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Crypto Needs Cohesive Regulation – A Look at Europe’s MiCA
From the U.S. to South Asia, jurisdictions are creating a patchwork of crypto regulatory regimes, making international business harder. Europe, with its bloc-wide Markets in...
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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)

EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)
EU Commission’s Digital Euro Bill Back on Track for June 28, Lead Official Says
The controversial central bank digital currency proposals had been removed from the EU executive’s agenda.
EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

EU Governments Friendly to Tough Bank-Capital Restrictions for Crypto
EU Governments Friendly to Tough Bank-Capital Restrictions for Crypto
European Union governments appear to support new bank-capital standards, which could see unbacked crypto treated as the riskiest kind of asset for lenders to hold, according t...
EU Governments Friendly to Tough Bank-Capital Restrictions for Crypto

Bitcoin Slips Closer to $27K; Sen. Warren Calls for Shutdown of Crypto Funding for Fentanyl
Bitcoin Slips Closer to $27K; Sen. Warren Calls for Shutdown of Crypto Funding for Fentanyl
CoinDesk's Jenn Sanasie breaks down the major stories shaping the crypto industry on "CoinDesk Daily" as bitcoin (BTC) slips closer to $27,000, after a top U.S. Federal Reserv...
Bitcoin Slips Closer to $27K; Sen. Warren Calls for Shutdown of Crypto Funding for Fentanyl

Meta Faces Record $1.3B Privacy Fine From E.U.
Meta Faces Record $1.3B Privacy Fine From E.U.
Facebook parent Meta Platforms was fined a record privacy penalty of $1.3 billion by European Union lawmakers for mishandling U.S. user information. "The Hash" panel discusses...
Meta Faces Record $1.3B Privacy Fine From E.U.

Draft Text Reveals EU Crypto Tax Plans Include NFTs, Foreign Companies
Draft Text Reveals EU Crypto Tax Plans Include NFTs, Foreign Companies
The European Union plans to force crypto companies to give tax authorities details of their clients' holdings, even if they’re based outside the bloc or offering non-fungible...
Draft Text Reveals EU Crypto Tax Plans Include NFTs, Foreign Companies

The ECB is exploring settlement that uses distributed ledger technology for financial markets (Ahmad Ardity/Pixabay)
ECB Mulls Decentralized Settlement for Wholesale Financial Markets
Euro regulators are looking again at their centralized settlement systems as they explore central bank digital currencies.
The ECB is exploring settlement that uses distributed ledger technology for financial markets (Ahmad Ardity/Pixabay)

EU Greenlights MiCA as Cryptos Tumble Amid Economic Worries
EU Greenlights MiCA as Cryptos Tumble Amid Economic Worries
Lawmakers in the European Union voted in favor of the new crypto licensing regime MiCA, but the crypto market has been seeing losses across the board. That market updates and...
EU Greenlights MiCA as Cryptos Tumble Amid Economic Worries

EU Parliament Greenlights Crypto Licensing, Funds Transfer Rules
EU Parliament Greenlights Crypto Licensing, Funds Transfer Rules
Lawmakers in the European Union on Thursday voted 517-38 in favor of a new crypto licensing regime, Markets in Crypto Assets, popularly known as MiCA. John Ehlers, Chief Opera...
EU Parliament Greenlights Crypto Licensing, Funds Transfer Rules