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BitGo Expands Crypto-as-a-Service Across Europe Under MiCAR Framework
BitGo Europe GmbH launched Crypto-as-a-Service across all 30 EEA countries on March 3, offering banks and fintechs a MiCAR-licensed route to...
Quantoz Joins Visa as Principal Member to Power Stablecoin-Linked Debit Cards in Europe
Dutch payments firm Quantoz Payments has become a Visa principal member, allowing it to issue virtual debit cards backed by regulated e-mone...
Bundesbank Chief Backs Digital Euro and Stablecoins to Boost Payment Independence
As US stablecoin rules advance, Germany’s central bank head backs euro-based digital alternatives to protect monetary sovereignty. ...
EU Moves to Ban All Crypto Transactions With Russia in New Sanctions Push
The European Union is preparing its 20th sanctions package against Russia, including a proposed ban on all cryptocurrency transactions with ...
Lagarde Hands Digital Euro Next Steps to EU Lawmakers
ECB President Christine Lagarde said the central bank has completed its technical work on the digital euro, calling on European political in...
Ten Major EU Banks Unite to Launch Euro Stablecoin by Late 2026
A consortium of ten major European banks plans to launch a new MiCA-compliant EU-pegged stablecoin in 2026 through a new Amsterdam-based ent...
Securitize Secures EU DLT Authorisation, Cementing Cross-Atlantic Lead in Regulated Tokenisation
Securitize has secured EU approval to operate a regulated trading and settlement system, making it the only firm with licensed tokenised sec...
ECB Warns Stablecoin Run Could Ignite ‘Fire Sale’ Shock in US Treasury Markets
Stablecoins like USDT and USDC are considered risky, with the ECB warning that runs could disrupt US Treasury markets while eurozone exposur...
“Luxembourg HODLs”: EU Finance Hub Invests 1% of Sovereign Wealth Fund in Bitcoin
Major European financial centre, Luxembourg, has allocated 1% of the funds held in the nation’s Intergenerational Sovereign Wealth Fund (F...
EU Eyes Centralised Oversight of Stock and Crypto Exchanges to Rival US Markets
The European Commission is developing a plan to place stock and cryptocurrency exchanges under the direct oversight of the European Securiti...
Amundi Eyes Bitcoin ETN Launch, Signaling Major Shift in European Institutional Adoption
Europe’s largest asset manager, Amundi, is preparing to introduce Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs), a significant development in the r...
EU Urged to Back Euro Stablecoins to Challenge Dollar Dominance
Pierre Gramegna, managing director of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), has urged the European Union to strengthen support for euro-de...