Europe

Hungary is exploring a digital forint (tomfield/Pixabay)
Hungarian Central Bank Sees No Imminent Need for e-Forint
The EU member is still trying out options for a central bank digital currency that could help the unbanked.
Hungary is exploring a digital forint (tomfield/Pixabay)

Matis Mäeker has said the new law will professionalize the crypto sector. (Estonian FIU)
Estonia’s Registered Crypto Firms Drop 80% as Tough New Checks Reveal 'Suspicious' Behavior
Regulators in the tech-friendly nation say they’ll now return to business-as-usual monitoring after money laundering fears led it to take a tough line.
Matis Mäeker has said the new law will professionalize the crypto sector. (Estonian FIU)

Liechtenstein Prime Minister Daniel Risch. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Liechtenstein Plans to Accept Bitcoin for Payments to State, Prime Minister Says: Report
Under the plans, any crypto received will immediately be exchanged for Swiss francs, Prime Minister Daniel Risch told German news publication Handelsblatt.
Liechtenstein Prime Minister Daniel Risch. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz talks to Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin at a conference in Singapore last year. (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)
Galaxy Digital to Develop European-Listed ETPs With Asset Manager DWS
The product will give investors in Europe access to digital assets through traditional brokerage accounts.
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz talks to Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin at a conference in Singapore last year. (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

The European Parliament has passed MiCA regulations. (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)
First Mover Americas: Landmark Crypto Laws Pass in Europe
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 20, 2023.
The European Parliament has passed MiCA regulations. (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)

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Stablecoins Gain Traction as Inflationary Shield in Latin America With Growth in Europe
Despite the bear market and the latest banking turbulence, users in Latin America and Europe continue to embrace stablecoins, but in a very different way.
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Americans Are Buying Bitcoin 'With Both Hands,' Analyst Says
Americans Are Buying Bitcoin 'With Both Hands,' Analyst Says
Matrixport head of research and strategy Markus Thielen said in a note to clients that since the dip on March 10, "Americans are buying bitcoins with both hands." Of late, the...
Americans Are Buying Bitcoin 'With Both Hands,' Analyst Says

European crypto firms raised a record amount of venture-capital funding in 2022. (RockawayX)
European Crypto Startups Raised Record $5.7B in VC Funding in 2022
A new report from crypto VC firm RockawayX and startup data provider DealRoom showed strength in the region despite the crypto winter.
European crypto firms raised a record amount of venture-capital funding in 2022. (RockawayX)

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Trading Platform Talos Adds Crypto Market Liquidity in Tie-Up With Keyrock
The agreement with the Belgian market maker is part of Talos' expansion into Europe.
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Banking Crisis in U.S. Likely to Push Crypto Firms Offshore
Switzerland, Lichtenstein and island jurisdictions are among the potential benefactors of the trend.
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