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Binance Winds Down Derivatives In Europe While Malaysia Takes Action

30.7.2021
Source: Instagram, Binance The crypto exchange giant Binance has run into yet more regulatory trouble in Asia while it's making new preventive moves in Europe. The platform issued a notice on its Binance.com website explaining that it “plans to wind down its futures and derivatives products...

Binance to shut down crypto derivatives trading in Europe

30.7.2021
Binance moves to suspend derivatives trading in Europe, starting with Germany, Italy and Netherlands

EU entrusts $30M to new blockchain and digital assets fund

29.7.2021
The European Investment Fund invested $30 million in a new $120 million blockchain and digital assets fund, highlighting the sector’s “strategic importance” for the EU

Irish Banks Hail EU’s ‘Radical’ Anti-Money Laundering Push

25.7.2021
Banks in Ireland have welcomed an upcoming reform of the European Union’s anti-money laundering regulations that will affect the crypto space. The Irish banking industry organization voiced support for the changes aimed at disrupting illicit transactions at the union level while calling them...

Kenyan Remittances Surged by 20% in H1, North America and Europe-Based Diaspora Contribute Over 80%

22.7.2021
According to the latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), diaspora remittances inflows to the country surged to $1.75 billion in the first six months of 2021. This figure represents a nearly 20% increase from the $1.46 billion recorded in the same period last year. 2021 Inflows Set...

Future of Digital Euro ‘Not Clear Yet,’ Former Eurogroup Official Says

22.7.2021
Europe’s digital currency project has made some progress recently, with the Eurozone’s central bank moving to its next stage. Critics point, however, to the continuing lack of clarity around the design and purpose of the digital euro after a decade-long delay, if cryptocurrency is taken...

Poland, Romania Rank in Top 10 for Number of Bitcoin ATMs, World’s Total Exceeds 23,000

15.7.2021
Two East European nations, Poland and Romania, are now among the top 10 countries hosting the most cryptocurrency ATMs. The global number of teller machines supporting crypto transactions has increased exponentially over the past months, now reaching over 23,000 devices. Poland Ranks Among Leading...

Softbank leads $800M investment for banking app Revolut

15.7.2021
Now valued at $33 billion, Revolut didn’t rule out a potential IPO this year, but the firm's CFO suggested that it was unlikely

Digital Euro Project Gets Going as ECB Launches Investigation Phase

15.7.2021
After months of deliberation, the European Central Bank has decided to proceed with a digital euro project. Officials insist the new version of Europe’s common currency should “ensure privacy” and provide access to “the safest form of money” at...

Bingbon Adds Ruble, Hryvnia, and Tenge Support in Bid to Expand Geographical Presence

15.7.2021
A tie-up between payment processor Advcash and Bingbon will help the social cryptocurrency trading exchange extend its services to Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Russia through a newly introduced fiat on and off-ramp. Eastern European Fiat Support Echoes Regional Crypto Adoption Outside of North America...

Call of Duty Dev: Visiting Europe To Shoot Old Guns Was Hard Work, Y'know

15.7.2021
A profile in the latest issue of Edge magazine saw Sledgehammer Games co-founder Glen Schofield tell the venerable UK publication that fans don’t fully appreciate what it takes for a studio to get a Call of Duty game out the door.Read more

ECB is looking to design a digital euro more energy-efficient than Bitcoin

14.7.2021
The underlying architecture of the digital euro will be designed to have a negligible environmental footprint compared to Bitcoin and other crypto-assets

Pandemic has accelerated the rollout of CBDCs by 5 years, says blockchain firm

9.7.2021
"There is also no doubt in our mind that a major central bank will soon launch a digital currency and we expect this to happen within the next three years," said Guardtime

EU Mulls AML Authority and New Rules for Crypto Transfers, Documents Suggest

8.7.2021
The European Union is preparing to set up an anti-money laundering agency to coordinate national supervisory authorities. According to a media report based on EU documents, the bloc also plans to impose new rules to increase transparency for cryptocurrency transfers. Europe Steps Up Anti-Money...