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Curacao Scraps Hacked Licensing Portal, Misses Its Own Update Deadline

13.10.2026
Curaçao’s gambling regulator says the online portal it uses to license offshore casinos will not return after the hack it disclosed in September. It aimed to give details of interim arrangements by Oct. 9, but had published none by Tuesday morning. No Portal and No Interim Plan The Curaçao Gaming...

Polymarket Takes Dutch Gambling Regulator to Court Over Its Ban

6.10.2026
Polymarket is asking a Dutch court to overturn the Netherlands’ ban on its prediction market, arguing it offers financial products that belong under the country’s markets watchdog – an argument the regulator has already rejected. The Regulator Cited Polymarket’s Own Help Page...

‘Casino Secrets’ Leak Ties UK Bookmakers to Offshore Mystake Operator

3.10.2026
The Guardian reviewed a contract showing that a racing and esports content supplier majority-owned by three of Britain’s biggest bookmakers signed a revenue-sharing deal with Santeda, an offshore operator whose brands include Mystake. The deal surfaced in documents from the “Casino...

‘Casino Secrets’ Hacker Beats Malta Regulator as Leak Site Goes Down

26.9.2026
A Berlin court has ruled against the Malta Gaming Authority in its bid to stop German researcher Lilith Wittmann from linking it to organized crime, according to her account. Wittmann said she may also keep using documents taken from the regulator’s systems, but may not access them again....

Curacao’s ‘Casino Secrets’ Exposed in Regulatory Leak as Firms Push Back

24.9.2026
A searchable archive of leaked documents taken from Curaçao’s gambling regulator opened to the public on Wednesday morning, a day after an international consortium published its first stories from the files. However, the named companies dispute the findings, and so does the regulator....

Ripple CEO Sees $11B Dutch Gold Move as an Ideal Crypto Use Case

8.9.2026
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the Dutch central bank’s $11 billion gold relocation illustrates how slowly traditional finance moves value. The bank used physical transfers and market transactions to reposition 86 metric tons. Garlinghouse Contrasts Gold Logistics With Crypto Transfers...

Dutch Prosecutors Raise $2.55M From Crypto Tied to Bankrupt Knaken

18.8.2026
A court-appointed trustee warns that the 6,300 customers of the bankrupt Dutch crypto platform Knaken face severe financial losses, as prosecutors have recovered only $2.55 million after selling seized cryptocurrency.   Discrepancy Between Deposits and Assets Dutch prosecutors have liquidated...

Dutch Gambling Operators Race for Licenses as Deadline Nears

11.8.2026
The Dutch gambling authority (Kansspelautoriteit) has granted new five-year online licenses to five of the eight operators that opened the regulated market in 2021, with the current permits expiring Sept. 30. Betcity, bet365, and GGPoker have not announced renewals, and bet365 holds the broadest...

Dutch Court Hears Crypto Dispute Kidnapping Case

5.8.2026
Dutch prosecutors charged three men in connection with a May 1 incident in Nieuw-Vennep involving the kidnapping, physical abuse, and extortion of a man over a cryptocurrency dispute. Legal Penalties Under Dutch Law A dispute over cryptocurrency investments escalated into the kidnapping, extortion...

Polymarket Gets Hit With $487,000 Dutch Penalty for Halting Service One Day Too Late

17.6.2026
The Dutch gambling regulator (KSA) has moved to collect €420,000 (~$487,000) from the company behind Polymarket, the latest sign that Europe is treating prediction markets as unlicensed gambling even as the US embraces them as financial products. How a single day cost Polymarket $487,000...

Dutch Gambling Ad Ban Risks Pushing Players Offshore as Legal Share Falls Below 50%

15.6.2026
The Dutch cabinet wants to ban all online gambling advertising and bonuses, cap deposits behind affordability checks, and widen its powers against illegal operators. This would be the strictest tightening since the market opened in 2021. However, offshore and unlicensed sites, where crypto payments...

KSA Hits Dutch Operators With Pre-World Cup Ad Crackdown, Vows Instant Sanctions

20.5.2026
Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) warned licensees on Tuesday that bets on first yellow cards and first corner kicks are not permitted during the upcoming FIFA World Cup, threatening “immediate enforcement action” against operators breaching ad and sponsorship rules. Chairman Michel...

Dutch State Lottery Takes Biggest Illegal Gambling Site to Court as Regulator Says €24M Fine Was Too Low

14.4.2026
The Netherlands’ state-owned lottery operator, Nederlandse Loterij, has launched civil proceedings against the country’s largest unlicensed online gambling platform. It also directly targets the offshore shell companies and individual directors behind it in a case that could set a European...

New Dutch Tax Law to Hit Bitcoin and Ethereum Holders With 36% Levy on ‘Paper Gains’

17.2.2026
Dutch lawmakers have approved legislation introducing a 36% tax on actual investment returns starting in 2028. The law applies to both realized and unrealized gains, including cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum, meaning paper gains will be taxed even if assets are not sold. Taxing...

Dutch Bitcoin Asset Manager Blockrise Obtains MiCAR License for European Expansion

27.11.2025
Blockrise secures a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation license, positioning itself as a regulated bitcoin-only platform across the European Union. Rotterdam-based Blockrise, a Dutch bitcoin startup, has been granted a license by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) under the...

Zerohash Secures Dutch Authorization to Serve European Clients

5.11.2025
Zerohash Europe obtains AFM MiCAR authorization to provide regulated crypto and stablecoin infrastructure across the EEA. Zerohash Europe announces in Amsterdam that it has received authorization under the EU’s Markets in Crypto‑Assets Regulation (MiCAR) from the Dutch Authority for the Financial...