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EU Steps Up Action To Strengthen EU Defence Capabilities
EU Parliament’s Smart Contract Plans Limit Standard-Setting Promise, EU Commissioner Says
Controversial lawmaker proposals on data use may no longer meet original objectives, Thierry Breton told reporters.
EU Steps Up Action To Strengthen EU Defence Capabilities

The Berlaymont, Headquarter Of The EU Commission
EU Metaverse Policy Should Consider Discrimination, Safety, Data Controls: Commission Official
The European Commission plans to set out policy on virtual worlds in May.
The Berlaymont, Headquarter Of The EU Commission

European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness discussed crypto at the World Economic Form's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
EU Plans Digital Euro Bill, Metaverse Policy for May, Commission Says
The bill is set to underpin a putative new central bank digital currency, financial-services commissioner Mairead McGuinness said
European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness discussed crypto at the World Economic Form's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

CDCROP: Digital Euro money symbol (Getty Images)
European Finance Ministers Take Stock of Digital Euro Progress
Eurogroup, the body comprised of European finance ministers, said the introduction of a digital euro requires political decisions that should be discussed and taken at the political level.
CDCROP: Digital Euro money symbol (Getty Images)

EU Commission Proposes The Rollout Of Instant Payments
EU’s McGuinness Urges Speedier Vote on Long-Delayed Crypto Laws
A final vote on MiCA and anti-money-laundering rules has been repeatedly pushed back, even though a deal was struck in June
EU Commission Proposes The Rollout Of Instant Payments

CDCROP: European Union Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni Silveri talks to media in the berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarters on November 11, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
EU to Make Crypto Companies Report Tax Details to Authorities
New OECD-inspired tax evasion plans take a step further than the MiCA but haven’t settled how to deal with foreign providers
CDCROP: European Union Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni Silveri talks to media in the berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarters on November 11, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

CDCrop Mairead McGuinness MI2022 (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
Setting a Standard for Global Regulation of Crypto
The European Commission finally passed the EU’s landmark Markets in Crypto Assets framework with buy-in from 27 member states. For pushing MiCA deftly through a complex legislative process, Commissioner Mairead McGuinness is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.
CDCrop Mairead McGuinness MI2022 (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

CDCROP: European Parliament Committee discusses FTX collapse. (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)
EU’s MiCA Crypto Law Would Have Stopped FTX's Malpractice, Officials Say
Some lawmakers worry if the crypto regulations that have been agreed to in principle are tough enough to stem wider structural problems in the industry.
CDCROP: European Parliament Committee discusses FTX collapse. (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

CDCROP: European Parliament building in Brussels (Getty Images)
New NFT Rules Possible if Lawmakers Ask, EU Official Says
The treatment of non-fungible tokens wasn’t fully resolved by Brussels’ landmark Markets in Crypto Assets regulation.
CDCROP: European Parliament building in Brussels (Getty Images)

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DeFi’s ‘Severe Threat’ Needs New Kind of Regulation, EU Commission Told
The EU executive is seeking academic input as it turns its attention to decentralized finance based on software protocols
CDCROP: Series of images of the EU flag flying in the wind, backlight and blue sky (Getty Images)