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FTX expands to Europe with CySEC approval

7.3.2022
Headquartered in Switzerland, FTX Europe will offer FTX products in Europe, including crypto derivatives services

G7 Countries, EU Taking Measures to Prevent Crypto Use to Evade Sanctions

5.3.2022
G7 countries and the European Union are examining ways to stop the use of cryptocurrency by Russia to evade sanctions. “We should take measures to prevent listed persons and institutions from switching to unregulated crypto assets,” said Germany’s minister of finance. G7 and...

Dogecoin Foundation registers name and logos as trademarked within in the EU

3.3.2022
The foundation took action to prevent, "attempts by people completely unaffiliated with Dogecoin to register" the names for reasons of fraud and extortion, according to board member Jens Wiechers

Proof-of-Work Ban Removed From Europe’s Proposed Crypto Regulation

3.3.2022
A text threatening to prohibit cryptocurrencies relying on energy-intensive proof-of-work mining has been deleted from the draft legislation aimed at regulating the European crypto space. The move comes after the controversial provision sparked objections from the crypto community. MiCA Proposal...

EU is ‘taking measures’ against Russia using crypto to bypass sanctions, say finance ministers

2.3.2022
“When it comes to economic and financial sanctions, we want to remain flexible and mobilized,“ said France’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire

EU Data Act Proposes Shutdown Function for Smart Contracts

2.3.2022
The European Union has published its new Data Act, a law proposal that aims to regulate the generation and handling of data by the actors that harness it. The act, in its large scope, touches on the subject of smart contracts and proposes that every smart contract should have a termination function...

Airbnb Looking to Support Crypto While Focusing on Free Housing for 100,000 Ukrainian Refugees

2.3.2022
Airbnb confirms that it is looking to support cryptocurrency. The company has also offered to provide housing for up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. According to the European Union, about four million people may try to leave Ukraine because of the Russian invasion. Airbnb’s CEO Discusses...

EU Commission to remove Russian banks from SWIFT cross-border network

27.2.2022
While condemning the Russian president Vladimir Putin’s move to lay siege across Ukraine, the EU Commission committed to undertake a series of measures to isolate Russia from the international financial system

ECB president calls for crypto regulation in response to Russia potentially evading sanctions

25.2.2022
"It’s so critically important that MiCA is pushed through as quickly as possible so we have a regulatory framework within which crypto assets can actually be caught," said Christine Lagarde

European Parliament postpones crypto bill vote over proof-of-work

25.2.2022
“It is crucial for me that the MiCA report is not misinterpreted as a de facto Bitcoin ban,” said Stefan Berger

EU Members Want to Task New AML Watchdog With Crypto Oversight, Report Unveils

24.2.2022
A group of EU nations have reportedly been lobbying to entrust oversight of the crypto space to a new anti-money laundering (AML) agency. Behind the move are concerns that companies dealing with digital assets can be engaged in the processing of illicit funds. Germany Leads Push to Place Crypto...

EU members reportedly plan for AML watchdog to oversee crypto firms by 2024

23.2.2022
"It is key that the scope of the new EU authority explicitly includes crypto-assets," said Luis Garicano, a member of the European Parliament

Not taking the time to learn about BTC is 'Europe’s biggest risk,' says Belgian MP

16.2.2022
The Brussels Minister who puts his entire €5,500 salary into Bitcoin on the first of every month sat down with Cointelegraph to discuss Bitcoin

Spain Modifies Tax Model 720, Used to Declare Cryptocurrency Holdings Abroad

13.2.2022
The Spanish parliament has introduced an amendment to the tax model 720 used to declare cryptocurrency and other holdings abroad, softening some of the penalties associated with it. The modification, which has not yet been approved, changes some of the harsher penalties that were declared illegal...

Hungary’s Central Bank Governor Calls for EU-Wide Ban on Cryptocurrency Trading and Mining

13.2.2022
The governor of Hungary’s central bank has called for a ban on cryptocurrency trading and mining in the European Union. “It is clear-cut that cryptocurrencies could service illegal activities and tend to build up financial pyramids,” he said. Hungarian Central Bank Chief Wants...