corporate investors. The two firms will merge under one brand, Voyager, and their two separate…
Continue ReadingCrypto broker Voyager has teamed up with LGO, a European digital asset exchange focused on institutions. “LGO and Voyager will merge their services and offering under the Voyager brand, to…
Continue ReadingIn cryptoland, the fall tends to be regulators’ open season. As unprecedented as it’s been, 2020 is no exception to this trend. Tensions are high on both sides of the…
Continue ReadingThe Algorand Foundation, the governance and research organization behind major blockchain platform Algorand, is launching a new accelerator program in Europe. Known as “Algorand Europe Accelerator,” the new program intends…
Continue ReadingConsensys-backed e-money issuer Monerium thinks the route to a digital euro is simpler than the European Central Bank suggests. The fintech, which focuses on bridging fiat money with blockchains by…
Continue ReadingThe European Central Bank launched a public consultation on a potential digital euro on Oct. 12. Developments on the central bank digital currency front in the Eurozone have picked up…
Continue ReadingAt the LA Blockchain Summit, the blockchain and fintech venture studio Draper Goren Holm announced the launch of a $25 million blockchain fund called “Fund 1.” According to the announcement…
Continue ReadingThe European Commission’s newly proposed cryptocurrency regulations pose a specific risk for the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry, according to industry regulatory adviser XReg Consulting. Adopted by the European Commission on Sept.…
Continue ReadingThe Estonian central bank, Eesti Pank, announced the launch of a research program to study how to build a digital currency infrastructure. According to a statement, Eesti Pank partnered with…
Continue ReadingMore than half of all exchanges worldwide have weak KYC identification protocols — with exchanges in Europe, the U.S. and U.K. among the worst offenders, according to a new study…
Continue ReadingEuropean crypto brokerage Bitpanda, based in Vienna and founded in 2014, is announcing the completion of a $52 million Series A led by PayPal legend Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures. This…
Continue ReadingMajor players in the global cryptocurrency community have addressed the European Commission’s new legislative proposals on digital assets. The International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications, or INATBA, has released an…
Continue ReadingThe European Commission is moving to provide more legal clarity and certainty for the cryptocurrency industry in its member states. On Sept. 24, the EC officially adopted a new digital…
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