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Swedish call to ban crypto mining ‘completely misinformed,’ says fund manager
22.11.2021
“The claim that Bitcoin miners jeopardize the electricity network is completely misinformed,” says EU-based fund manager Melanion Capital
Bitpanda New Partner Lydia's 5.5M Users Will be Able to Invest in Crypto
22.11.2021
Major French mobile financial services app Lydia is slated to offer its 5.5m users exposure to a wide range of crypto assets after a partnership with the Austrian crypto exchange Bitpanda.
As part of the deal, Lydia will integrate Bitpanda’s digital asset investment product, dubbed 'White Label...
Norway Mulls Backing Sweden’s Call for Euro Ban on Crypto Mining
19.11.2021
The government in Norway is considering ways to limit the environmental impact of cryptocurrency mining and may support Swedish proposals to that end, including a European ban on proof-of-work mining. The European Commission has revealed it is already working to promote a transition to “more...
Battlefield 2042 Removing 'Unintentional' Reference To Russia's War With Ukraine
15.11.2021
A skin in the new Battlefield 2042 will be renamed in the game’s next update after users pointed out that it had a lot in common with a group of Russian soldiers involved in the country’s annexation of parts of Ukraine in 2014.Read more
Swedish Regulators Call for EU Ban on Crypto Mining, Power Company Defends Industry
10.11.2021
Alarmed by the rising energy needs of cryptocurrency mining, Sweden’s financial and environmental regulators have recently proposed an EU-wide ban on proof-of-work coin minting. The Swedish officials believe this would encourage a move towards a more energy-efficient extraction of bitcoin...
Digital Euro Should Be Attractive But Not ‘Too Successful,’ ECB’s Panetta Says
7.11.2021
The digital euro should be an attractive means of payment but its design should prevent it from becoming so successful as a store of value that it threatens banks and private money, according to Fabio Panetta, a high-ranking executive at the European Central Bank. Panetta stressed that both this...
Moscow Confirms Arrest of Russian Crypto Entrepreneur in Amsterdam, Report Mentions FBI
6.11.2021
Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested a Russian national with a cryptocurrency business, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow has confirmed. The man involved in the establishment of two crypto exchange platforms was apprehended earlier this month, reportedly on a request from U.S. law enforcement....
EU central banks work on DLT-based asset settlement
5.11.2021
Banca d’Italia and Deutsche Bundesbank shared experiences on distributed ledger technology-based settlements in a workshop
Binance to spend $115M in France to develop European crypto ecosystem
4.11.2021
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced the launch of the $115 million crypto and blockchain initiative during a conference in France
Bitpanda taps former JP Morgan exec to lead fully-regulated crypto exchange
28.10.2021
Investors are treating crypto in the same way as stocks and ETFs, the new Bitpanda Pro CEO told Cointelegraph
Slovenia Launches Public Consultations on Crypto Taxation Law
28.10.2021
Authorities in Slovenia have prepared new legislation tailored to determine how crypto holdings and transactions are taxed in the country. The proposal, aimed at clarifying the matter, has been submitted for public consultations this week, local media reports revealed. Slovenia to Amend Tax Rules...
Valour Uniswap exchange-traded product to increase UNI exposure
26.10.2021
Valour Uniswap ETP, with UNI as the underlying asset, launches on the Boerse Frankfurt Zertifikate AG stock exchange
Stellar partners tap USDC for remittances between Europe and Africa
26.10.2021
Flutterwave is teaming up Tempo Payments to use USDC on Stellar to target Africa’s enormous remittances market
Melanion Capital Bitcoin ETF to launch on Euronext Paris on Oct. 22
19.10.2021
French financial regulator AMF officially approved Melanion Capital’s Bitcoin-linked ETF product in August
French central bank pilots blockchain-based CBDC for debt market
19.10.2021
Led by Belgian financial services firm Euroclear, the latest French CBDC trial involved a system by tech giant IBM
US crypto trading Voyager Digital granted European trading license
13.10.2021
Voyager Digital is expected to roll-out their mobile trading platform in Europe in Q1 2022
Estonian regulator wants to revoke all crypto exchange licenses
13.10.2021
About 400 crypto businesses in Estonia still hold licenses after the state revoked nearly 2,000 licenses last year
Mining Hardware Manufacturer Bitfury Plans to Go Public
11.10.2021
Bitfury, the leading non-Chinese bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer, is reportedly planning to go public in the next 12 months. This would constitute one of the largest listings of a European-based cryptocurrency mining hardware company to date. The company had a valuation of $1 billion dollars...
Swiss think tank initiates vote to add Bitcoin in federal constitution
11.10.2021
Successful or not, the vote will bring crypto education to people who are not yet Bitcoin-savvy, 2B4CH founder said
IMF Head Says Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Reliable, Hard to Think of Bitcoin as Money
6.10.2021
Digital currencies backed by central banks are the most reliable form of digital money, according to IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva. At the same time, to think of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin as money is difficult, believes the chief executive of the international financial...