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The European Central Bank plans to complete studies on the digital euro by the end of autumn 2023. After that, the regulator will present the official concept of CBDC, according to the report of the ECB, published in the middle of this week. Its authors believe that the regional digital currency...

Popular crypto exchange platform Coinbase intends to expand in Europe, registering in Italy, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and other countries. Coinbase VP Nana Murugesan said in a recent interview with Bloomberg that the company has welcomed its first employee in Switzerland. The business is...

Digital currency investing and asset management firm Grayscale is getting ready to enter the European market. The CEO of the firm Michael Sonnenshein told Bloomberg about the plans. Reportedly, it is not certain on which markets and countries Grayscale will offer its products. Sonnenshein said that...

Blockchain-powered decentralized search engine and a token ecosystem Presearch is now available for Android devices across Europe as an alternative option. On September 1, Google listed the browser. The majority of smartphone owners in Europe, around 70% use Android. Thus, the blockchain-based...

To curb the money laundering activities of cybercriminals, the European Commission proposed tightening the rules for transferring cryptocurrencies. The European Commission intends to reduce the number of large anonymous transactions involving digital assets, given that most of them may be...

Two-thirds of Europeans are convinced that in ten years cryptocoins will not disappear and continue to exist. Such results were shown by a survey conducted by bitFlyer. The second annual study to calculate the so-called Crypto-Confidence Index was attended by 10 thousand people from ten countries....

In Europe, another Central Bank has joined the ranks of regulators with a keen interest in the cryptocurrency industry. The report of the Bank of the Netherlands says that the regulator allows its participation in the development and testing of the digital euro. Earlier, the Bank of France made a...

Coinbase, a successful US crypto exchange, has declared the enlargement of its Coinbase Custody service. So, the Irish branch of it is going to work for European users. The service already serves customers from the UK, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands. However, with the launch of Coinbase...

Reykjavik-based Monerium was confirmed as the initial electronic money institution by The Financial Supervisory Authority of Iceland (FME). News that the Monerium was approved to provide fiat payment services on the blockchain and apply it all over the European Economic Area was announced on June...