EU
NFT Collections Will Be Regulated Like Cryptocurrencies Under EU’s MiCA Law, Official Says
A carve-out for ownership tokens may prove narrow, meaning issuers have to publish white papers.
Almost 7% of People in Spain Have Invested in Crypto, Regulator Says
The country's securities-market authority, CNMV, said it's worried about poor appreciation of the risks even after it mandated new crypto ad warnings earlier this year.
French Lawmaker Calls for Crypto Committee as Legal Questions Loom
A new Senate grouping is needed to educate lawmakers about the risk of crime using virtual assets, the Centrist Union’s Nathalie Goulet told CoinDesk.
Digital Euro Needs Curbs to Halt Lending Crunch, ECB Study Finds
The economic evidence appears to support calls to cap how much central bank digital currency people can hold, to stop them fleeing banks all together, the study suggests.
EU Banking Regulator Worries It Can’t Find the Staff to Regulate Crypto: Report
José Manuel Campa, chair of the European Banking Authority, told the Financial Times he is worried the agency does not yet have the capacity to supervise digital assets.
Why the EU’s Rushed ‘Travel Rule’ for Crypto Should Be Struck Down
A crypto reporting provision imported from the U.S. likely violates European privacy laws.
Here's What Still Needs to Happen Before the EU's MiCA Bill Becomes Law
CoinDesk looks at what EU crypto companies can expect after the bloc sealed deals on the political shape on anti-money-laundering and licensing laws.
Belgium Regulator Ponders Crypto as a Security
The EU’s landmark crypto law won’t take effect for a couple of years, but existing stock-trading rules may still apply, financial regulator FSMA says.
NFT Platforms Should Be Subject to Money-Laundering Regulation, EU Lawmakers Say
The rules would cover self-hosted wallets and DeFi apps.
CoinShares Completes Napoleon Acquisition, Can Now Promote Products Across EU
The deal was subject to approval by France's AMF, which was granted on June 28.
