Europe


Policy

Hungarian Central Bank Sees No Imminent Need for e-Forint

The EU member is still trying out options for a central bank digital currency that could help the unbanked.

Hungary is exploring a digital forint (tomfield/Pixabay)

Policy

Estonia’s Registered Crypto Firms Drop 80% as Tough New Checks Reveal 'Suspicious' Behavior

Regulators in the tech-friendly nation say they’ll now return to business-as-usual monitoring after money laundering fears led it to take a tough line.

Matis Mäeker has said the new law will professionalize the crypto sector. (Estonian FIU)

Policy

Liechtenstein Plans to Accept Bitcoin for Payments to State, Prime Minister Says: Report

Under the plans, any crypto received will immediately be exchanged for Swiss francs, Prime Minister Daniel Risch told German news publication Handelsblatt.

Liechtenstein Prime Minister Daniel Risch. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Finance

Galaxy Digital to Develop European-Listed ETPs With Asset Manager DWS

The product will give investors in Europe access to digital assets through traditional brokerage accounts.

Luna's retail investors lacked a risk management methodology, Mike Novogratz said. (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Landmark Crypto Laws Pass in Europe

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 20, 2023.

(Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)

Finance

Stablecoins Gain Traction as Inflationary Shield in Latin America With Growth in Europe

Despite the bear market and the latest banking turbulence, users in Latin America and Europe continue to embrace stablecoins, but in a very different way.

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Videos

Americans Are Buying Bitcoin 'With Both Hands,' Analyst Says

Matrixport head of research and strategy Markus Thielen said in a note to clients that since the dip on March 10, "Americans are buying bitcoins with both hands." Of late, the news flow has been dominated by banking sector issues in the U.S. and the resulting repricing of interest rate expectations lower. That explains bitcoin's positive performance during U.S. trading hours. Thielen also weighs in on crypto sentiment in Europe and the upcoming interest rate decision in the U.S.

Recent Videos

Finance

European Crypto Startups Raised Record $5.7B in VC Funding in 2022

A new report from crypto VC firm RockawayX and startup data provider DealRoom showed strength in the region despite the crypto winter.

European crypto firms raised a record amount of venture-capital funding in 2022. (RockawayX)

Finance

Trading Platform Talos Adds Crypto Market Liquidity in Tie-Up With Keyrock

The agreement with the Belgian market maker is part of Talos' expansion into Europe.

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