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Policy

EU Parliament Passes Bill Requiring Smart Contracts to Include Kill Switch

One critic says the bill alters the fundamental nature of an automated computer program.

EU data rules target smart contracts (Walter Zerla/Getty Images)

Policy

Panic Mustn’t Be Allowed to Spread After SVB Collapse: EU Lawmaker

Germany’s Markus Ferber said there needs to be a review of interest rate and sovereign bond exposures.

The European Parliament in Brussels (John Elk III/Getty Images)

Policy

EU Merchants Could Be Required to Accept Digital Euro, Ministers Told

Governments from the euro currency bloc are due to discuss strategic objectives for the CBDC later Monday.

Ministers are set to discuss a digital euro. (Maarten Wouters/Getty Images)

Policy

After Landmark Crypto Law, European Politicians Contemplate Building Their Own Blockchain

"Europeum" could safeguard values like privacy, Belgian Digital Minister Mathieu Michel told CoinDesk, as he seeks to make his country a blockchain hub.

Belgian minister Mathieu Michel (Office of Mathieu Michel)

Policy

Metaverse Competition Issues Need Addressing, EU Antitrust Chief Says

The European Commission is set to produce a strategy for online virtual worlds in May.

Margrethe Vestager. (Thierry Tronnel/Corbis via Getty Images)

Videos

EU Metaverse Policy Should Consider Nondiscrimination, User Safety, Data Privacy: Commission Official

The European Union needs to consider issues such as non-discrimination, user safety and data privacy when considering how to regulate the metaverse, a senior European Commission official said Friday. The EU has lately set out sweeping regulations to control the ability of big companies like Google and Amazon to dominate the online space. "The Hash" panel discusses the future of the metaverse and the need for virtual safety.

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EU Metaverse Policy Should Consider Discrimination, Safety, Data Controls: Commission Official

The European Commission plans to set out policy on virtual worlds in May.

The European Commission in Brussels (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

Policy

EU Now Accepting Applications for Its Blockchain Regulatory Sandbox

The sandbox, which will run for the next three years, is open to "companies from all industry sectors" and public entities, with priority given to more mature projects.

European Union flag (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)

Videos

When Is Crypto Clarity Coming?

UK and EU make moves on regulation. That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Policy

Restrictive Crypto Rules for EU Banks Confirmed in Published Legal Draft

Banks in the European Union would have to treat crypto as the riskiest kind of asset and disclose exposures while awaiting more detailed rules.

The European Parliament is set to vote on new banking rules for crypto. (John Elk III/Getty Images)