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ECB's digital euro project moves to next phase. (MichaelM/Pixabay)
Digital Euro Project Moves to 'Preparation' Phase
The move is not a decision to issue a central bank digital currency, the European Central Bank said Wednesday.
ECB's digital euro project moves to next phase. (MichaelM/Pixabay)

L-R: Bank of America's Christopher Wallace, Teunis Brosens of ING, the European Commission's Ivan Keller, the Bank of England's Sasha Mills and Marina Reason of Herbert Smith Freehills (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)
DLT Securities Rules Are Here to Stay, EU Official Says
New European laws took effect in April, but fears over its limited scale may have inhibited take-up.
L-R: Bank of America's Christopher Wallace, Teunis Brosens of ING, the European Commission's Ivan Keller, the Bank of England's Sasha Mills and Marina Reason of Herbert Smith Freehills (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

The EU flag (Christian Lue/Unsplash)
EU Formally Agrees on New Crypto Tax Data Sharing Rules
The rules, set to be published in the EU's official journal, force crypto firms to report on customers' holdings to be shared between tax authorities.
The EU flag (Christian Lue/Unsplash)

The EU has passed new crypto laws (Pixabay)
EU Regulator Warns of ‘Opaque’ Crypto Firms as It Seeks to Close MiCA Loopholes
The European Securities and Markets Authority doesn’t want foreign companies operating via EU “letterbox” entities.
The EU has passed new crypto laws (Pixabay)

The ESMA warned of "serious risks" of investors being harmed by DeFi. (Pixabay)
EU Markets Regulator Warns of DeFi’s ‘Serious Risks’
ESMA, responsible for rulemaking under the bloc’s landmark new crypto law MiCA, is worried about new forms of market manipulation when there’s no central counterparty
The ESMA warned of "serious risks" of investors being harmed by DeFi. (Pixabay)

François Villeroy de Galhau of the French central bank (IMF/Flickr)
EU Plans for Wholesale CBDC Out Within Weeks, French Central Banker Says
A central bank digital currency usable by financial markets is moving faster than a more controversial plan targeting regular citizens.
François Villeroy de Galhau of the French central bank (IMF/Flickr)

The EU is worried about crypto's energy use (Steve Buissinne / Pixabay)
EU Seeks More Data on Crypto’s ‘Significant’ Environmental Harm
The bloc’s executive arm is spending $842K on a study as it mulls what to do about energy-hungry proof-of-work technology
The EU is worried about crypto's energy use (Steve Buissinne / Pixabay)

EU's MiCA law could spur several stablecoin delistings, a Binance executive warned. (Ralph/Pixabay)
Binance Warns of Multiple Stablecoin Delistings as Lawyers Puzzle Over EU's MiCA
The EU’s landmark Markets in Crypto Assets law, MiCA, takes effect next year, but it’s not clear how it will apply to foreign or decentralized issuers
EU's MiCA law could spur several stablecoin delistings, a Binance executive warned. (Ralph/Pixabay)

EU officials are struggling with opposition to digital euro plans (Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images)
Digital Euro Conspiracy Theories and Privacy Concerns Put EU Central Bankers in the Hot Seat
Officials promise privacy controls for the possible new CBDC, but are less clear how to respond to wilder opposition.
EU officials are struggling with opposition to digital euro plans (Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images)

The EU's MiCA law regulates crypto (Matthias Kulka/Getty Images)
MiCA, EU’s Comprehensive New Crypto Regulation, Explained
The European Union is set to be the world’s first major jurisdiction with a tailored, comprehensive crypto law – promising legal certainty, compliance challenges and global im...
The EU's MiCA law regulates crypto (Matthias Kulka/Getty Images)