EU


Policy

EU Agrees on Law to Curb Online Ads, Strip Illegal Content

The Digital Services Act, targeting big tech firms like Apple and Meta, is viewed as a “constitution for the internet.”

The European Commission's Margrethe Vestager (Alexandros Michailidis/Straight Out Of The Camera/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Policy

Crypto Taxes Fall Under EU Lawmakers' Gaze

Some worry sharing information about foreign crypto holdings is unjustified snooping – but lawmakers also reckon blockchain technology could aid tax collection.

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Policy

Sweden, EU Discussed Bitcoin Proof-of-Work Ban: Report

Documents released by a German site suggest concern about the environmental impact of the crypto mining method.

European Union flags at Berlaymont building of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium (Santiago Urquijo/Getty)

Finance

Germany's Commerzbank Applies for Local Crypto License

If the license application is accepted, the bank would be authorized to offer exchange and crypto-asset services.

Commerzbank branch (Cineberg/Shutterstock)

Videos

Crypto Industry Reacts to EU Regulatory Control

Joshua Ellul, director of the Centre for Distributed Ledger Technology, shares insights into the current state of crypto regulation in the European Union as anti-privacy legislation is put forward in the European Parliament.

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Policy

EU Crypto Firms Protest ‘Alarming’ Anti-Money Laundering Laws

The companies are joining forces to try to limit the impact of new proposals to identify crypto users and regulate stablecoins.

The European Parliament (Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images)

Policy

France's Crypto Industry Fights Institutional Caution

A Web 3 summit in Paris has vaunted the country’s strengths and talent pool, but crypto advocates must battle for acceptance from skeptical financiers.

The French financial market regulator in Paris (Jack Schickler)

Policy

EU’s Crypto Activism Gets Mixed Reception at Paris Blockchain Week

New EU money laundering rules could be unworkable and destructive to the industry, some think. Others say crypto companies must learn to live with privacy-busting regulation.

The former stock exchange in Paris, site of the Paris Blockchain Week Summit. (Marc Piasecki/GC Images/Getty Images)

Policy

Russians’ EU Crypto Investments Capped at 10K Euros

Measures set out by the EU aim to stop oligarchs circumventing financial sanctions on conventional bank accounts.

Russian banknotes. (Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images)

Policy

EU Bans Providing High-Value Crypto Services to Russia

The move follows warnings that crypto is being used to circumvent sanctions imposed in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Moscow (Sergey Alimov/Getty Images)