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Finance

UK Post Office to Offer Crypto Purchases to Some Customers Starting Next Week

Users of the Post Office’s EasyID identity-verification app will be able to buy crypto using a voucher system from Swarm Markets.

UK post box, pillar box, mail.

Finance

BaFin-Licensed DeFi Firm Swarm Starts Onboarding $15M of Pledged Liquidity

Swarm Markets, which claims to be the world’s first regulated DeFi protocol, says 250 customers have ponied up funds.

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Juridique

Coinbase Receives Crypto Custody License From German Regulator BaFin

The license will allow Coinbase to continue operating in Germany.

BaFin, Germany, regulator

Marchés

Digital Asset Platform Finoa Raises $22M Series A Funding

The round was led by early Luno and Revolut investor Balderton Capital.

Reichstag, Berlin

Marchés

Binance's Stock Tokens May Violate Law, Germany’s Financial Watchdog Says

BaFin said the stock tokens tracking Tesla, Coinbase and MicroStrategy have been identified as “suspicious” and the exchange could be fined up to $6 million.

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao.

Finance

Deutsche Bank Quietly Plans to Offer Crypto Custody, Prime Brokerage

The bank’s game plan was hidden in plain sight in a widely overlooked report by the World Economic Forum.

Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany

Marchés

German Regulator Seizes Crypto ATMs

Germany's financial regulator BaFin is seizing bitcoin ATMs run by "Shitcoins Club" months after ordering its operator to cease trading crypto.

A shitcoins.club crypto ATM (shitcoins.club)

Marchés

Binance Enters German Market via Partnership With Crypto Investment Firm

Binance has partnered with licensed German investment firm CM-Equity to offer crypto asset management and brokerage services in Germany and Europe.

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Juridique

German Regulator Had Just 1 Person Checking Wirecard’s $3.1B Books: Report

Germany's finance and accounting agencies seem to have missed their chance to spot a $2.1 billion black hole in Wirecard's accounts.

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Juridique

Germany's Neufund Shuts Down Security Token Platform, Saying BaFin Failed to Act

Citing regulatory concerns, Berlin-based security token startup Neufund has announced plans to freeze its fundraising campaigns and sideline future tokenized equity offerings.

BaFin, Germany, regulator

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