Analyzing What's Next for Europe's Markets in Crypto Assets Law

Under the recently agreed text from the European Parliament, providers of crypto services – which means anything from trading to custody to fiat exchanges – will need a license and be monitored by a financial regulator from one of the EU’s member states

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German $9B Neo Bank N26 To Offer Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading Services

Berlin-based neo bank N26 is launching a crypto trading service for millions of customers as demand for digital assets in Europe’s banking sector soars. According to a CNBC report, the “N26 Crypto” service will be powered by the Austrian crypto and stocks trading platform Bitpanda.

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Opera browser integrates Elrond blockchain services to bolster Web3 adoption

Elrond is one of the first carbon-negative blockchains in Europe, and its integration with Opera will help millions of new users to access the Web3 ecosystem.

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Roole Locates Stolen Vehicles Globally via Nodle Network’s On-chain Services

If a Roole vehicle is reported stolen, millions of Nodle-enabled smartphones will work together to find the lost vehicle. Vehicle theft is a common concern in Europe, and Roole, a French automobile club, announced today their partnership with Nodle to help car owners trace and recover their cars.

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Crypto Market Forecast: Week of August 22nd 2022

A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters. This week, digital asset markets slide as the Fed signals aggressive monetary tightening is coming, Coin Center defends Tornado and Revolut is granted permission to offer crypto services across Europe.

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Cyprus Crypto Authorization Gives Revolut Green Light Across Europe

The financial regulatory agency of Cyprus has granted Revolut authorization, enabling the fintech firm to offer crypto services throughout the European Economic Area (EEA). The post Cyprus Crypto Authorization Gives Revolut Green Light Across Europe appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Digital Bank Revolut Gets Approval to Offer Crypto Services Throughout Europe

European digital bank Revolut has been granted authorization by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CYSEC) allowing it to offer crypto services across the European Economic Area (EEA).

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Paysafe.com: An objective review

Paysafe is a provider of merchant services. Its primary markets are Europe and North…

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Coinbase Gets Regulatory Nod to Extend Crypto Services in Italy

In a bid to expand in Europe, Coinbase announced that it received a 'key milestone' in that journey by securing approval from the Italian regulators. The post Coinbase Gets Regulatory Nod to Extend Crypto Services in Italy appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Sendi Young took part in a webinar on the role of traditional financial services in the crypto universe

MD of Europe at Ripple Sendi Young took part in a webinar on the role of traditional financial services in the crypto universe. MD of Europe at Ripple Sendi Young announced on Twitter that she took part in a webinar...

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Amber Group Partners With Chainlink For More Reliable Asset Transaction Pricing

A leading multinational firm working in digital assets services and framework, Amber Group, joined hands with Chainlink, a well-known name in the decentralized oracle network. The goal is to provide sound and safe asset transaction pricing facilities, particularly to the growing target market of institutional clients in Asia, Europe, and North America.  Amber Group will […]

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BTCC receives license to operate as a regulated crypto exchange in Europe

BTCC Exchange, a crypto futures platform, has recently received a cryptocurrency licence from the Registrar of Legal Entities of Lithuania, enabling the exchange to provide crypto trading services in The post BTCC receives license to operate as a regulated crypto exchange in Europe appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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FTX Launches Australian Operations, Expanding Presence: Details

Expansion comes only weeks after FTX Europe was founded to offer its services in Europe

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FTX Europe becomes the first crypto exchange licensed under Dubai’s regulatory framework

FTX Europe & MENA (FTX Europe) recently announced that it has obtained a license to establish and operate its virtual asset exchange and clearing house services in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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FTX expands to Europe with CySEC approval

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

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Financial Services Dominate European Blockchain Dev: Report

Financial services, healthcare, and energy are the primary focus industries for blockchain development in Europe. Ethereum, the second-largest network by market capitalization, is the base layer for almost a third of decentralized ledger technology (DLT) startups coming out of Europe.

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AAPL Stock Could Reach $500, Apple Expands App Store, Music, iCloud to New Markets

Coinspeaker AAPL Stock Could Reach $500, Apple Expands App Store, Music, iCloud to New MarketsApple is expanding its services like App Store, Apple Podcast, iCloud, Apple Music to the additional markets in Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific.

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Ripple?s Partner Azimo Teams Up with Major Bank for Prompt Global Payments

One of Europe?s largest remittance services, Azimo, has inked a partnership with the biggest commercial bank in Thailand for faster payments based on RippleNet

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STASIS Wallet establishes a hub for EU licensed financial services to integrate with crypto

Malta-based STASIS, a technology provider and issuer of the most widely used Euro-backed stablecoin, EURS, today announced the launch of the STASIS Wallet equipped with SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) integration, to establish a frontend solution for licensed financial services in Europe.

