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UK Government Backtracks on Unhosted Wallet Data Collection Proposal

The government said it didn't make sense to require all senders of funds to private crypto wallets to collect recipients' identification details.

UK Parliament

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Antsy Lithuania Latest to Anticipate EU Crypto Law With One of Its Own

Ministers don’t want a crypto disaster to happen while they’re waiting for Brussels lawmakers to dot the i’s on landmark MiCA legislation, but some warn their plans could wreck the sector.

Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, the latest country to seek to anticipate EU crypto laws (Westend61/Getty Images)

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Crypto Exchanges Should Lose Licenses for Laundering Breaches, EU Regulators Say

The advice comes as legislators reach the closing stages of the landmark crypto MiCA law.

The EU wants to get tough on money laundering after a string of scandals. (Caspar Benson/Getty Images)

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How Do You Tax an NFT?

Plans to share bitcoin data with foreign tax authorities may be hard to adapt to transparent, decentralized blockchains – but once in place, new rules are hard to shift.

The OECD wants to make it harder to keep your bitcoin secret from the authorities by stashing it in tax havens. (Michal Ben Ari/EyeEm/Getty Images)

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Former Homeland Security Chief Nielsen to Join Astra as Adviser

Ex-Cabinet secretary to work as strategic adviser beside former acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.

Kirstjen Nielsen, former U.S. secretary of homeland security, is joining Astra Protocol as a strategic adviser. (Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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EU Crypto Firms Protest ‘Alarming’ Anti-Money Laundering Laws

The companies are joining forces to try to limit the impact of new proposals to identify crypto users and regulate stablecoins.

The European Parliament (Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images)

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Europe's CBDC Designers Wrestle With Privacy Issues

The European Central Bank will likely to opt for a centralized solution for its new digital euro, raising questions about state snooping.

The European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany (Holger Leue/Getty Images)

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I’m Not Anti-Crypto, Says Architect of Controversial EU Money Laundering Proposal

In an exclusive interview, Belgium’s Assita Kanko tells CoinDesk she just wants to stop anonymous payments being used for crime. Her claims seem unlikely to impress an industry complaining of privacy violations and stifling innovation.

EU lawmaker Assita Kanko (Assita Kanko's office)

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Crypto Industry Mobilizes Against Proposed EU Transparency Rules

Crypto advocates were able to sway lawmakers against a provision that could have effectively banned bitcoin in the European Union. Can they do it again?

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