Germany’s second-largest lender DZ Bank secures retail crypto trading MiCA license
DZ Bank will “shortly” roll out a crypto trading platform for cooperative banks to offer to clients.
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Crypto market structure bill markup delayed to last week of January, Senator Boozman says
Senate Agriculture Committee will finalize crypto market structure legislation by late January after talks advanced over the weekend, Boozman said.
Crypto infrastructure firm Bakkt jumps 17% on deeper stablecoin payments push with new deal
The firm said it has agreed to acquire Distributed Technologies Research, a blockchain-based payment infrastructure provider.
UK lawmakers push to ban crypto political donations over foreign interference fears
They argue that cryptocurrency’s opacity and traceability issues make it a threat to democratic integrity, citing an intelligence report election interference.
The Senate moves toward a market structure vote: State of Crypto
Lawmakers will (finally) vote on a market structure bill next week.
Senate Republicans race toward crypto vote on bill with uncertain Democratic buy-in
The Banking Committee chief confirmed Friday evening that he’s pressing forward, though the Agriculture Committee says it still hopes for a bipartisan version.