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.
Wavespace, the Bitcoin-only neobank, has achieved MiCA compliance and launched its self-custodial wavecard® that uses Nostr Wallet Connect to automatically top up from users’ Lightning nodes, eliminating custodial preloading risks.
Bitcoin Suisse secured a MiCAR license in Liechtenstein, enabling the crypto financial services firm to expand regulated operations across the European Union under a unified regulatory framework.
Hungary is reversing its restrictive crypto laws, moving to decriminalize Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading and eliminating penalties that had driven major digital asset firms out of the country.
Polish lawmakers approved a long-debated crypto bill to align with the EU’s MiCA rules, as a fraud probe tied to a major exchange intensifies political tensions in Warsaw.
Germany’s second-largest lender DZ Bank has received authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, clearing the way for the launch of a...