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PortuguêsThe European Union, or EU, mentioned blockchain technology as part of social services digitization efforts to keep Europe up to speed with the changing times. “As in the case of…
Continue ReadingThe head of the digital innovation and blockchain unit at the European Commission (EC), Pēteris Zilgalvis, explained the concise benefits of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in an interview to The…
Continue ReadingAs major central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects develop apace, it is becoming clear that not all digital coins will look, or even function the same way. A recent analysis…
Continue ReadingThe European Commission (EC) is offering grants to blockchain developers and other specialists for solutions that adapt technologies from civil to defense applications. On March 24, the EC published a…
Continue ReadingJanet Jackson’s billionaire ex husband, Wissam Al Mana, has demanded that Facebook reveal who was behind ads on the platform that used his image to promote a crypto scam. The…
Continue ReadingThe spreading coronavirus infection is taking a toll on the global economy and traditional financial institutions are already hurting. The world’s largest banks have seen their stocks losing value over…
Continue ReadingDecentralized finance, more commonly known as DeFi, is quite complicated. Even the heads of DeFi companies seem unable to define the sector in a few sentences. So, here’s another attempt:…
Continue ReadingAlthough some people in life do an extremely convincing job of indicating otherwise, all humans have an identity. This identity comes in many forms, and as modern life has progressed,…
Continue ReadingSecurity token offering (STO) platform, Blockpulse, has obtained registration with the ACPR Bank of France. Blockpulse “registered at ACPR Banque de France with its partner, Lemonway, the leading European digital…
Continue ReadingThe Netherlands-based Public Health Blockchain Consortium (PHBC) has announced the release of a blockchain-based system designed to track the movement of individuals not infected with high-risk viruses. The impetus behind…
Continue ReadingThe New York-regulated exchange Gemini is looking to expand its foothold in Europe, advertising for a new director-level role to head institutional sales. The new director for European sales will…
Continue ReadingSpain’s National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) has halted short selling in an effort to secure local stocks from the recession caused by the coronavirus epidemic. The ban will last one…
Continue ReadingMajor European financial institutions are jointly launching a blockchain-based platform for the investment fund industry. The system was initially incubated by the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and its affiliate Fundsquare, which,…
Continue ReadingAfter similar efforts from the U.S. Federal Reserve on March 10, the European Central Bank, or ECB, announced a $135 billion stimulus — a number that dwarfs Bitcoin’s (BTC) entire…
Continue ReadingInitial findings show French international banking group BNP Paribas is blocking customers from sending funds to major crypto exchange platform Coinbase. The block seems to have been initiated this week,…
Continue ReadingThe International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA), a distributed ledger technology initiative established by the European Commission (EC) last year, has appointed former Bitfury Group global ambassador Marc Taverner…
Continue ReadingTo combat the alleged risks associated with crypto assets and their networks, Her Majesty’s Treasury, the United Kingdom’s finance and economics department, has added additional measures. The new Money Laundering…
Continue ReadingIn an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Crypto Valley Association President Daniel Haudenschild said that central bank digital currencies are “the next logical stage.” Haudenschild explained to Cointelegraph that he believes…
Continue ReadingA French commerce court has classified Bitcoin (BTC) as currency during a recent trial. Local news outlet Les Echos reported on March 5 that the Commercial Court of Nanterre decided…
Continue ReadingInstitutions can hedge against possible bank runs with a new wallet from euro-backed stablecoin issuer STASIS, which stores assets with financial intermediaries that have low-risk balance sheets. STASIS said Tuesday…
Continue ReadingOrganizers in Paris have rescheduled a major local blockchain industry event due to the coronavirus outbreak. According to an announcement on March 2, the Paris Blockchain Week Summit — initially…
Continue ReadingThe Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has released feedback on the definition of security tokens and challenges such assets face in Maltese markets. In a paper published on Feb. 25,…
Continue ReadingBesides China’s ongoing struggle with the coronavirus, one of the defining narratives for the world’s largest country entering the new decade was its central bank-issued digital currency. Reportedly in its…
Continue ReadingUnited Kingdom-based digital bank Revolut has raised $500 million in a fresh funding round and tripled its valuation to hit $5.5 billion. This, as the Financial Times reported on Feb.…
Continue ReadingBlockchain usage is exploding around the world. But despite the technology’s many vocal advocates, the spread of technology is never even. Adoption is limited by a number of factors, including…
Continue ReadingDubliner Clifton Collins, who was recently imprisoned for drug trafficking, claims that robbers took the keys to the $56 million in Bitcoin (BTC) Irish High Court had ruled should be…
Continue ReadingBelgium’s Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has updated its blacklist of cryptocurrency-related websites associated with fraudulent activity. The FSMA made the update following a number of complaints from Belgium-based…
Continue ReadingWhile Bitcoin (BTC) might not be ready for the moon yet, its underlying technology of blockchain is being increasingly adopted in space. The European Space Agency (ESA), a major intergovernmental…
Continue ReadingBlocknox, a subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart Digital Ventures GmbH that has provided cryptocurrency custody service on an escrow basis, is looking to expand the service to its institutional clients. Boerse…
Continue ReadingSoccer fans in Europe will join the ranks of early blockchain adopters thanks to a new initiative by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). According to a Feb. 17…
Continue ReadingThe European Commission is gathering feedback from EU citizens, businesses, regulators and other interested parties to establish a regulatory framework for crypto assets and markets on a European level. The…
Continue ReadingThe European Union lately has been a hotbed for political and regulatory developments that could have a considerable impact on the day-to-day operations of the continent’s financial service providers. While…
Continue ReadingUkrainian authorities said that crypto mining does not require regulatory activity from governmental oversight bodies or other third-party regulations. In its manifest on virtual assets published on Feb. 7, the…
Continue ReadingSeed CX is expanding its European services with the addition of eight new order books for its spot-trading market. Seed Commodities Market, the Chicago-based firm’s spot market, announced Monday that…
Continue ReadingBitGo is expanding its institutional cryptocurrency storage service to Europe with the launch of two new entities in Switzerland and Germany. The Palo Alto, California-based firm said Monday that the…
Continue ReadingMajor digital asset financial services firm BitGo is expanding its global reach by setting up two new regulated custodial entities in Europe. BitGo, a United States-based firm that claims to…
Continue ReadingBinance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is planning to further bolster its fiat-to-crypto gateways by hiring a former TradingView exec. Iskander Malikov, a former chief operating officer at…
Continue ReadingSix major central banks will meet in April to discuss the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDC). The Japan Times reported on Feb. 6 that — according to a…
Continue ReadingEuropean researchers writing for the Oxford University Faculty of Law blog argue that the distinction between utility and security tokens is less important than most assume when it comes to…
Continue ReadingMajor European financial regulator, Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), has spotted another unregistered crypto company. The firm, Crypto Bull, operating under the url crypto-bull.io, claims to be…
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