European Union News

The European Commission is offering grants to blockchain developers for solutions that adapt technologies from civil to defense applications.

The World Federation of Exchanges has called for clarity around crypto terminology and its related implications for regulation.

Major European financial institutions have jointly launched a blockchain-based platform for the investment fund industry.

French regulators are considering a regulatory sandbox meant to study the impact of security tokens in the European Union.

Measures by the French government to help stymy the spread of the coronavirus have led organizers of the Paris Blockchain Week Summit to reschedule.

By proposing the united regulatory framework for blockchain and crypto spaces, Europe would have a chance to surpass its main competitors: China and the U.S.

The EU’s financial regulator released a lengthy 2020 report, which includes the dangers of big tech companies entering finance.

The United Kingdom’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, is looking to hire a specialist with a cryptocurrency background.

Six major central banks will reportedly meet in April to discuss central bank digital currency development.

Finnish P2P exchange LocalBitcoins is allegedly quietly suspending user accounts, citing an “enhanced due diligence process.”

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.