By Hassan Shittu Key highlights: Binance’s Greek MiCA license bid collapsed after ECB President Lagarde reportedly urged Greek PM Mitsotakis not to proceed A Greek approval would have given Binance a passport to serve all 450M EU citizens under MiCA Binance isn’t permanently banned from the EU; it can apply in other member states but […]
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By Hassan Shittu Key highlights: The ECB hiked its deposit rate 25bps to 2.5% as Brent crossed $100 / barrel and eurozone inflation rose to 3.3%, with markets pricing 3+ more hikes The Fed faces the same dilemma ahead of its Sept. 15-16 meeting, and August CPI is the key catalyst, with hike odds at […]
By Emir Abyazov Key highlights: Europe could see its first digital euro in less than five years Privacy and politics stand between plans and progress The ECB sees a digital euro as key to financial independence The European Central Bank (ECB) is intensifying efforts to introduce a digital euro by 2029, according to the ECB. […]