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Crypto Prices Are Fanned by Flawed Economics and Conspiracy Theories; CBDCs Are Immune: Bank of Finland Governor

While making a case for digital euro, Bank of Finland Governor Olli Rehn said central bank digital currencies won't be subject to the price volatility of private cryptos.

Olli Rehn, governor of the Bank of Finland (Horacio Villalobos/Getty Images)

Відео

JPMorgan: Coinbase Would Benefit From ETH Merge; EU Lawmakers Seek to Cap Banks’ Bitcoin Holdings

Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) is positioned to benefit from the Ethereum Merge as clients get value from staking ether (ETH), JPMorgan analyst Kenneth Worthington said. European Union banks exposed to crypto would face caps and hefty capital requirements under proposed amendments to a financial-services law published Wednesday.

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Політика

EU Lawmakers Seek to Cap Banks’ Bitcoin Holdings

Lawmakers of the European Green Party want to anticipate international standards by legislating hefty capital requirements for lenders now.

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Політика

Bye-bye Brokers: EU Tries Stock Trading, the Web3 Way

A new European trial of blockchain-based securities trading is a “very good thing” for crypto fans, CoinDesk was told – but some worry it’s overcautious and rigid.

Distributed ledger technology could offer more direct access to financial markets, according to EU lawmakers hoping to trial this theory in the coming months. (Alistair Berg/Getty Images)

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NFT Collections Will Be Regulated Like Cryptocurrencies Under EU’s MiCA Law, Official Says

A carve-out for ownership tokens may prove narrow, meaning issuers have to publish white papers.

NFT regulation was discussed at Korea Blockchain Week in Seoul. (Cheyenne Ligon)

Політика

Almost 7% of People in Spain Have Invested in Crypto, Regulator Says

The country's securities-market authority, CNMV, said it's worried about poor appreciation of the risks even after it mandated new crypto ad warnings earlier this year.

Una encuesta mostró que casi 7% de los españoles invirtió en cripto. (Kutay Tanir/Getty Images)

Політика

French Lawmaker Calls for Crypto Committee as Legal Questions Loom

A new Senate grouping is needed to educate lawmakers about the risk of crime using virtual assets, the Centrist Union’s Nathalie Goulet told CoinDesk.

The Senate building in Paris. (Nico De Pasquale Photography/Getty Images)

Політика

Digital Euro Needs Curbs to Halt Lending Crunch, ECB Study Finds

The economic evidence appears to support calls to cap how much central bank digital currency people can hold, to stop them fleeing banks all together, the study suggests.

En un principio, el euro digital se utilizará solo para pagos personales. (Koron/Getty Images)

Політика

EU Banking Regulator Worries It Can’t Find the Staff to Regulate Crypto: Report

José Manuel Campa, chair of the European Banking Authority, told the Financial Times he is worried the agency does not yet have the capacity to supervise digital assets.

El regulador bancario de la Unión Europea está preocupado por cómo hará cumplir las reglas cripto. (Sara Kurfeß/Unsplash)

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Why the EU’s Rushed ‘Travel Rule’ for Crypto Should Be Struck Down

A crypto reporting provision imported from the U.S. likely violates European privacy laws.

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