# EU News

Bitpanda, the Vienna-based Bitcoin broker, has received the Payments Services Directive 2 (PSD2) license from Austrian financial regulators in accordance with European law. The license allows the company to offer more financial products and services that bridge the gap between the emerging digital assets landscape and mainstream financial markets. Austrian...

According to a report by Irish Tech News published March 23, 2019, Blockchain Ireland, the body that aims to foster the development of the local blockchain ecosystem in Ireland, has officially launched Blockchain Ireland Week in the cities of Dublin, Cork, Sligo, and Galway. Blockchain Ireland Week to Span from...

On February 5, Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced that it was extending support for PayPal withdrawals to all their customers in the European Union as well as European Free Trade Association countries. The latter would include countries such as Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. PayPal Withdrawals in the UK The news...

The European Banking Authority (EBA)  has published the report of its assessment concerning the suitability and applicability of existing financial laws to cryptoassets. The body has made it clear that the European Union Commission needs to study the blockchain space extensively to enable it to formulate robust laws capable of...

The price of bitcoin crashed by a staggering 33 percent in the last seven days after uncertainty sparked by the bitcoin cash “hash war” reminded markets in the prior week how volatility cryptoassets still are. Bitcoin dropped from $5,600 on Monday morning to around $3,750 by Sunday afternoon, to reach...