2021-9-20 00:11 |
The independent financial market regulator of the European Union recognized the innovativeness of cryptocurrencies, but emphasized its instability, which carries risks for all existing asset classes. origin »
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Big tech and stablecoins could disrupt the European financial system, says ECB Executive Board Member, Fabio Panetta. In a speech at the “Future of Payments in Europe” conference, Panetta stateThe post ECB says 'big tech and stablecoins' a risk to the European Financial System appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-11-27 19:30 | |
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The evolution of new digital technologies has created a new shift in the value proposition for financial products and services. Digital asset management based on distributed ledger technology has opened the gates to financial institutions and regulators, with the aim of disrupting this new wave.
2020-11-22 09:00 | |
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With the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU), the government says it’s looking towards stablecoins, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and other emerging financial technology innovations.
2020-11-10 17:59 | |
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Shift, the leading South-East European tech event producer, announced today that their leading regional financial technology conference, Shift Money, will be held on December 7-8 2020 in Zagreb, CroatThe post Shift Money 2020 to Be Held in Zagreb, December 7-8, in Partnership With Singapore FinTech Festival appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-11-5 15:30 | |
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Hong Kong-based crypto derivatives exchange FTX has launched regulated tokenized trading for US stocks. The exchange has teamed up with European financial companies Digital Assets AG and CM Equity AG to launch the new tokenized equities offering.
2020-10-31 17:31 | |
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Blockchain Fest will take place in May 2021 in Limassol and has chosen Cyprus, European financial and IT center as its hub to bring experts from all over the world to open new horizons for the industrThe post Blockchain Fest 2021: A Global Hub for Crypto Industry appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-10-26 17:00 | |
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SIA, a multinational payments firm based in Italy, has teamed up with Hex Trust, a crypto custodian, to help its European banking clients hold digital currencies. A report unveiled this news on October 22, noting that this collaboration will see the firms launch a blockchain-based platform for financial institutions.
2020-10-23 19:57 | |
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Volatile financial markets have welcomed European traders and investors this morning after the U. S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania had tested positive for coronavirus and went into quarantine.
2020-10-2 13:42 | |
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Bitpanda, a European-based crypto exchange company, today announced it has closed Europe’s largest Series A funding round of 2020 by securing $52 million in a round led by Valar Ventures. The large-scale investment will be used to drive Bitpanda’s expansion and position the Vienna-based company as a leader in transforming Europe’s financial industry.
2020-9-29 11:04 | |
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In an attempt to provide more clarity on regulations to crypto firms, European Commission released a document titled The Digital Finance Package that included digital finance and retail payment strateThe post European Commission adopts new crypto regulations to 'boost' financial innovation appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-9-24 19:12 | |
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U. K’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has approved Gemini’s Europe subsidiary, setting up the U. S based crypto exchange to scale its businesses while being compliant. Gemini joins Archax, which is also a digital asset service provider operating in the U.
2020-8-20 16:27 | |
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Coinspeaker BNP Paribas Joins IBM Cloud for Financial ServicesBNP Paribas has committed to joining the IBM Cloud for Financial Services as its anchor client in Europe. It is the first step in creating an ecosystem for the platform on the European continent.
2020-7-22 19:08 | |
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Crypto Facilities, a subsidiary of Kraken cryptocurrency exchange, has obtained a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) license from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). An MTF is a European regulatory term for a self-regulated financial trading venue.
2020-7-8 06:15 | |
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Financial services, healthcare, and energy are the primary focus industries for blockchain development in Europe. Ethereum, the second-largest network by market capitalization, is the base layer for almost a third of decentralized ledger technology (DLT) startups coming out of Europe.
2020-7-4 23:30 | |
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European payments platform SIA partners with Quant Network to establish blockchain interoperability solutions for financial institutions.
2020-6-29 19:00 | |
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European Union member Estonia is now cracking down on cryptocurrency firms to attack money laundering in the country. Estonia has been in the spotlight for Europe’s biggest money-laundering scandal, about €200 billion were laundered from Denmark’s biggest financial institution Danske Bank’s Estonian branch from 2007-2015.
2020-6-12 18:07 | |
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Nomisma crypto exchange has become the first crypto derivatives platform to get a regulatory nod from the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority to operate a blockchain-based Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF).
2020-6-3 22:51 | |
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ZUBR, a recently launched crypto derivatives exchange, announced today it has received an in-principle decision from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) to grant the firm authorization as a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) provider, one of the first European digital derivatives exchanges that will become regulated.