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Blockchain security token startup Agora closes 7-figure funding from FinLab EOS VC

Frankfurt’s Agora Innovation, announced today a seven-digit pre-series A investment from FinLab EOS VC, a venture capital fund backed by Block. one, the publisher of the blockchain protocol EOSIO, and FinLab AG, one of the first and largest investors focused on financial services technologies and blockchain sector in Europe.

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Security token startup Agora closes 7-figure funding from FinLab EOS VC

Frankfurt’s Agora Innovation, announced today a seven-digit pre-series A investment from FinLab EOS VC, a venture capital fund backed by Block. one, the publisher of the blockchain protocol EOSIO, and FinLab AG, one of the first and largest investors focused on financial services technologies and blockchain sector in Europe.

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Coinbase transitions staking activity to Coinbase Custody International

Coinbase Custody - a fiduciary under New York State Banking Law and a wing of Coinbase - announced that it will now be offering its services to customers in Europe via Coinbase Custody International, The post Coinbase transitions staking activity to Coinbase Custody International appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Blockchain payment firm Coinify completes registration under EU 5th AML Directive

With the new EU 5th Anti-Money Laundering directive sweeping Europe and ousting many established crypto companies, blockchain payment firm Coinify today announced it has successfully been registered with the financial services authorities.

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Germany: Central Bank Urges Europe To Strengthen Banking System Over CBDC Route

Jan Weidmann, the President of the Bundesbank, holds some very unique thoughts on the topic of money, digitization, and the network effect of payment services. Speaking with Handelsblatt, he offers his perspective on opposing Libra, which is centered around a market-oriented approach rather than endorsing the launch of a state-backed competitor such as a digital euro, JanuaryRead MoreRead More.

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Boerse Stuttgart and SBI Partner to Expand Crypto Services in Europe and Asia

Germany’s second-largest stock exchange and a major financial services group in Japan have partnered to expand their crypto operations in Europe and Asia. Boerse Stuttgart recently launched its crypto trading platform while SBI has been expanding its crypto business operations for several years.

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Fidelity Launching Crypto Services in Europe, Citing ‘Significant Interest’

Fidelity Investments is expanding its crypto services to European clients after seeing increasing potential in this market. The expansion builds upon the company’s U. S. crypto business. “We’ve seen significant interest and engagement by the institutional community, which show no signs of slowing,” the company revealed.

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Fidelity Digital Assets launches in Europe

Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s most diversified financial services firms, today announced that it is establishing a new entity to serve European institutions investing in digital assets.

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Ripple Partner InstaReM Enables B2B Payments in China

Businesses in Singapore can now have faster payments for goods purchased and services availed in China, thanks to InstaReM. Singapore-headquartered InstaReM is a digital cross-border payments company with a presence in over 40 countries, across Asia-Pacific, North America, and Europe.

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BitPanda and GlobalWebIndex conduct survey to understand cryptocurrency holders in Europe

BitPanda and GlobalWebIndex conduct survey to understand cryptocurrency holders in Europe » CryptoNinjas BitPanda, an Austria-based bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange, currently holding an IEO to expand services beyond the EU, recently partnered with GlobalWebIndex to produce an in-depth survey on European cryptocurrency holders.

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Finnish-Based Crypto Broker Prasos Granted EU’s Payment Institution License (PIL)

Prasos, a Helsinki based company offering crypto brokerage and exchange services has finally been granted a Payment Institution License (PIL) to operate within the European Union, CoinDesk reports. Announcing the new developments, Prasos Limited indicated that it was only the third company dealing with cryptos to be awarded with the licence in Europe. The license […]

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MXC: Global Cryptocurrency Trading Exchange for Digital Assets?

MXC is a digital trading platform focusing on the exchange of blockchain assets created by Wall Street, Japan, and Europe senior quantitative trading team and senior practitioners of blockchain through decentralized self-organization.

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JP Morgan claims big institutions are hot for its (non-)cryptocurrency

Despite dividing opinions earlier this year with its “cryptocurrency” JPM Coin, American bank JP Morgan is rolling out its blockchain-based tech to more clients. JP Morgan says potential clients from the US, Europe, and Japan are interested in using its digital coin to speed up securities trading, Bloomberg reports.

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Coinbase reports issues with card purchases & processing, days after its debit card debut in Europe

Digital currency exchange Coinbase recently announced its Visa debit card services for several countries in Europe, enabling many of its European users to spend cryptos like Bitcoin [BTC], Ethereum [ETH], and Litecoin [LTC] at any merchant shop accepting Visa.

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Facebook Exec Confirms New GlobalCoin Stablecoin Will Be Linked To A Variety Of Currencies

Facebook Exec Confirms New Stablecoin Will Be Linked To Multiple Currencies The details surrounding the upcoming GlobalCoin from Facebook have been minimal. However, when the head of financial services and payment partnerships for Northern Europe, Laura McCracken, spoke with a German business magazine this week, she said that the stablecoin would not be pegged to […]

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OKCoin Expands Cryptocurrency Services to Europe; Opens Office in Malta

In a Medium post published June 4, 2019, U. S. -based cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin announced its plans to expand its business to Europe. OKCoin Enters the European Crypto Space As part of its vision to make digital assets accessible to everyone across the globe, exchange platform OKCoin recently announced its expansion to Europe.

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Crypto Exchange OKCoin Expands Trading Services to Europe

Cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin has launched in the EU, opening up euro pairs to traders for the first time.

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Dutch Authorities Shut Down Bestmixer

The Dutch Financial Intelligence and Investigation Service (FIOD) has shut down cryptomixing site Bestmixer. io. According to local media, Dutch authorities moved to shut down the site on May 22, 2019, as part of a joint operation with police agencies from several European nations, including France, Latvia and Luxembourg.

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The Roadblocks to European Fintech Expansion

“The US market is vast. There are a lot of consumers in the US that use outdated technologies, and from that perspective we see huge potential here [in the US],” announced Nicolas Kopp, US CEO of N26, during a panel at Netguru’s Disruption Forum.

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Crypto exchange Bibox launching Bibox EU to expand services

CryptoNinjas Bibox, a bitcoin and crypto asset exchange company, will soon be launching Bibox Europe to allow easier access to digital assets by supporting fiat currency to crypto brokerage services.

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Control as Liability

The regulatory and legal environment around internet-based services and applications has changed considerably over the last decade. When large-scale social networking platforms first became popular in the 2000s, the general attitude toward mass data collection was essentially “why not?”.

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Debunking Bitcoin Myths: "It’s Only for Criminals"

A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against BitcoinBitcoin’s core value proposition is that it is an uncontrolled, apolitical money.

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French Bank Societe Generale Issues $122 Million Covered Bond on Ethereum Network

Societe Generale SFH, a subsidiary of one of Europe’s largest financial services groups, Societe Generale Group, on April 23, 2019, announced that it had issued the first covered bond as a security token on the public Ethereum blockchain.

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Ripple Could Expand in Europe After Meeting With Minister From Luxembourg

Ripple, one of the largest companies in the cryptocurrency market, could be expanding in the European market through Luxembourg. Luxembourg’s Minister of Finance, Pierre Gramegna, hinted that the country will soon be exposed to Ripple’s services.

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Europe is rescuing emergency service calls from outdated technology

The Brussels-based NGO, European Emergency Number Association (EENA), has launched Next Generation 112 (NG112), a new pan-European technical architecture to enable emergency calls through new technologies like VoIP and video calls from smartphones, 5G devices, and home speakers.

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Cryptocurrency adoption on the rise in Slovenia and Croatia; Bitcoin City expands periphery

The adoption of virtual currency has been riding high in Eastern and Central Europe with Croatia and Slovenia seeing waves of use-cases. Several retail stores are integrating crypto-centric payments applications within their services, and offering a variety of support coins.

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Bitcoin.de to offer crypto-to-crypto trading with ETH, XLM, LTC, and more

CryptoNinjas Bitcoin. de, the licensed Bitcoin marketplace in Germany and Europe’s largest Bitcoin marketplace with more than 775,000 customers, has announced today that it is expanding the services for “crypto-to-crypto trading” for users.

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New Crypto-Friendly Banking and Payment Services Launch in the UK and Russia

Two companies from different parts of Europe have recently announced new products that cater to the financial needs of businesses in the crypto industry. The services range from opening bank accounts to providing payment processing solutions.

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Zebpay Integrates Bitcoin Lightning Payments on Its Mobile App

Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Zebpay now supports Lightning payments. The exchange announced the news via a blog post, where it claims to be the "first major exchange" to enable Lightning payments for its users.

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AZBIT ICO

Azbit will provide traditional financial services for crypto projects and private users, as well as access to investment products. We will offer: For blockchain businesses and private individuals: traditional fiat banking and financial services, as well as brokerage services providing access to trading on traditional stock and currency markets.

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