European Union News

Deribit, a crypto futures and options exchange moving from the Netherlands to Panama to avoid new E.U. regulations, has clarified its new AML policy.

Six major central banks and the Bank for International Settlements jointly created a digital currency research group.

Two more European cryptocurrency firms shut down because of the upcoming EU Anti-Money Laundering rules.

Swedish financial regulators have given Swiss crypto firm Amun approval to offer its exchange-traded products to investors in Sweden and the EU.

The benefits associated with stablecoins pale in comparison to their risks and challenges, according to a new statement from EU authorities.

Bitcoin lacks the characteristics of a currency and is purely speculative, according to the European Central Bank’s former president Jean-Claude Trichet.

A draft document issued by the European Union suggests that the organization should consider issuing its own digital currency.

Five European Union member countries are purportedly creating a unified front against the issuance of Facebook’s proposed Libra stablecoin.

British Financial Conduct Authority granted a license under the European Benchmarks Regulation to CME Group’s Bitcoin index provider CF Benchmarks.

Financial services firm Standard Chartered completed its first joint blockchain-based supply chain financing transaction in cooperation with Linklogis.

About 71% of German citizens are skeptical towards Facebook’s Libra stablecoin, while only 12% welcome it.

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Dutch ministers have called on the government to introduce new regulations on money laundering that would include cryptocurrency-related stipulations.

European Union banks may have an instantaneous payments system in place by 2020.

The German private banking association foresees that the need for new regulation may arise from the emergence of DLT-based securities.