With the landscape for CBDCs heating up, many countries have accelerated their efforts to issue a central bank digital currency. China has had the most progress on this front, with the country conducting several test runs by distributing its digital yuan to its citizens through ‘red packets.’ According to a paper published by European policy...Read More
With Bitcoin continuing its impressive rally on the price charts, investors all around the world are participating in trading the digital asset. On the back of the world’s largest cryptocurrency recording a new ATH beyond $35,000, this is likely to be the case in the near-term as well. Europe is no exception to this rule,...Read More
Wirex, the prominent payments platform based in London, has received a Visa principal membership in Europe. As per the announcement, the membership will allow Wirex to issue Visa cards, offer new innovative products, and apply for additional licenses. This announcement comes in a bullish market wherein Bitcoin has been registering new highs. This has also...Read More
Algorand Europe Accelerator was launched today to support early-stage projects looking to build applications on the Algorand platform. It is the first Europe-focused accelerator for developers and entrepreneurs building on Algorand and will provide an array of tools and resources for creating decentralized applications. According to a press release received by AMBCrypto, the accelerator, which...Read More
Europeans are feeling more optimistic about the future of bitcoin. A recent study shows that two thirds of them believe cryptocurrency will remain in existence in 10 years time, with some convinced BTC will become a key part of the economy, both as a security and investment. Crypto exchange Bitflyer, which produced the study, said...Read More
On December 17, the European Central Bank (ECB) published a report that showcased its blockchain technology proof-of-concept. One particular feature the central bank digital chain holds is the ability to issue “anonymity vouchers.” Also read: Lagarde Sees Demand for Stablecoins, Plans to Put ECB ‘Ahead of the Curve’ ECB Report Explores Anonymity in Central Bank...Read More
Fidelity Investments is expanding its crypto services to European clients after seeing increasing potential in this market. The expansion builds upon the company’s U.S. crypto business. “We’ve seen significant interest and engagement by the institutional community, which show no signs of slowing,” the company revealed. Also read: Regulatory Roundup – Crypto ‘Inevitable’ in India, China...Read More
Bottle Pay, a cryptocurrency payments provider from the U.K., has announced its decision to cease operations by the end of the year. Despite attracting some serious funding and expanding its user base significantly in the past few months, the company has found it unacceptable to continue to work under the upcoming EU regulations. AMLD5, the...Read More
Around half of European countries, over 20, now have 0% interest rates and a few are already in negative territory. Ukraine, which has the highest benchmark interest rate on the continent, has just reduced it again, for the fifth time this year. The race between central banks to cut rates, when there is inflation, has...Read More
On December 10, Switzerland-based firm Amun AG announced the company’s base prospectus has been approved by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA). The ETP provider said it has extensive plans to expand its digital asset ETPs throughout Europe, while Sweden shows “strong demand” for these products. Also read: Wisdomtree’s Physically Backed Bitcoin ETP Goes Live...Read More
Ripple Bags Business Deal Just announced minutes ago, crypto-centric fintech startup Ripple has just made an expansion into Iceland. In a blog post, the San Francisco-headquartered company revealed that it has acqui-hired (acquired and hired) Algrim, a cryptocurrency trading firm based in the Nordic country. This move marks the company’s latest expansion into Europe. According...Read More
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts and businesses in the industry have had to put up with regulatory uncertainty for quite some time. The strong desire to tap into their incomes and profits goes hand in hand with failure on behalf of authorities and regulators to fully understand the nature of decentralized digital assets. Not to mention how absurd...Read More
Bitwala, a German blockchain-based startup, has announced the launch of an all-in-one platform for banking with Euros, as well as buying and selling bitcoin. With a quick set-up via video verification, the new app will enable users to start banking and trading Bitcoin within minutes. A national identification card, including valid address proof, is required...Read More
There are many metrics to ascertain the popularity of bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading in different geographic regions across the world. One of them is the most traded fiat currencies chart which has revealed some interesting results. Asia Still Big on Bitcoin Unsurprisingly the US dollar was the top traded fiat currency according to statistics from...Read More
Security token offerings are still a very niche market. While there is merit to this model compared to ICOs, investors have cooled off on blindly investing in tokens and assets. In Europe, things are not looking all that bad, despite some initial growing pains along the way. A healthy increase in successful tokenized projects shows...Read More
Facebook is reportedly already under investigation by the EU over antitrust issues related to its Libra cryptocurrency project. A document seen by Bloomberg indicates that the European Commission is “currently investigating potential anti-competitive behavior” by the Libra Association. The report describes the document as a questionnaire suggesting the commission is concerned that Facebook’s planned digital payment system could unfairly...Read More
A delegation of U.S. lawmakers is set to discuss Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project with the Swiss data privacy chief when they visit the country this week. Local news source NZZ am Sonntag said Saturday that a six-member group from the U.S. House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee plans to meet Adrian Lobsiger, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, to...Read More
