Finbold reports that the EU now bans the use of unidentified self-hosted cryptocurrency wallets for cryptocurrency payments of any size, Wu said. A majority of the EU Parliament's leadership committee approved the ban on March 19. The new anti-money laundering law bans cash payments up to a certain threshold and any anonymous cryptocurrency payments.
Recently, Binance CEO Richard Teng and representatives of the Binance team visited the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office (hereinafter referred to as the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office) and met with the Chief Prosecutor of the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office, Chang Dou-hui. The two sides also had an in-depth discussion on the issue of virtual asset crime prevention and control
According to Wu, Patrick Hansen, Circle's head of European policy, explained that the EU requires custodial crypto businesses not to provide services to anonymous users, does not allow privacy coin services, and prohibits the listing of crypto assets with built-in anonymity features.
According to CryptoPotato, Ripple’s legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been going on for more than three years and is now about to enter its final stage – a trial scheduled for April 23. Until then, both parties must comply with court requirements.
According to CoinDesk, the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) has released a series of final reports on the regulation of the EU cryptoasset market (MiCA).
According to BlockBeats, Fox reporter Eleanor Terrett posted on social media that "this week the judge may rule on the case of digital asset bank Custodia Bank against the Federal Reserve, because it will start two trials on April 1. This case The results could be landmark for both the crypto industry and state banks."
According to BlockBeats, the US SEC is soliciting public opinions on Grayscale, Bitwise and Fidelity Spot Ethereum ETFs. In its filing regarding Bitwise, the SEC stated that the Commission issued this notice to solicit comments from interested parties on the proposed rule changes, as modified by Amendment No. 1. The public has 21 days to submit comments.
According to Odaily Planet Daily, the European Securities and Markets Authority said that although MiCA will come into effect at the end of the year, it has not yet promoted an increase in cryptocurrency euro trading. However, this may become a potential growth driver because it aims to strengthen investor protection. Since the formal legislation of the regulation last year, the level of cryptocurrency trading denominated in euros has remained stable at around 10%.
According to Odaily Planet Daily, Bim Afolami, the economic secretary of the British Treasury, said at the Global Summit on Innovative Finance that the British government plans to propose legislation for stablecoins and crypto asset pledges, exchanges and custody by June or July.
Grayscale's new Mini Bitcoin ETF will be around ten times cheaper than GBTC's fees, but Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas says it's too soon to get excited.