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Bitcoin News Roundup for Dec. 10, 2020

With the price of bitcoin looking weak and a major crackdown on crypto anonymity in France, CoinDesk's Market's Daily is back with another crypto news roundup.

December 10, 2020

With the price of bitcoin looking weak and a major crackdown on crypto anonymity in France, CoinDesk's Market's Daily is back with another crypto news roundup.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch LVL.co.

Stories:

The ECB's decision to expand an emergency bond-buying program by €500B may represent the latest installment of years-long balance-sheet increase.

The French finance ministry is imposing sweeping KYC rules on all VASPs in the country.

"Bruno Brock" is alleged to have avoided tax on sales of the pearl cryptocurrency as well as minting free tokens for himself.

U.K.-based SpaceChain beat 13 other national applicants to secure the funding.