European companies are increasingly adding Bitcoin to their balance sheets as corporate interest in the asset grows across the region. On July 22, Sweden-based Fragbite Group AB announced its first foray into Bitcoin. 🚨JUST IN: 🇸🇪 Fragbite Group purchased their first 4.3 BTC 💪 pic.twitter.com/58JZTA5uBB — NLNico (@btcNLNico) July 22, ...
The Blockchain Group, recognized as Europe’s first publicly listed Bitcoin treasury firm, has bolstered its Bitcoin reserves with the purchase of an additional 22 BTC, pushing its total holdings close to the 2,000 BTC mark. In a statement released this week, the Euronext Growth Paris-listed company confirmed it completed another ...
Robinhood is laying the groundwork for a major blockchain-powered expansion into Europe, with plans to launch a network that would allow retail investors to trade tokenized U.S. securities, according to sources cited in a recent Bloomberg report. The fintech brokerage is reportedly considering blockchain contenders Arbitrum and the Solana Foundation ...
Meta has received the go-ahead from the European Data Protection Board to begin training its artificial intelligence models with publicly shared content from its platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. In a blog post published on April 14, the tech giant revealed that it will now use posts and ...
In a strategic move to broaden its global footprint, PayProtocol, the entity behind Paycoin (PCI), has announced the upcoming launch of a Mastercard-powered crypto debit card, set to go live on April 30. According to a statement shared on the company’s Medium page, the card—developed in collaboration with Swiss neobank ...
21Shares has enhanced its presence in Europe by listing three new crypto-backed exchange-traded products (ETPs) on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange. This move strengthens its position as a key issuer in the market, expanding its portfolio across 11 major exchanges, including Nasdaq, Euronext Amsterdam, and SIX Swiss Exchange. The new ETPs ...
The European Central Bank (ECB) faces challenges in generating consumer interest in a potential central bank digital currency (CBDC), specifically the digital euro. A recent ECB working paper based on a survey of about 19,000 respondents from 11 euro-area countries found that European households are indifferent primarily to the digital ...
European Union finance officials are concerned that U.S. President Donald Trump’s favourable stance on cryptocurrencies, particularly dollar-backed stablecoins, could threaten Europe’s financial stability and monetary sovereignty. Pierre Gramegna, managing director of the European Stability Mechanism, raised concerns during a Eurogroup press conference about the U.S. administration's crypto-friendly stance. He warned ...
Binance Pay has partnered strategically with xMoney, a blockchain payment solution provider. This collaboration is set to enhance accessibility to crypto payment services and bolster the adoption of digital currencies in mainstream commerce. The partnership expands Binance Pay’s global merchant network to over 32,000 businesses, integrating xMoney’s robust infrastructure to ...
Deutsche Telekom, Europe’s largest telecom provider, has entered the Bitcoin mining industry with an eco-conscious project leveraging surplus renewable energy. Named “Digital Monetary Photosynthesis,” the project aims to test how to utilize the surplus of Germany’s expanding yet unpredictable renewable energy resources, such as wind power, to power bitcoin mining ...