2020-5-28 13:32 | |
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A central bank digital currency [CBDC] has been thought of as an important tool to smoothen technological and financial systems the world over. Central banks like the European Central Bank [ECB] have The post European Central Bank caught up with DLT; will it be used for CBDCs? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-5-21 00:30 | |
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Astra Global, a global business development company specializing in startup funding, and The Startup Station, a U. S. education and consulting company specializing in startup strategy, financial modeling and valuation, present the four-part series on How to Successfully Raise Capital in the US During Pandemic (for US and European startups.
2020-4-13 15:03 | |
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For well over a month now, a great number of countries have been living under lockdowns and stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus outbreak. Meanwhile, central banks like the Fed, Bank of England (BoE), and European Central Bank (ECB) have funneled trillions into the hands of private financial incumbents.
2020-4-11 20:30 | |
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Some major titans in the European financial industry have teamed up to unleash a FundsDLT. This is a Blockchain platform tailored for the investment space. The dream team comprising of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Credit Suisse Asset Management, Natixis Investment Managers, and Clearstream announced a joint series A funding for the FundsDLT. The project was […]
2020-3-18 18:40 | |
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European financial institutions including the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and Credit Suisse have launched an Ethereum-powered investment fund platform
2020-3-18 19:27 | |
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Bitcoin Group SE, a prominent member of the European crypto industry, has been preparing to apply for permission to conduct crypto custody activities in its home country, Germany. The providers of such services in the Federal Republic are now recognized as financial institutions.
2020-3-14 21:25 | |
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Ramp, a Warsaw-based crypto payment gateway, announced it has received an Open Banking License in Europe. The firm was authorized by The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF). The license will allow for faster, simpler and cheaper processing of crypto transactions for users in the European Union.
2020-2-4 10:17 | |
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With the European Union (EU) member states adopting the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5), crypto exchanges in the region could see their compliance costs rise significantly. Meanwhile, financial regulators in the U.
2020-1-14 02:00 | |
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The European Union’s 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive mandates that member states start regulating crypto assets by Jan. 10. Crypto exchanges and custodial wallet providers are now covered by the same regulatory requirements as banks and other financial institutions.
2020-1-11 14:45 | |
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Christine Lagarde claims that a CBDC issued by the European Central Bank (ECB) could have major implications for the financial
2020-1-8 20:40 | |
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Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s most diversified financial services firms, today announced that it is establishing a new entity to serve European institutions investing in digital assets.
2019-12-17 18:16 | |
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Italy, one of the world’s largest economies, has faced plenty of financial challenges in the past decade. That’s probably one of the reasons why cryptocurrencies have been faring better there than in other European countries.
2019-12-11 05:10 | |
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Simplex, a European Union-licensed financial institution that functions as the fiat gateway provider of top crypto exchanges like Binance, Huobi, Poloniex and a host of others, has now added support for two more fiat currencies: the Japanese yen (JPY) and Canadian dollar (CAD).
2019-12-11 00:00 | |
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Amun, a fintech asset management firm based in Switzerland which was offering its crypto Exchange Traded Product (ETP) in Germany and Switzerland has got the approval from Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA), to offer its product in European Union and Sweden.
2019-12-10 18:35 | |
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Amun AG, a Switzerland-based technology firm listed on SIX Swiss Exchange, has secured a license from the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA). The license enables Amun AG to offer its bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins-powered exchange-traded products (ETPs) to investors in the European Union (EU), according to reports on December 10, 2019.
2019-12-10 18:00 | |
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Swiss startup Anum has won a regulatory approval to widen its offerings of crypto-based financial products to retail investors in the European Union.
2019-12-10 09:00 | |
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Swiss startup Anum has won a regulatory approval to widen its offerings of crypto-based financial products to retail investors in the European Union.
2019-12-11 09:00 | |
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One of the the longest running crypto asset exchange platforms has tried to tempt employees at the Nordea bank away from the anti-Bitcoin financial institution. Kraken tagged the Northern European giant in a tweet showing off its own latest and extensive employment opportunities.
2019-12-6 01:00 | |
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European Central Bank (ECB) executive board nominee and member of the German Council of Economic Experts, Isabel Schnabel, recently remarked at a European Parliament hearing that “This scapegoating [of the ECB] is extremely dangerous: it may damage the trust in the euro.
2019-12-6 23:14 | |
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Banks in Europe have been in a difficult spot lately. A new report reveals that financial institutions across the region faced serious difficulties in the 2018 financial year, and despite all the cost cutting that followed, haven’t managed to compensate the revenue decline in 2019.
