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Coinbase Picks Ireland for EU Hub With MiCA Law Set to Open European Market

Forthcoming European laws known as MiCA will allow the exchange to serve the entire EU bloc with a single license.

CEO Brian Armstrong posted 10 crypto startup ideas to Twitter he wishes someone would build. Why not Coinbase? (Coinbase, modified by CoinDesk)

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German Regulator Warns Consumers About MEXC's Crypto Custody

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority warned consumers that the MEXC exchange has been offering financial services without authorisation to do so.

German flag (Christian Wiediger / Unsplash)

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Top U.S. Bank Regulator Faulted for Lack of Crypto Guidance to Banks

The FDIC's watchdog concluded the agency has been lax in figuring out how to guide U.S. bankers on crypto matters, and it called for a new strategy by January.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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U.S. Sen. Warren Leads Lawmakers to Push Administration on Crypto-Backed Terrorism

In a letter to top U.S. security officials, 102 lawmakers demanded to know what the Treasury Department and others are doing to prevent the use of crypto to finance terrorism.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and more than a hundred lawmaker colleagues from both parties are pushing the Biden administration to address crypto-backed terrorism. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Digital Euro Project Moves to 'Preparation' Phase

The move is not a decision to issue a central bank digital currency, the European Central Bank said Wednesday.

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DLT Securities Rules Are Here to Stay, EU Official Says

New European laws took effect in April, but fears over its limited scale may have inhibited take-up.

L-R: Bank of America's Christopher Wallace, Teunis Brosens of ING, the European Commission's Ivan Keller, the Bank of England's Sasha Mills and Marina Reason of Herbert Smith Freehills (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

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EU Privacy Watchdog Takes Aim at ‘Excessive Centralization’ of Digital Euro

The central bank digital currency has met significant opposition from lawmakers worried over the potential for state snooping

EU officials are touting the benefits of a digital euro. (Ervins Strauhmanis/Flickr)

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EU Formally Agrees on New Crypto Tax Data Sharing Rules

The rules, set to be published in the EU's official journal, force crypto firms to report on customers' holdings to be shared between tax authorities.

European regulators will focus more on banks' exposure to crypto-linked entities. (Christian Lue/Unsplash)

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Binance.US Halts Direct Dollar Withdrawals

U.S. dollar deposits in user wallets are no longer eligible for FDIC insurance protection, according to the updated terms of use.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)