On January 7, HashKey Group announced that it has received VASP registration approval from the Central Bank of Ireland, expanding the market to Ireland. Under the European Union's Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5), all crypto service providers in Ireland are required to register with the Central Bank for anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CFT) measures. The VASP license approval allows HashKey to provide a variety of crypto services, including fiat-cryptocur...
12:00-21:00 Keywords: Ireland, FTX, a16z, Coinbase 1. Kraken launches packaged bitcoin token KBTC; 2. The European Central Bank cut interest rates again by 25 basis points, in line with expectations; 3. Total net inflows into Bitcoin ETFs exceeded $20 billion for the first time; 4. Ireland urgently drafts cryptocurrency law ahead of European Union anti-money laundering regulations; 5. FTX's former engineering director asked a judge not to send FTX to prison for its collapse. 6. The probability o...
Irish Finance Minister Jack Chambers has told the Cabinet that emergency legislation will be drafted to update cryptocurrency regulations before the European Union law comes into force on December 30. No details were given about the new cryptocurrency legislation or when it will take effect. The European Union's Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Act, which will come into force in December, strengthens the powers of financial intelligence units to enable them to...
The Irish Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) holds bitcoin seized from a drug dealer in 2019 and has been unavailable despite its value soaring to 345 million euros ($378 million). In 2020, the Irish High Court ruled that the bitcoin was the result of criminal activity when it was seized from Clifton Collins and was worth around $56 million at the time. He claims to have hidden a file containing a seed phrase for his BTC wallet in a county located in Galway.
On September 23rd, according to the official website of the Central Bank of Ireland, Ireland is promoting the democratization of finance through the European Market Crypto Asset Regulation (MiCA). Derville Rowland, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, said at the European Compliance and Law Conference that Ireland is committed to promoting the application of cryptocurrencies under the premise of security innovation, especially the positive impact of blockchain technology in the invest...
The Data Protection Commission (DPC), Ireland's regulator under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), has begun a cross-border investigation into Google Ireland Ltd to determine whether Google complied with the GDPR in developing its artificial intelligence models. According to a statement released by the DPC on September 12, the regulator will investigate the use of personal data of European Union citizens in training Google's Pathways Language Model 2 (PaLM2).
The European Court of Justice ruled on the 10th that Apple in the United States must pay 13 billion euros in back taxes to Ireland. At the same time, it upheld the 2.40 billion euro fine that Google in the United States faces for abusing its monopoly power to suppress competitors. The statement of the European Court of Justice confirmed that the European Commission's 2016 ruling that Apple needs to pay 13 billion euros in back tax benefits to Ireland. The European Court of Justice also rejected ...
Following a court hearing in Ireland, the European Data Protection Commission (DPC) said Elon Musk's social media platform X has agreed to stop collecting and processing user data in the European Union. It is reported that the X platform has agreed to stop processing personal data contained in public posts of its European Union/European Economic Area users between May 7, 2024 and August 1, 2024 for the purpose of training its artificial intelligence Grok.
On August 9, it was reported that Irish police seized about 7.10 million dollars (about 6.50 million euros) worth of cryptocurrency in a raid in north Dublin. The operation was part of a major investigation into money laundering and illegal transactions in dark web markets, culminating in the arrest of three people, two men suspected of assisting a criminal organization to commit serious crimes, and another woman facing money laundering charges. National Cyber Crime Agency of Ireland Detective S...
Social media platform X is under review by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) following widespread reports that a change in default settings allowed users X data to be fed into the training of artificial intelligence chatbot Grok. Recently, DPC told TechCrunch: "DPC has been in contact with X about this matter for several months, and the most recent interaction took place yesterday. Therefore, we are surprised by the current development. We have followed up with X today and are waiting f...
On June 11th, crypto exchange Crypto.com announced that it has been registered with the Central Bank of Ireland's Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP). The approval follows a comprehensive review of Crypto.com compliance commitments, including its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing capabilities. The approval will enable Crypto.com to further provide services in Ireland, including cryptocurrency to fiat exchanges and fiat wallets.
Circle Internet Financial Ltd., the second-largest cryptocurrency issuer, plans to move its legal base from the Republic of Ireland to the United States. A company spokesperson confirmed Tuesday that it had recently filed relocation documents with the court, but declined to say why. Circle secretly filed plans for an initial public offering with U.S. securities regulators in January. Under this shift, Circle could face more onerous U.S. taxes.