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Major Crypto Firms Need Extra Rules, Global Cooperation, ECB’s McCaul Says

The central banker said firms like Binance should be forced to disclose legal status and lines of accountability, with extra rules on top of the European Union's upcoming MiCA crypto regulation.

The European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. (Hans-Peter Merten/Getty Images)

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EU Crypto Banking License Procedures Are Too Inconsistent, ECB Says

Most requests for licenses have come from banks in Germany.

The ECB is getting a lot of requests for crypto licenses from fintech banks. (Hans-Peter Merten/Getty Images)

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Online Transactions, Peer-to-Peer Payments Should Be Priorities With Digital Euro, ECB Says

Transfers in stores and to governments could take longer to develop, but basic personal use should be free, the European Central Bank said.

El BCE está analizando la emisión del euro digital. (Holger Leue/Getty Images)

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EU Banks Told by Regulator to Apply Bitcoin Caps Even Before They Become Law

The European Central Bank, which supervises big euro area lenders, said crypto should be treated as a risky asset.

European Central Bank (Raimund Linke/Getty Images)

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UK to Start Further Development Work on ‘Likely Needed’ Digital Pound

The Bank of England and the Treasury are inviting the public to weigh in on plans for a digital euro that can be used for payments and purchases.

The Bank of England is moving ahead with research into a possible digital pound. ( Kai Pilger/Unsplash)

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Digital Euro Will Never Be Programmable, ECB’s Panetta Says

Some observers have touted restrictions on how people can spend their money as an advantage of a central bank digital currency.

Fabio Panetta (Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Private Banks to Manage Future Digital Euro Wallets, Transactions

The European Central Bank's new progress report on a central bank digital currency outlines the role of financial intermediaries.

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ECB Official Says Energy-Intensive Crypto Should Be Banned

Fabio Panetta also said that investors have been caught in a "bubble."

Fabio Panetta talks to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Is on 'Road to Irrelevance’: European Central Bank Staffers

Ulrich Bindseil, director general market infrastructure and payments at the European Central Bank (ECB), along with Adviser Jürgen Schaff, called the current price action in the crypto markets "an artificially induced last gasp before the road to irrelevance," among other jabs at the industry. "The Hash" team discusses what this means for crypto in Europe and beyond.

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Bitcoin's Last Stand: ECB Staffers Say the Crypto Is on 'Road to Irrelevance'

Crypto regulation can be misunderstood as approval, the officials at the European Central Bank said.

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