With Microsoft’s perspective acquisition of Activision Blizzard, concerns have been raised about the negative effects it may cause in the competitive market of both...
The European Commission released a bid to study the possibilities of monitoring decentralized finance through “embedded supervision” last week.
Stemming from the Commission’s Directorate-General dedicated...
The Council of the European Union (EU) has announced the bloc has reached a “provisional agreement” on a new landmark regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.
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As war rages in Ukraine, oil seems to be doing a bitcoin, racing above $115 for WTI, jumping nearly 7% in one day. These price levels have not been seen...
The initial wave of sanctions targeted Russian banks and the financial industry plus individual “inner circle” elites, with more sanctions likely to follow in the coming weeks as events unfold.
Broad restrictions on debt and equity transactions with certain entities in the Russian financial, energy, and infrastructure sectors.
Expanded export controls, including foreign-direct product rule restrictions, new license requirements, and Entity List designations impact a wide range of exports to Russia.…
While condemning the Russian president Vladimir Putin’s move to lay siege across Ukraine, the EU Commission committed to undertake a series of measures to isolate Russia from the international financial system.
Russia is in the process of being cut off from the international monetary system with people in Moscow already barred from exchanging rubles into dollars or euros. That leaves bitcoin...
Slowly, the long-running dispute over legal guidelines for offering online gambling in another German state is coming to an end. Last week, the government of North Rhine-Westphalia approved online gambling in the state. Last Thursday, the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament passed a law to allow the issuance of gambling concessions to online casino operators. According […]