Legal tender status “would imply a legal obligation for (certain) payees to accept payments in digital euro … thereby increasing its network effects, and potentially affecting its distribution,” said ...
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The men’s-only pipeline for UK prime ministers, royalty and now crypto enthusiasts
Meet the Old Etonian Blockchain Association: an all-male, nearly four-year-old club which emerged from one of the most elite private schools in the UK. The pricey boarding school, which is mor...
Eurozone Finance Ministers Pledge Support for Digital Euro Project, Talk Privacy – Finance Bitcoin News
The ministers of finance of the countries in the eurozone reaffirmed their support for efforts to prepare for the potential launch of a digital euro. Meanwhile, the single currency area’s monetary aut...
EU Finance Ministers’ Group Wants Digital Euro to Offer Privacy
As per finance Ministers, Digital Euro must offer privacy as well as transparency. Eurogroup said that CBDC could encourage the Bloc’s autonomy benefit citizens and businesses. Finance Ministers are c...
EU finance ministers’ group state political aspects of digital euro
The Eurogroup reaffirmed its support for digital euro research but underlined that some of the design and application features under consideration would necessitate political decisions. Following a me...
EU finance ministers demand an unprecedented level of privacy with digital Euro – Cryptopolitan
European finance ministers are seeking to create a digital euro that is both secure and accessible as several central bankers push forward with testing the project in 2022. The European Central Bank (...
EU finance ministers’ group releases statement on political aspects of digital euro
The finance ministers from the eurozone countries have released a statement on the introduction of the digital euro after a meeting in Brussels. The Eurogroup meets regularly to discuss political dime...
UK’s Cabinet Minister’s Twitter Account Hacked: To promote Crypto
MP for Chichester, Gillian Keegan’s Twitter account, was hacked on December 25, 2022. All evening her account was used to promote crypto to various prominent personalities. Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Commons...
EU finance ministers push for checks on crypto transactions above $1,000
Last week, the European Council proposed anti-money laundering regulations, including a new EU rule which would demand crypto exchanges conduct due diligence on every crypto transaction worth €1,000 o...
3 UK Prime Ministers So Far This Year
FILE PHOTO (EDITORS NOTE: COMPOSITE OF IMAGES – Image numbers 612413014,1241854307) In this … [+] composite image a comparison has been made between the two remaining Conservative Leader c...
What the UK Prime Minister’s Resignation Means for the Crypto Industry
Liz Truss, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom announced her resignation just 44 days after assuming office on September 6. Representing an event that is not uncommon in modern democracies, the a...
Fasset Partners With Pakistan Prime Minister’s Youth Program and JazzCash
Fasset is partnering with Pakistan’s Prime Minister’s Office, as part of their Prime Minister’s Youth Program (PMYP), to educate 1 million young people on blockchain-based technologies, web3, and cryp...
U.K.’s New PM And Finance Minister’s Past Support In Crypto Ecosystem
Liz Truss, U.K.’s new Prime Minister appointed Kwasi Kwarteng, as the new Finance Minister. Previously, they have shown their support for crypto and blockchain technology. U.K.’s Minister’...
Markets Scream Warning Over New UK Prime Minister’s Mammoth Task
(Bloomberg) — A currency near the lowest in decades, an unprecedented surge in government borrowing costs and record underperformance in domestic stocks — such is the dismal scene in marke...
Prime Minister’s House Set On Fire, Presidential Palace Stormed (In Photos)
Topline Anti-government demonstrations in Sri Lanka reached a fever pitch Saturday as protesters broke into President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence and set fire to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe...
USD stablecoin premiums surge in Argentina following economy minister’s resignation
Argentina, a country with one of the highest crypto adoption rates in the world, saw the price of dollar-pegged stablecoins surge across exchanges on Saturday after the abrupt resignation of its Econo...
UAE Prime Minister’s healthcare charity becomes first to greenlight crypto donations
Cryptocurrencies are becoming an increasingly popular alternative to traditional payments and have also proven a handy way for sending and accepting donations, as recently witnessed in the example of ...
G-7 Finance Ministers Call to Accelerate Global Crypto Regulations Following UST Collapse: Report
The FSB, an international body based in Basel that was responsible for generating many of the post-2008 financial norms, had previously promised a report on the regulation, supervision and oversight o...
Putin Apologized For Russian Foreign Minister’s Hitler Remarks, Israel Says
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday apologized to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s claims earlier this week that Nazi leader Adolf H...
Crypto Businesses Ask 27 EU Finance Ministers to Loosen Disclosure Requirements – Regulation Bitcoin News
Forty-six European crypto businesses and organizations have asked finance ministers in 27 European countries to loosen some regulatory requirements for the crypto industry. For example, they asked for...
EU Finance Ministers Say Digital Euro Will Bring Additional Privacy Safeguards
Lawmakers at the European Commission believe that Digital Euro could facilitate enhanced privacy for small value transactions. Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are going to play a major role in...
UK to Launch NFT at Finance Minister’s Request
Yuri Molchan UK Finance Minister has asked for a non-fungible token to be made and launched later this year Disclaimer: The opinion expressed here is not investment advice – it is provided for informa...
G7, EU Finance Ministers Thwarting Russian Sanction Dodging With Crypto
Finance ministers from the European Union and the G7 (Group of Seven) said they were working to prevent Russia from using cryptocurrencies to avoid sanctions. The details were discussed with central b...
EU is ‘taking measures’ against Russia using crypto to bypass sanctions, say finance ministers
Economy and finance ministers representing nations in the European Union have said they will address Russia’s potential use of cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions imposed on it following its operation...
Binance, Kraken Refuse Ukrainian Minister’s Request to Freeze Russian Accounts
Key Takeaways Yesterday, the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine asked crypto exchanges to block the accounts of “ordinary” Russian crypto users. Both Kraken and Binance have refused to do so. ...
Crypto Community Opposes Ukrainian Ministers Request to Freeze Russian Accounts
The Ukrainian vice-Prime Minster’s plea to freeze Russian crypto accounts met with resistance from major exchanges and the Twitter community. Binance said on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, that it would not i...
UK ministers to protect young people from crypto
Some UK ministers of parliament are calling for greater protection of citizens as a perceived “crypto craze” is encouraging people with little knowledge of investing to enter this new sector. Vulnerab...