2019-12-4 11:45 | |
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The Central Bank of France is pushing for a blockchain-powered settlement system in the European region for quick and cost-effective euro transfers. Dennis Beau, the Deputy Governor, spoke in support of the Distributed Ledger Technology during a speech on Thursday, November 21.
2019-11-26 01:54 | |
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The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has recently talked about crypto regulation in Europe. According to the institution, the European Union (EU) has the potential to become one of the leaders of the crypto market.
2019-11-15 23:22 | |
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The Association of Financial Markets in Europe, a body that represents global and European banks, recently published a paper highlighting the necessity for regulators across 11 jurisdictions in EuropeThe post AFME proposes five recommendations for supervisory convergence of crypto-regulations appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-11-14 14:30 | |
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The Association for Financial Markets in Europe [AFME], a representative of global and European banks, has called for supervisory convergence on the regulation of crypto-assets across Europe. As the nThe post Europe's AFME requests convergence of regulatory bodies on crypto-assets appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-11-14 14:04 | |
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London has long been a financial stronghold in Europe, with many companies in Asia using the British capital as a stepping stone to reach European markets. This trend appears to be continuing in the bustling world of fintech and crypto companies in the city.
2019-11-12 10:00 | |
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While many representatives of the world’s financial system have been consistently deprecating Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, Jean-Claude Trichet, the former European Central Bank (ECB) president, dismissed the idea of cryptocurrencies as pure speculation.
2019-11-12 00:22 | |
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Like many representatives of the current financial system, the former European Central Bank (ECB) president is not so keen on Bitcoin. Jean-Claude Trichet dismisses cryptocurrency as “pure speculation.
2019-11-11 04:20 | |
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Regulators in Europe have called on the European Central Bank (ECB) to explore the feasibility of launching a digital currency for the bloc. Supranational agencies and governments, alike, have labeled stablecoins – especially Libra – a potential menace to financial stability.
2019-11-6 14:00 | |
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Fundament Group, an end-to-end security issuance solution for asset tokenization, announced today a strategic investment from the Tezos Foundation to introduce legal-tech solutions for tokenizing regulated financial products to the Tezos network.
2019-10-31 19:45 | |
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Crypto exchange Bitpanda introduces IBAN payment service for EU - CryptoNinjas This past April, Bitpanda, an EU-based company for buying and selling bitcoin and cryptocurrency, received an EU payment service provider license.
2019-10-16 17:04 | |
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During a parliamentary confirmation hearing, the European Commissioner for Financial Stability and Financial Services, Valdis Dombrovskis, said that the E. U. is planning to regulate cryptoassets following the unanticipated wake-up call from Libra.
2019-10-10 15:00 | |
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Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin has responded to rising concerns about the uncertainty of the chain’s scaling roadmap and its impact on future gas (transaction) prices. His proposal? Have aThe post Why Vitalik’s 'gas futures market' idea has split experts appeared first on AMBCrypto.
Zcash’s bullish sentiment improved as the broader market rebounded and buyers extended the recent breakout attempt. Strong intraday momentum and a rise in long-side positioning added pressure to theThe post Zcash jumps 16% yet liquidity warns caution – Can ZEC break $385? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission [CFTC] has launched a pilot program that allows digital assets—including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDC—to be used as collateral in regulated derivatives markThe post Bitcoin and Ethereum cleared as collateral under new CFTC program appeared first on AMBCrypto.
With crypto token buybacks at full throttle across the market, Ethena Labs continued its aggressive accumulation of ENA. That steady purchasing supported price stability, and the team returned toThe post Ethena Labs cuts ENA’s exchange supply - $0.
Bitcoin For Corporations [BFC] has formally urged MSCI to withdraw its proposed digital-asset exclusion rule, arguing that it risks removing dozens of legitimate companies from major global indexes siThe post ‘This proposal unfairly targets a single asset class’ — Bitcoin For Corporations challenges MSCI appeared first on AMBCrypto.
Double Zero, the infrastructure blockchain, could be witnessing a turnaround after a month-long decline that saw its value drop by 25%. Recent data showed that its performance has been growing steadiThe post Double Zero climbs 10% after 25% drop - 2Z’s turnaround begins? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
XRP had a tense week as whales offloaded 510 million tokens, triggering intense debate over whether the market could absorb the sudden supply shock. Over several sessions, whales keep trimming poThe post XRP stays resilient despite 510mln sell-off – Why THIS zone matters now appeared first on AMBCrypto.