Europe

The sinking of the Titanic painted by German artist Willy Stoewer. (Gettyimages/BettmannArchive)
Former FTX Europe Head Pays $1.5M for Gold Watch Recovered From Titanic: WSJ
Gruhn said he bought the watch for his wife, Maren Gruhn, and that they would display the watch in museums, according to the report.
The sinking of the Titanic painted by German artist Willy Stoewer. (Gettyimages/BettmannArchive)

eiffel tower (Chris Karidis/Unsplash)
Crypto Banking Firm BCB Group Secures Digital Asset and Electronic Money License in France
The payments processor has been authorized by France’s financial regulators, the ACPR and the AMF, to act as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) and Digital Assets Services...
eiffel tower (Chris Karidis/Unsplash)

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Galaxy Digital to Introduce Exchange-Traded Products in Europe in 'Matter of Weeks'
Galaxy Digital teamed up with asset manager DWS last April to develop ETPs designed to give Europeans access to digital-asset investment through traditional brokerage accounts...
16:9 Europe (652234/Pixabay)

VanEck Europe sees its crypto business become equally as important as its other ventures in the future, the Amsterdam-based division of VanEck told CoinDesk in an interview. (Flickr/moonjazz)
Bitcoin ETF Issuer VanEck Has Huge Crypto Growth Goals in Europe
Martijn Rozemuller, the CEO of VanEck Europe, sees crypto eventually matching its other product lines in terms of assets under management.
VanEck Europe sees its crypto business become equally as important as its other ventures in the future, the Amsterdam-based division of VanEck told CoinDesk in an interview. (Flickr/moonjazz)

hi's Mastercard debit card (hi)
Hi's Mastercard Debit Card Adds Option to Spend Sandbox's Token SAND
The hi debit Mastercard already allows users to spend bitcoin, ether and USDT.
hi's Mastercard debit card (hi)

The World of Crypto Regulation: International Overview
The World of Crypto Regulation: International Overview
Representatives from key jurisdictions discuss global regulatory harmonization and what’s next on their respective agendas from Europe’s landmark Markets in Crypto Assets (MiC...
The World of Crypto Regulation: International Overview

Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Galaxy Digital (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Galaxy Digital Eyes European Expansion With New Regional CEO
Mike Novogratz's firm has appointed Leon Marshall, its existing global head of sales, as its first European CEO.
Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Galaxy Digital (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Europe Beats U.S. for First Spot Bitcoin ETF Launch
Europe Beats U.S. for First Spot Bitcoin ETF Launch
Europe's first spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is now listed on Euronext Amsterdam by London-based Jacobi Asset Management. "The Hash" weighs in on the latest wave of...
Europe Beats U.S. for First Spot Bitcoin ETF Launch

Amsterdam (Shutterstock)
Europe's First Spot Bitcoin ETF Lists in Amsterdam
Jacobi first won approval for the fund in October 2021 with plans to list it in 2022. However the firm opted to push back its plans due to inopportune circumstances elsewhere...
Amsterdam (Shutterstock)

EU’s Metaverse Vision Focuses on Standards and Governance for Virtual Worlds
EU’s Metaverse Vision Focuses on Standards and Governance for Virtual Worlds
The European Commission on Tuesday set out its plans for the metaverse, confirming leaked plans previously reported by CoinDesk that would see new standards and governance for...
EU’s Metaverse Vision Focuses on Standards and Governance for Virtual Worlds