40% of 40K respondents plan to buy crypto in 2023: Blockchain.com survey
Despite the gloom of the ongoing cryptocurrency winter, coupled with the failures of crypto giants like FTX, the community appears to remain bullish on crypto, according to a new survey. Crypto markets saw a massive sell-off in 2022, with the total market capitalization plummeting nearly 70% since Bitcoin (BTC) reached its all-time high at $69,000 […]
Jack Dorsey’s Block sues Bitcoin.com for trademark infringement
Digital payments company Block Inc. is pursuing legal action against Roger Ver’s Bitcoin.com over alleged trademark infringement involving its newly launched Verse token, which concluded a $33.6 million private sale in May 2022. In a letter addressed to Bitcoin.com CEO Dennis Jarvis and the company’s legal counsel Joseph Collement, lawyers representing Block claimed that Bitcoin.com’s […]
Bitpanda secures crypto licence in Germany, claims to be the first “European retail” crypto investment platform to do so
In an official blog post, Bitpanda announced that it has secured a crypto custody licence from the German financial authority, BaFin. Having obtained this licence, the Austrian-based crypto exchange can now legally market its services to residents of Germany. Bitpanda also claimed to be the first retail crypto exchange based out of Europe to have […]
Germany’s financial regulator orders Coinbase to address ‘business organization’ practices
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority of Germany, also known as BaFin, has issued an order related to the business organization of Coinbase’s local arm in accordance with the country’s banking laws. In a Nov. 8 notice, BaFin said it had issued the order to Coinbase Germany GmbH for violations of “proper business organization” under the […]
Mobile bank N26 launches cryptocurrency trading with Bitpanda partnership
The $9 billion-valuated German fintech N26 launched crypto trading on its mobile app. Starting from Austria and rolling out to other countries in the upcoming months, N26 Crypto will let its customers buy and sell 200 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). The Berlin-based fintech announced on Oct. 20 that the launch in Austria addresses […]
Germany leaves the US behind in top crypto economies in Q3: Report
Germany has become the most favorable crypto economy in the world in the third quarter of 2022, according to a new report. The United States, the joint top-rank holder from last quarter, fell six places to rank seventh on the top crypto economy. The crypto economy rankings compiled by Coincub looked into various factors such as […]
The state of crypto in Western Europe: Swiss powerhouse and French unicorns
Despite the turbulence that broke out in the crypto market this summer, there is an important long-term marker that should be considered in any complex assessment — the combination of adoption and regulation. The latest report by EUBlockchain Observatory, named “EU Blockchain Ecosystem Developments,” tries to measure this combination within the European Union, combining the […]