Europe

The filing marks the first major legal challenge to DAC8 in the EU. Bull Bitcoin warns that forced consolidation of user data undermines both privacy and the regulation’s own tax-collection goals by driving users toward unregulated alternatives.

Interactive Brokers has launched bitcoin trading for eligible retail investors across the European Economic Area.

A Bitcoin-backed credit product is coming via European pilot by 21bitcoin, VR Bank Bayern Mitte, and Sopra Financial Technology.

Luxembourg's Intergenerational Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSIL) will allocate 1% of its total portfolio — over €7 million — to Bitcoin and other crypto.

Estonian-based Bringin has launched its full Bitcoin financial services platform after successful beta testing. The platform offers eurozone users a comprehensive solution to save, store, send, receive, and spend Bitcoin in one simple app, allowing them to 'live the standard.'

The license allows Kraken to offer regulated bitcoin and crypto services across all 30 EEA countries.

Coinbase has obtained its Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) license from Luxembourg's Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), marking a significant regulatory milestone...

Revolut partners with Lightspark to bring faster, cheaper Bitcoin payments to users in the UK and Europe, leveraging the Lightning Network and Universal Money Address for seamless, real-time transactions.

Asset management giant BlackRock has launched its first bitcoin product in Europe: a physically backed bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP). The iShares Bitcoin ETP started trading...

The world's largest asset manager is set to expand its Bitcoin footprint internationally with a new exchange-traded product in Switzerland.