Europe News
From Coffees to Clothes: 70% of EU Crypto Payments Fuel Retail and Dining, Oobit Report Reveals
According to the cryptocurrency payments platform Oobit, 70% of crypto payments in the European Union are used for retail, food and beverage...
Bitcoin Dip to US$75K Possible After EU Returns Fire On Tariffs
Trump’s trade tariffs continue to cause market mayhem in both traditional and crypto markets and analysts warn the chaos is likely to cont...
ECB Chief Lagarde Rejects Bitcoin for Eurozone Reserves Amid Regulatory Concerns
The European Union won’t be joining the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve movement anytime soon, at least not according to ECB President Christine...
Ripple Shares First RLUSD Audit as Crypto.com Axes USDT in Europe Over MiCA Concerns
The second largest global crypto exchange after Binance, Crypto.com, will delist Tether USDT and nine other assets for customers in the Euro...
OKX and Crypto.com Secure EU Licenses, Expand Global Custody Services
OKX and Crypto.com have obtained regulatory licenses under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), enabling them ...
Standard Chartered Opens Luxembourg Hub for EU Digital Asset Services
British multinational bank Standard Chartered is expanding its venture into crypto with the establishment of a “regulatory entry point to ...
Czech National Bank Considers Adding Bitcoin to Reserves: Which Other Countries Might Follow?
The plot thickens. There’s another potential entrant in the race to establish a Bitcoin reserve. Speaking on CNN Prima News, Czech Nationa...
EU MP Advocates for Bitcoin Reserve, Ex-German Finance Minister Criticises Country’s Crypto Policies
French lawmaker Sarah Knafo proposed that the European Union create a Bitcoin strategic reserve to follow the steps of US President-elect Do...
Czech Republic to Exempt Long-Term Bitcoin Holdings from Capital Gains Tax Starting 2025
The Czech Republic has introduced a new tax exemption law stating that crypto transactions can be excluded from personal taxation as long as...
Chainlink Flies on Collaboration With Europe’s First Tokenised Securities Trading System
With XRP rallying like there’s no tomorrow you’d be forgiven to have missed it, but the biggest gainer among top crypto dogs is Chainlin...
Coinbase Terminates USDC Yield Program for Users in the European Economic Area Citing New EU Regulations
The top US-based crypto exchange by trading volume is ending its USDC Rewards program for European users. According to a screenshot shared b...
XRP Rallies as Societe Generale Pumps Up Ledger with MiCA-Compliant Stablecoin
XRP has rallied as much as 40% over the past few days, reaching a 2024 high trading close to US$0.84 (AU$1.30) in the early hours of Friday ...