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Finance

Authorities in Italy, Albania Bust $16M Suspected Crypto Investment Scam

Assets worth 3 million euros were seized during the action by a joint investigation team.

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Markets

Algorand Rises After Italy Selects Blockchain Protocol for Digital Guarantees Platform

The new platform is expected to become operational in early 2023.

Algorand Foundation has declared a $35 million exposure to beleaguered crypto lender Hodlnaut. (DRL)

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Crypto Exchanges Nexo and Gemini Expand to Italy, Register With Regulator

Entry into Italy's registry for virtual currency operators is mandatory to operate in the country.

Rome, Italy (Caleb Miller/Unsplash)

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El Salvador, Lugano Sign Agreement to Help Spread Bitcoin Adoption and Education

El Salvador also announced it was opening a “bitcoin office” in the southern Swiss city.

Pequeña bandera ondeando en la parte superior del ayuntamiento en la ciudad de Santa Ana, El Salvador. (Getty Images)

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Italy Has Yet to Vet a New Registry of 73 Crypto Firms

Companies entered into a new registry for crypto firms say they’ve secured regulatory approval in Italy, but they haven’t been checked for compliance yet. Italy's Organismo Agenti e Mediatori, a supervisory body which oversees its crypto exchanges, told CoinDesk it didn't plan to start collecting information until at least next year. "The Hash" team discusses the state of crypto in Italy.

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Italy Hasn't Vetted the 73 Crypto Firms It Approved This Year

Companies entered into a new registry for crypto firms say they’ve secured regulatory approval in Italy, but they haven’t been checked for compliance yet.

Italy's Organismo Agenti e Mediatori, a supervisory body which oversees its crypto exchanges, told CoinDesk it didn't plan to start collecting information from registered exchanges until next year – at least. (Mathew Schwartz/Unsplash)

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Binance Sued in Italy Over Exchange Outages, Hearing This Week

A group of Italian and international investors brought a class-action lawsuit against Binance seeking damages for losses sustained during multiple exchange outages in 2021.

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Crypto Exchange Coinify Obtains Regulatory Approval to Operate in Italy

The now-bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital acquired the exchange for $84 million in stocks and cash last August.

Coinify is now licensed to operate in Italy. (Getty Images)

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European Crypto Exchange Bitstamp Registers to Operate in Italy

The Luxembourg-based exchange’s registration with Italian financial regulators comes one week after Crypto.com and BitGo did the same.

The Bitstamp booth at a crypto conference (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Custodian BitGo Cleared to Operate in Italy

The firm's German unit registered in the country.

BitGo will offer digital wallet services in Italy (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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