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17.07 / 17:27

Stablecoin Adoption Conference Europe European Union Circle Euro regulatory Euro stablecoin market set to take off, thanks to real-world uses, regulatory clarity — Circle exec

The future is bright for euro-denominated stablecoins, according to Patrick Hansen, European Union strategy and policy director at Circle. The United States dollar may preserve its first-mover advantage, but euro stablecoins will see increasing real-world use cases emerge to lift them above their current meager market share, Hansen said at EthCC in Paris.

14.07 / 14:27

Law Adoption regulation Europe privacy Central Bank United Kingdom’s digital pound meets public backlash — Why?

British society is both civil and democratic, so it wasn’t unexpected that the government of the United Kingdom would “consult” the public before signing off on a digital version of the British pound. The response it received may have been surprising, though.

14.07 / 12:29

Europe economics Bank of England UK Bank of America BofA: Europe to dodge recession as UK fate looks glum

“If you want to worry about wages, worry about the UK,” the bank said.

14.07 / 12:21

Art NFT Europe Non-fungible tokens UK Fractionalized NFT Project Particle Sends Banksy Artwork on Loan to Global Museums

Digital art platform Particle will loan its fractionalized Banksy painting to major museums across the world.

13.07 / 17:57

Binance ETF Europe Gaming BitMEX DApp BTC ETF Today in Crypto: BNB Beacon Chain Upgrade Will Allow It to Halt New Block Production, Europe's First BTC ETF Set to Launch Next Month, Digital Yuan to be Used Offline, BitMEX Traders Can Form Guilds

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13.07 / 14:49

BTC ETF Europe BTC ETF Spot BTC ETF Europe’s First Spot BTC ETF Is Set For Its Debut in 2023: Here’s What You Should Know

Europe is set to welcome its first spot Bitcoin (BTC) Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) after a twelve-month delay.

13.07 / 13:27

Europe FTX Lawyers recovery FTX Bankruptcy Case: Lawyers Seek $323.5 Million Recovery from FTX Europe Leadership

FTX lawyers have filed a court motion seeking the recovery of $323.5 million from the leadership of FTX Europe, which includes Patrick Gruhn, Robin Matzke, Brandon Williams, and Lorem Ipsum UG.

13.07 / 11:33

ETF regulation Europe Bitcoin Regulation Bitcoin spot bitcoin Europe’s first spot Bitcoin ETF eyes 2023 debut after year-long delay

Europe’s first spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) is set to debut later this year after a long delay. The Bitcoin ETF by Jacobi Asset Management — a London-based multi-asset investment platform — was set to debut on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange in July 2022.

13.07 / 07:49

Europe HSBC BlackRock Morningstar funds fixed income equity funds Morningstar: Equity funds suffer largest monthly net outflow since September 2022

Of the top ten fund groups by assets, only BlackRock, Aviva, and HSBC saw inflows.

12.07 / 14:11

cryptocurrency SEC Europe Gaming European Union EU ‘Understands the Benefits of Having One Crypto Market’, Says Blocktrade CEO Christian Niedermüller

The EU's comprehensive work on regulating the industry will provide numerous benefits to crypto companies and their customers, argued Christian Niedermüller, CEO of the fully regulated crypto platform Blocktrade, in an interview with Cryptonews.

12.07 / 03:01

Adoption regulation Europe European Union virtual reality Metaverse augmented reality ‘Extended reality’ to create 860K jobs by 2025: EU Commission

The European Commission has tipped “extended reality” — technology that enables people to interact with virtual worlds — will create as many as 860,000 jobs in Europe by 2025.

11.07 / 14:43

Europe ETFs european equity Time European equity ETF AUM surpasses €1trn for first time

Overall, AUM for the entire European ETF industry increased to €1.4trn throughout June

10.07 / 14:45

Adoption Europe European Union Asia Regulation, User Trust, and Tech Constraints Stand in the Way of Mass Crypto (Banking) Adoption, Says Brighty’s CTO Nikolay Denisenko

In an interview with Cryptonews, Nikolay Denisenko, the co-founder and CTO of mobile digital finance Brighty app and former Lead Backend Engineer at neobank Revolut, spoke of the major challenges crypto companies face when moving into neobanking.

10.07 / 07:39

Europe Asia US hedge funds ESG surges Focus on DEI and climate change policy surges among alternative fund managers

The report found that 81% of private debt firms examined are analysing their own carbon emissions.

10.07 / 04:57

Stablecoin Adoption regulation Europe Tether European Union Usd Coin Lawyers MiCA's stablecoin transaction cap stifles crypto adoption, say lawyers

Stablecoin use could be "stifled" by daily transaction caps in the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) legislation, with some calling for the framework to be revised.

07.07 / 13:23

Adoption Europe Bitcoin Payments Bitcoin Industry Bitcoin Community Bitcoin Smuggling NOT ‘No, we’re not smuggling people’ - Bitcoin advocate tours Europe in BTC-styled van

From thumbs-ups from friendly strangers to midnight police searches, a Bitcoin-themed van continues a whirlwind tour around Europe.

07.07 / 12:51

defi regulation Europe European Union Bitcoin Regulation MICA European trade body warns against the exclusion of DeFi from MiCA

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (ASME), an industry advocacy group that represents wholesale market participants in Europe, called for the inclusion of the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector within the recently passed markets in crypto assets (MiCA) regulations.

05.07 / 17:51

Blockchain regulation Europe European Union European Commission EU blockchain sandbox unveils first 20 use cases after wave of applications

The first batch of blockchain use cases to debut in Europe's regulatory sandbox was formally introduced on July 3, following a long wait and nearly 90 applications received in April. First disclosed in 2020, the initiative aims to bridge the regulatory gap between European nations and crypto companies.

05.07 / 14:33

Europe UK US ESG equity Calastone: Investors pull £662m from equities in June

'Fixed income funds and their money market cousins have not looked so attractive since before the global financial crisis.'

04.07 / 13:23

CBDC Adoption Europe JPMorgan European Union banking Crypto Will Benefit from Bank-Issued Stablecoins, aka Deposit Tokens, Says DAAA’s Bernard Blaha

In an interview with Cryptonews, Bernhard Blaha, co-founder of the Austrian Digital Asset Association (DAAA) and CEO of decentrally governed organization (DGO) The People's SCE, discussed the new type of digital coin: deposit tokens.

03.07 / 20:11

CBDC regulation SEC Europe coinbase European Union EU finalizes Data Act with a kill switch for smart contracts: Law Decoded, June 27–July 3

European Union (EU) lawmakers have agreed to move ahead with the controversial European Data Act, which has previously drawn criticism from the crypto community. The act, aimed at encouraging greater use of data resources to train algorithms, would update the EU’s rules on smart contracts to include a kill switch option that would allow them to be safely terminated. Obviously, this contradicts the fundamental idea of trust in smart contracts.

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