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EU cryptocurrency regulations have yet to be unified, but individual institutions like the European Central Bank and the central banks of separate governments have made different statements about the legal status of cryptocurrencies. The European Central Bank’s official position on cryptocurrency is a recommendation not to use them until the establishment of specific cryptocurrency laws for the EU. Cryptocurrencies are a subject of the EU’s anti-money laundering laws, so the EU cryptocurrency exchanges are obliged to identify users and track suspicious transactions. Certain countries in the European Union have their own cryptocurrency regulations. For example, Germany defines a cryptocurrency as a private currency/non-governmental currency. Also, the EU does not provide strict regulations on ICOs and different states have their own ways of handling them.
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U.K. Finance Minister Philip Hammond said that regulators, not lawmakers, should make decisions regarding Facebook’s Libra stablecoin.
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Central Bank of Germany representative Burkhard Balz says that cryptocurrencies do not pose a threat to financial stability.
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Spanish law enforcement pointed out that Bitcoin ATMs show a gap in European Union’s anti-money laundering regulation.
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Philip Green triggered the wrath of crypto proponents online as the ECB says it has no plans to add bitcoin to its reserves.
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Italy, Sweden and the Czech Republic to preside over the European Blockchain Partnership promoted by European Commission.
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The finance minister of Cyprus, Harris Georgiades, said that the country’s blockchain regulation draft will be ready this year.
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Cointelegraph traveled to Malta for the second time to see the changes on the Blockchain Island.
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London-based crypto asset management firm Prime Factor Capital has obtained a license from the FCA to operate as a full-scope Alternative Investment Fund Manage...
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Dutch ministers have called on the government to introduce new regulations on money laundering that would include cryptocurrency-related stipulations.
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European Union banks may have an instantaneous payments system in place by 2020.
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The Baltic nation’s finance ministry will prepare new rules in line with EU directives on anti-money laundering.
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