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Bitcoin.de Seeks Partners After BaFin MiCA Refusal
BaFin refused futurum bank’s MiCA application. Bitcoin.de plans regulated partners for trading and custody while most trading remains suspended.
Crypto AML and KYC Rules Explained: What Exchanges Must Check
Last reviewed: 2 October 2026 Crypto exchanges must know who their customers are, monitor what they do and report suspicious activity to a financial intelligence unit. Sanctions laws also bar…
The UK FCA Crypto Regime Explained: Registration, Authorisation and the 2027 Deadline
Last reviewed: 2 October 2026 The UK is adding full FSMA authorisation for specified crypto activities on top of its existing anti-money-laundering registration and financial promotion rules. Until the new…
Crypto Tax Reporting Explained: DAC8, CARF and Form 1099-DA
What crypto exchanges and brokers must report to tax authorities under US Form 1099-DA, the EU’s DAC8 directive and the OECD’s CARF, and from when.
The GENIUS Act Explained: What the US Stablecoin Law Requires
Last reviewed: 2 October 2026 Until 2025 the US had no federal law written for stablecoins. The GENIUS Act (Public Law 119-27) changed that. For how stablecoins work in general,…
MiCA CASP Licence Explained: Who Needs One and What It Covers
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026 Since MiCA, the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, took full effect, a crypto exchange, broker or custodian offering crypto-asset services within its scope to people…
How to Read a VASP Register Entry: What Each Field Proves
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026 A VASP register entry is the regulator’s public record of a crypto firm: the legal company, the authority that supervises it, what it may do…
Crypto Regulation Explained: MiCA, VASP Registers and US Rules
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026 Crypto regulation mostly targets the businesses in the middle: exchanges, brokers, custodians, payment processors and stablecoin issuers. Holding bitcoin in your own wallet is legal…
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