Tagged: EU

January 20, 2026 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a turbulent start to the week, the cryptocurrency market faced significant upheaval, with over $864 million in liquidations recorded in the past 24 hours, as reported by data aggregator CoinGlass. This wave of forced sell-offs affected more than 241,000 traders, predominantly those holding optimistic… Read More

January 17, 2026 @ 2:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Crossmint, a digital asset and wallet infrastructure platform, has secured MiCA authorization with the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV). Once registered, Crossmint will become a regulated crypto-asset service provider (CASP), joining a group of infrastructure providers authorized to offer compliant crypto asset services… Read More

January 15, 2026 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBid Global Markets (CBGM) has chosen Archax as its key ally to extend its platform into the United Kingdom and European Union. This collaboration, revealed recently, aims to broaden access to CBGM’s cross-border digital bond trading and data services, tapping into Archax’s established regulatory framework…. Read More

January 14, 2026 @ 1:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

ESMA, or the European Securities and Markets Authority, has published a report on crowdfunding in the EU. In recent years, online capital formation has been operating under ECSPR or European Crowdfunding Service Provider regulation. This allows a platform to solicit investors across all member states…. Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 11:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Bulgaria is the latest European country to adopt the Euro as its currency. In July 2025, EU Finance Ministers formally approved Bulgaria to adopt the Euro. The Euro became official on January 1, 1999, as an “invisible” currency in 11 countries, with physical euro notes… Read More

December 26, 2025 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Union continues to plow forward with Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), unlike the US, which has chosen privately issued stablecoins as a preferred option to enable digital dollars as well as fuel innovation. In a Christmas update, European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine… Read More

December 23, 2025 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Commission (EC) has published a fact sheet outlining its ambition to make regulations clearer and more straightforward. The EC is run by an appointed body of policymakers that aims to establish pan-European rules to build a stronger and more cohesive Europe. This includes… Read More

December 16, 2025 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Archax, the UK/EU regulated digital asset platform, and TradingStack.io, the capital markets connectivity provider, announced that they have partnered to offer FIX access to cryptocurrencies and tokenised real-world assets (RWAs) available on the Archax Primary and Secondary markets. By leveraging the Financial Information eXchange (FIX)… Read More

December 11, 2025 @ 9:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Mollie has signed an agreement to acquire GoCardless, a UK-based bank payment company that offers solutions for businesses to collect recurring and one-off payments directly from customer bank accounts using direct debit and open banking. The terms of the deal were not revealed, but reports… Read More

December 8, 2025 @ 4:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Union has fined Elon Musk and his company X €120 million (~$140 million) for claims that X violated the Digital Services Act.  The DSA can impose penalties on platforms and individuals if they are deemed to have enabled “illegal content.”  Platforms must also open up data to amorphous… Read More

December 2, 2025 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

While lauding various aspects of the European Union’s efforts to promote capitalism and the single market, Eurocrowd has called out the Capital Markets Union (CMU) initiative for failing to deliver on its most ambitious promises. The European Union is a vast market that surpasses the US… Read More

December 1, 2025 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As this year finally draws to a close, the European Union is said to be entering a somewhat decisive phase in its effort to harmonize digital asset regulation under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. This, according to an update from Hacken which also noted… Read More

November 30, 2025 @ 11:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KuCoin, a global crypto platform, announced that its European entity, KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH, has reportedly obtained a Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license in Austria. This authorization allows KuCoin EU to offer “compliant” digital asset services across 29 countries in the European Economic Area (EEA,… Read More

November 28, 2025 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockrise, a Dutch Bitcoin (BTC) focused startup, has been permitted to continue its financial services in the Netherlands and expand to the rest of Europe. The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) granted Blockrise its license under the new European MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 7:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset liquidity provider, Hyphe, has reportedly received a MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) license from German regulator, Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin). MiCA is intended to be a comprehensive EU framework for harmonizing crypto-asset rules across its member states. Its goals and objectives are to provide… Read More

November 20, 2025 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding has gone through various iterations since its inception. Too frequently confused with rewards offerings, which are really ecommerce with a delay, securities issued in an online offering are a financial ecosystem that will continue to persist and thrive over time. At the same… Read More

November 20, 2025 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ondo Finance has received formal regulatory approval in the European Union, clearing the way for its tokenized versions of stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to be offered legally across the entire EU and European Economic Area (EEA). The green light broadens the potential investor base… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The artificial intelligence (AI) sector is red hot. Sure, some are predicting a bubble, but this is no dot.com bomb from the 2000s. The technology is real, and expectations are that just about every business will benefit from AI. This is a multi-decade transition to… Read More

November 9, 2025 @ 7:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new report from LexisNexis Risk Solutions suggests sanctions activity has moderated since a flurry caused by Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The Sanctions Pulse analyzes data from the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the UK Office… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European challenger bank Lunar recently announced that it has been authorized as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) under the EU’s new Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, making its crypto platform Lunar Block one of the “first” in Scandinavia to operate under this particular license. According… Read More