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EU Smart Contract Regulations Included in Council’s Data Act Draft

Some worry the text, a version of which was already agreed on by the European Parliament, will prove impossible to meet for most smart contracts.

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EU Banking Authority to Hire Crypto Experts as It Prepares for MiCA Law

The Paris-based agency will regulate large stablecoins and make rules under the landmark licensing legislation.

The Paris-based European Banking Agency is hiring crypto experts. (Sylvain Sonnet/Getty Images)

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EU’s MiCA Crypto Law Debate Scheduled for April 18

A final vote on the bloc’s Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation, which brings in a new licensing regime, is due April 19.

EU lawmakers will debate a landmark crypto law in April. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

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Netherlands Will Take Tough Line Enforcing MiCA, Dutch Regulator Says

Laura van Geest said she won’t undercut new EU crypto laws, even if that drives business from the country.

Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Karl Hendon/Getty Images)

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Former Belgian Finance Minister Calls for Crypto Ban in Wake of Banking Crisis

Johan Van Overtveldt, economic spokesman for the right-wing ECR political party in the European Parliament, compared crypto to drugs.

European Parliament member Johan Van Overtveldt says crypto should be banned. (Thierry Tronnel/Corbis/Getty Images)

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EU Parliament’s Smart Contract Plans Limit Standard-Setting Promise, EU Commissioner Says

Controversial lawmaker proposals on data use may no longer meet original objectives, Thierry Breton told reporters.

The EU Commission's Thierry Breton (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

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EU Parliament Passes Bill Requiring Smart Contracts to Include Kill Switch

One critic says the bill alters the fundamental nature of an automated computer program.

EU data rules target smart contracts (Walter Zerla/Getty Images)

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Panic Mustn’t Be Allowed to Spread After SVB Collapse: EU Lawmaker

Germany’s Markus Ferber said there needs to be a review of interest rate and sovereign bond exposures.

The European Parliament in Brussels (John Elk III/Getty Images)

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EU Merchants Could Be Required to Accept Digital Euro, Ministers Told

Governments from the euro currency bloc are due to discuss strategic objectives for the CBDC later Monday.

Ministers are set to discuss a digital euro. (Maarten Wouters/Getty Images)

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After Landmark Crypto Law, European Politicians Contemplate Building Their Own Blockchain

"Europeum" could safeguard values like privacy, Belgian Digital Minister Mathieu Michel told CoinDesk, as he seeks to make his country a blockchain hub.

Belgian minister Mathieu Michel (Office of Mathieu Michel)