The companies are joining forces to try to limit the impact of new proposals to identify crypto users and regulate stablecoins.
The European Commission has launched the EU Digital Finance Platform, a website designed to build dialogue between fintech players and supervisors.
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and European Union are exploring a new idea around using NFTs to protect intellectual rights and prevent counterfeiting.
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The new initiative will promote engagement with those involved in blockchain; it will also monitor new developments to help inform policy making; the European Commission allocated a budget last year and sought out bids for a services contract to set up the observatory; the contract was won by ConsenSys. Source
According to the European Commission, only about 60% of the EU population in 14 member states can use their national eID cross-border.
Wording that would have banned proof-of-work cryptos like bitcoin has been removed.
Lawmakers are set to end even the smallest anonymous crypto transactions, and plan measures that could see unregulated exchanges cut off.
On Monday, April 14, the EU's committee, Economic and Monetary Affairs, adopted a new position on rules on crypto-assets.