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The French stock market regulator, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), approved France’s Société Générale bank as a digital assets service provider (DASP) on Sept. 27. Société Générale joined international operators such as Voyager, Bitpanda, Binance and Etoro as registered DASPs. The bank did not announce its approval. 

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The war in Ukraine, and the resulting rise in the cost of living, has plunged millions more children into poverty in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in recent months, warns a study by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) published on Monday.

Despite the turbulence that broke out in the crypto market this summer, there is an important long-term marker that should be considered in any complex assessment — the combination of adoption and regulation. The latest report by EUBlockchain Observatory, named “EU Blockchain Ecosystem Developments,” tries to measure this combination within the European Union, combining the data on each and every member country from Portugal to Slovakia. 

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday called for reforms of the European Union to make it fit for the admission of new countries as well as more military autonomy of the 27-country pact.

XRP price is in an enviably bullish position after Thursday's stomach-churning price action across the crypto complex.

Fifteen European countries on Thursday announced that they would jointly procure air defence systems to protect the continent under a newly-created European Sky Shield Initiative. 

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Emmanuel Macron has urged Vladimir Putin to "come back to the table" and promised to deliver air defence systems to Ukraine, in the midst of a massive new Russian bombing campaign.

Major cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com will establish its European regional headquarters in the capital city of France, Paris. 

Tom Zschach, chief innovation officer at Swift says that the success showed that the blockchain networks could be interlinked for cross-border payments through a single gateway, and that Swift’s new transaction management capabilities could orchestrate all inter-network communication.“For CBDCs, our solution will enable central banks to connect their own networks simply and directly to all the other payments systems in the world through a single gateway, ensuring the instant and smooth flow of cross-border payments," he says.14 central and commercial banks, including Banque de France, the Deutsche Bundesbank, HSBC, Intesa Sanpaolo, NatWest, SMBC, Standard Chartered, UBS and Wells Fargo, are now collaborating in a testing environment to accelerate the path to full scale deployment.As reported by Finextra yesterday, a seperate Swift-led pilot has also successfully implemented a common framework linking tokenisation systems between CSD’s and global custodians. Working in collaboration with Citi, Clearstream, Northern Trust, and technology partner SETL, Swift explored 70 scenarios simulating market issuance and secondary market transfers of tokenised bonds, equities and cash.

The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn Russia’s “attempted illegal annexation” of four Ukrainian regions and demand its immediate reversal.

According to a recent tweet, Ripple has made significant strides in both France and Sweden. Ripple made history in France by forming a partnership with Lemonway, a payment provider for online marketplaces, and in Sweden by forming a partnership with Xbaht, a money transfer provider.

Russia's security services (FSB) said on Wednesday that they had arrested eight people suspected of involvement in the organisation of Saturday's bomb attack on the bridge linking Crimea to Russia.

Ripple Labs, a leading cryptocurrency payments company, has forged new partnerships in France and Sweden even as countries across Europe are tightening crypto-related regulations.

A month on from Sweden's general election on 11 September and everything looks like business as usual in the Nordic nation. 

The Portuguese government submitted a report for 2023’s national budget to the country’s parliament. Within this report lies a proposal to subject crypto gains to the country’s capital gains tax laws. 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin says the missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities on Monday were Moscow's response to Saturday's attack on the Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia and Crimea.

At half past six the alarm clock goes off, they pick up their sleeping bags, put on their trainers and before setting off someone remarks: "Don't forget to take your blood pressure pills!" 

Two explosions rocked Kyiv early Monday following months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital.