Europe

Ripple has reached a milestone in Europe as AMINA Bank becomes the first regulated European bank to use Ripple Payments. This expands Ripple’s network of licensed payment partners worldwide. According...

Belarus restricted access to several major global crypto exchanges this week, tightening control over how residents reach offshore trading rails. Reports said the disruption affected Bybit, OKX, Bitget, BingX, and...

Norway’s central bank has stepped back from the digital currency arms race, announcing on Wednesday that it will not proceed with issuing a retail CBDC at this time.  In a...

Tezos-based payment processor Lyzi has expanded its luxury retail footprint, securing commercial partnerships that allow Porsche and Lamborghini dealers to accept digital assets for high-value transactions.  Lyzi Driving Innovation: Instant...

Tajikistan will impose strict punishment on the use of stolen electricity in cryptocurrency mining amid power shortages. Lawmakers approved amendments to the Criminal Code that introduce a new article covering...

Revolut has confirmed that it will completely end cryptocurrency services for Hungarian customers. This closes a turbulent chapter that began earlier this year when local rules forced the company to...

BPCE, France’s second largest banking group, has started offering crypto purchases to its customers. Beginning Monday, users in four of its regional banks, about 2 million people, can buy Bitcoin,...

Italy’s Consob, the country’s national authority for regulating financial markets, has issued an ultimatum to Virtual Assets Service Providers (VASPs), mandating them to apply for the MiCAR license before the...

Ten of Europe’s largest banks have created a new company called Qivalis, aiming to launch a fully regulated euro-backed stablecoin in the second half of 2026. Qivalis has already begun...

Sweden’s Sveriges Riksbank has released a new analysis on the role of stablecoins in the modern financial system. The report discusses how stablecoins have expanded beyond their original place in...

Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager with €2.2 trillion in AUM, has formally entered the on-chain finance race, launching the first tokenized share class of a Euro-denominated money market fund on...

Visa is moving deeper into blockchain-powered payments announcing a strategic partnership with digital asset infrastructure provider Aquanow to expand stablecoin settlement across CEMEA; that is, Central and Eastern Europe, the...

Securitize has secured regulatory authorization from Spain’s National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) to operate a digital asset trading and settlement system under the European Union’s DLT Pilot Regime. The approval...

A top European Central Bank policymaker has warned that a sharp run on stablecoins might force the ECB to rethink its interest-rate path. Olaf Sleijpen said the rapid growth of...

Swiss-based AMINA Bank has achieved a major regulatory milestone. This approval came from Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA), which granted a MiCA license to its subsidiary, AMINA (Austria) AG. This...

Christine Lagarde, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), has publicly set a target for a first issuance of the digital euro in 2029, provided the necessary legislation is...

The European Union is preparing to ban the trading and use of A7A5, a Ruble-backed stablecoin with ties to Russia’s sanctioned Promsvyazbank (PSB). Effective November 25, the EU A7A5 stablecoin...

RippleX has spotlighted Schuman’s EURØP stablecoin as part of its push to advance regulated digital finance across Europe. The euro-backed asset, built on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), complies with the...

Stuart Alderoty, Ripple’s Chief Legal Officer, thanked Luxembourg’s Finance Minister, Gilles Roth, for his proactive and involved approach to digital asset regulation. Alderoty referenced a recent meeting where they explored...

ECB President Christine Lagarde reignited criticism of Bitcoin, stating it has no “underlying value”, again positioning it as a speculative technology rather than real money.  She framed her remarks as...

At a Baltic conference on digital money, ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone argued that a digital euro will protect Europe’s financial independence and strengthen public trust.  He told policymakers...

France warned it could challenge the ability of crypto firms licensed in one EU country to operate across the bloc, raising the stakes in Europe’s rollout of the Markets in...

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde is making a major push to establish the EU’s MiCA framework as the global standard for stablecoins, calling for stricter oversight of all...

The Financial Times reports that the European Central Bank (ECB) is accelerating its Digital Euro planning and actively considering public blockchains like Ethereum and Solana (instead of a private, ECB-controlled...

Robinhood Markets is facing regulatory scrutiny in the European Union following its rollout of blockchain-based stock tokens tied to the private firms OpenAI and SpaceX. The campaign, which started on...