Belgium seeks to reboot the EU blockchain infrastructure project
Belgium plans to accelerate the development of a European blockchain infrastructure during its presidency of the EU Council in early 2024, according to the goveernm. The proposal aims to facilitate the secure storage of official documents like driving licenses and property titles. The ...
German Parliament member ’staunch opponent’ of digital Euro, all in on Bitcoin
The European Union has been actively preparing for what it envisions as the future of money. Over the last year, it finalized its landmark comprehensive crypto legislation, the Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation (MiCA), which is due to take effect in 2024, after closing its second consultat ...
Survey: 65% of Spaniards aren’t interested in using digital euro
As the Bank of Spain embraces the potential adoption of a digital euro, the country’s population doesn’t appear to have the same strong appetite for the European Central Bank’s digital currency project. This emerges from the results of a survey published by the Bank of Spain enti ...
Bank of Spain embraces ‘digital euro,’ explains its benefits
The Central Bank of Spain joined a chorus of European banking institutions, preparing their customers for all the benefits of the “digital euro.” The Bank of Spain last week published a short text explaining the nature and uses of the European Union’s potential central bank digital currency (CBDC ...
Binance shutting down European Visa debit card in December
Binance Visa debit card services will close down in the European Economic Area (EEA) on December 20, according to an announcement by the cryptocurrency exchange on Oct. 20. Binance accounts will be unaffected.According to a Binance letter to customers posted online, the Binance card issuer ...
EU data protection regulators urge anonymity for smaller transactions in digital euro
On Oct. 18, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued a joint opinion statement on the regulation of “digital euro,” proposed by the European Commission in July 2023. The regulators made several recommendations to enhance the personal data ...
Crypto exchange Binance restores euro services after new fiat partners
Crypto exchange Binance has announced it has onboarded new partners to handle euro deposits and withdrawals, months after losing its previous fiat partner PaySafe in September. In an Oct. 19 statement, Binance announced that it had signed agreements with new fiat partners for euro pay ...
Finland works on instant payments system, embraces digital euro
Bank of Finland (BOF) is coordinating the creation of a Finnish instant payment solution compatible with European standards. BOF board member and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) Tuomas Välimäki made the announcement on Oct. 19. Välimäki revealed that ...
Digital euro can ward off a host of private payment service ills: ECB official
The European Central Bank (ECB) is quite happy with the European Commission's (EC) legislative proposals for the digital euro. ECB executive board member Fabio Panetta told the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in a speech on Sept. 4 that the proposals “ ...
Germany is dragging Europe’s economy down — and that’s great for crypto
In the latest episode of Macro Markets, Cointelegraph analyst Marcel Pechman discusses the recession in Germany, Europe’s largest economy. According to a recent headline in The Wall Street Journal, “Germany is dragging down Europe’s economy.“ The article explains how the country heavily depends o ...
Euro stablecoin market set to take off, thanks to real-world uses, regulatory clarity — Circle exec
The future is bright for euro-denominated stablecoins, according to Patrick Hansen, European Union strategy and policy director at Circle. The United States dollar may preserve its first-mover advantage, but euro stablecoins will see increasing real-world use cases emerge to lift them above thei ...
Fear of a digital euro prompts Slovakia to add cash rule to constitution
Slovakia will codify the right to use cash as a method of payment after a vote to amend the nation’s constitution passed in parliament on June 15. The new legislation was sponsored by the Sme Rodina party, also known as the “We Are Family” party, and was reportedly drafted as a precau ...
EU’s new crypto law: How MiCA can make Europe a digital asset hub
The European Union signed the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulations into law on May 31, making way for the landmark regulatory guidance on crypto assets and service providers to come into effect.First drafted in 2020, the EU’s regulatory package will govern the issuance and sco ...
De-dollarization: Is it really happening?
De-dollarization, the decline of the United States dollar as the world’s dominant reserved currency, is underway, and it’s gaining momentum. For over 100 years, the U.S. dollar has been the world reserve currency, which means it has been the dominant foreign currency held by central b ...
Europe’s right-wing political groups find cause in crypto
The European crypto scene has gained significant traction over the past few years, with a surge in the interest in and adoption of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. While the crypto industry is often associated with decentralization, innovation and financial freedom, it is not immune to ...
Coinbase launches EUROC trading pairs with Euro-backed stablecoin
Coinbase, the largest American crypto exchange, has announced the phased launch of trading pairs in conjunction with the euro-backed stablecoin EUROC. Starting from February 22, users of the platform can conduct trading operations with Euro Coin, with the EUROC-USD and EUROC-EUR trading pairs to ...