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Crypto Banking Firm BCB Group Secures Digital Asset and Electronic Money License in France

The payments processor has been authorized by France’s financial regulators, the ACPR and the AMF, to act as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) and Digital Assets Services Provider (DASP).

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Galaxy Digital to Introduce Exchange-Traded Products in Europe in 'Matter of Weeks'

Galaxy Digital teamed up with asset manager DWS last April to develop ETPs designed to give Europeans access to digital-asset investment through traditional brokerage accounts.

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Фінанси

Bitcoin ETF Issuer VanEck Has Huge Crypto Growth Goals in Europe

Martijn Rozemuller, the CEO of VanEck Europe, sees crypto eventually matching its other product lines in terms of assets under management.

VanEck Europe sees its crypto business become equally as important as its other ventures in the future, the Amsterdam-based division of VanEck told CoinDesk in an interview. (Flickr/moonjazz)

Фінанси

Hi's Mastercard Debit Card Adds Option to Spend Sandbox's Token SAND

The hi debit Mastercard already allows users to spend bitcoin, ether and USDT.

hi's Mastercard debit card (hi)

Відео

The World of Crypto Regulation: International Overview

Representatives from key jurisdictions discuss global regulatory harmonization and what’s next on their respective agendas from Europe’s landmark Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework, the UK’s Financial Services and Markets Act 2023, to Hong Kong's new licensing regime at CoinDesk's State of Crypto 2023 in Washington, D.C. Panelists include Bermuda Premier E. David Burt, Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority Henson Orser, U.K.’s House of Commons Dr. Lisa Cameron, and European Commission Adviser Peter Kerstens.

State of Crypto 2023 in D.C.

Фінанси

Galaxy Digital Eyes European Expansion With New Regional CEO

Mike Novogratz's firm has appointed Leon Marshall, its existing global head of sales, as its first European CEO.

Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Galaxy Digital (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Відео

Europe Beats U.S. for First Spot Bitcoin ETF Launch

Europe's first spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is now listed on Euronext Amsterdam by London-based Jacobi Asset Management. "The Hash" weighs in on the latest wave of spot bitcoin ETF applications in the U.S., along with the environmental concerns surrounding bitcoin.

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Фінанси

Europe's First Spot Bitcoin ETF Lists in Amsterdam

Jacobi first won approval for the fund in October 2021 with plans to list it in 2022. However the firm opted to push back its plans due to inopportune circumstances elsewhere in the digital asset market.

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Відео

EU’s Metaverse Vision Focuses on Standards and Governance for Virtual Worlds

The European Commission on Tuesday set out its plans for the metaverse, confirming leaked plans previously reported by CoinDesk that would see new standards and governance for virtual worlds. "The Hash" panel weighs in on the latest metaverse developments in Europe.

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Технології

Sam Altman's Worldcoin Integrates With Identity Management Software Okta as It Pushes Into Germany

World ID, which uses biometric data to verify users, helps apps distinguish people from bots and is more private than alternatives like Google sign-in.

An inside view of the Orb, Worldcoin's custom hardware that makes cryptographic IDs based on iris scans. (Worldcoin)