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ECB Official Defends Amazon’s Role in Testing a Digital Euro
Being independent in payments shouldn’t mean protectionism, central banker Jürgen Schaaf said.

Industry Offers Cautious Welcome to EU’s Landmark Crypto Law MiCA
A near final leaked text is fuzzy on NFTs and could strangle the stablecoin market, some worry, but the overall reception to the bill appears to be positive.

Landmark International CBDC Test Deemed Success, BIS Says
Over $22 million in foreign exchange was aided via the pilot involving China, Thailand and Hong Kong, the Bank for international Settlements said

Blockchain Securities Trading Doesn’t Need More Rule Changes, EU Agency Says
Incumbents and newcomers are lining up to take part in a distributed ledger pilot from March, ESMA said

US Fed Chair Powell Urges Caution on Regulating DeFi
Some policymakers are keen to press new rules on the decentralized finance sector following the collapse of Do Kwon's terraUSD stablecoin.

French Central Bank CBDC Projects Aim to Manage DeFi Liquidity, Settle Tokenized Assets
The Bank of France is looking at a wholesale central bank digital currency that would be used by banks and financial markets.

Estonia Grants First Crypto License to LastBit's Striga
The crypto banking company is first to jump over new anti-money laundering hurdles which significantly toughen Estonia's legal regime.

EU Project to Fight Fakes Succeeds by Being Open, Founder Says
A publicly backed blockchain project to stop counterfeit goods from entering the European Union is trying to avoid mistakes of the past, its founder told CoinDesk.

La Unión Europea finaliza el reglamento de la normativa cripto bajo la ley MiCA
Un borrador del texto que se filtró muestra que las normas podrían aplicarse a stablecoins algorítmicas y NFTs fraccionados, según revisiones hechas por CoinDesk.

Hodlonaut’s Tweets a ‘Reckless Campaign’ Against Craig Wright, Lawyers Say, as Satoshi Trial Reaches Conclusion
Accusing the self-proclaimed Bitcoin founder of being a mentally ill scammer shouldn’t be allowed in a democracy, Wright’s lawyers said on the final day of an Oslo trial.
