Spanish police have arrested a hacker suspected of attacking several international organizations, including the U.S. Army, with more than 50 cryptocurrency accounts containing different types of crypto assets. The dangerous hacker is suspected of being behind up to 40 attacks against high-profile, highly sensitive organizations in the United States and Spain.
Spanish law enforcement has teamed up with blockchain firms Tron, Tether and TRM Labs to freeze $26.40 million cryptocurrency linked to a pan-European money laundering operation. The operation is in partnership with the T3 Financial Crimes Unit, an anti-crime initiative launched by three blockchain companies in August 2024. The investigation relies on police surveillance to identify criminal organizations. Its crypto wallets are linked to illegal activities, using "KYC" data from service provide...
Robinhood Crypto announced on Tuesday that Spanish users can now use the platform's trading, staking and investment services. This is the company's latest expansion in Europe following the implementation of European Union crypto market regulations. Last year, the US-based trading platform unveiled a plan to expand its services to the European Union, the UK and Asia. Johann Kerbrat, managing director of Robinhood's cryptocurrency division, said at the time: "The European Union is as big as the US...
According to Bitcoin.com, Spanish cryptocurrency ATM operator Bitbase has announced the expansion of its presence in Argentina. The company, which now has more than 130 ATMs and 4 million users worldwide, plans to open a new office and deploy ATMs in Córdoba in 2025, following the opening of its first location in Buenos Aires last year.
According to CoinDesk, Spanish banking giant BBVA is deepening its presence in the crypto ecosystem. As of December 2023, BBVA holds almost an 86% stake in crypto custody platform Garanti BBVA Kripto, which will soon offer cryptocurrency trading services to the public. Spanish crypto exchange Bit2Me, founded in 2014, will serve as a trading execution center. With the Crypto Asset Markets Regulation (MiCA) across the European Union...
Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley posted on social media that a Spanish bank has allocated 2% of the assets of one of its funds to the Bitwise Aptos Staking ETP (APTB), which is listed on the Swiss exchange SIX.
SIX, the owner of Spanish stock exchange BME and a financial infrastructure provider, announced an undisclosed investment in Spanish real estate tokenization platform OpenBrick. The company believes that this investment will complement the SIX digital exchange (SDX). It is reported that OpenBrick runs on Hedera to support the tokenization of various real estate projects. In addition to the investment, the company has also entered into a strategic partnership with law firm Garrigues and infrastru...
The Spanish securities regulator CNMV has approved the country's first tokenization license, opening the door to the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA). Ursus-3 Capital, in partnership with Onyze, is the first consortium able to offer services to Spanish companies looking to enter the space. "We firmly believe that RWA tokenization opens up endless possibilities for entrepreneurs and it is important to ensure the legal safety of investors," says Juan Jurado, managing director of Ursus-3 Cap...
User reports from BBVA, Spain's second largest bank, show that ChatGPT has significantly increased productivity within the bank, triggering an "explosion of creativity", but they still have questions about ChatGPT's ability to scale and integrate. According to early user reports, productivity has indeed increased across bank departments, with 80% of users saying that ChatGPT Enterprise helps them save more than two hours of work per week. However, ChatGPT Enterprise still has problems in expandi...
On November 18, at the invitation of Portuguese Speaker Aguiar Blanco, Spanish Speaker of the House of Representatives Armen Gore, and Greek Speaker Tasoulas, Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Zhao Leji will pay an official goodwill visit to Portugal, Spain, and Greece from November 21 to 30.
According to CoinDesk, UK crypto trading platform Archax has acquired Spanish brokerage King & Shaxson Capital Markets to expand its business in Europe. Completion of the deal is currently subject to approval from Spanish regulators. The value of the deal has not been disclosed. The acquisition will enable the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) registered company to expand its existing brokerage business, multilateral trading facility (MTF) and custody services to Europe, while adding crypto deri...
Payments giant Visa said Wednesday that Spanish bank Bilbao Vizcaya (BBVA) has been participating in the development of the new Visa Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP) sandbox this year. The bank is testing the issuance, transfer and exchange of bank tokens on the network blockchain. It plans to launch an initial pilot on the Ethereum blockchain to selected customers in 2025. (Blockworks)
Spain's IBEX 35 index opened up 1% and Italy's FTSE MIB index rose 1.07% to touch 34,000 points.
Spanish cryptocurrency exchange Bit2Me has received approval from Argentina's National Securities Commission (CNV) to become a virtual asset service provider (VASP). In March, CNV opened the registration of virtual asset service providers, a requirement for companies in the sector wishing to do business in the country. According to the official list provided by CNV, 79 companies have been approved so far. Previously reported, on June 15, 2023, Bit2Me completed a $15 million financing, led by Inv...
Telefónica, a Spanish telecommunications giant, has now become a system integrator for Polygon's identity solution Privado ID. Telefónica Tech, Telefónica's digital business unit, will integrate Privado ID's tools into its managed blockchain service, TrustOS, according to a September 10 announcement. The collaboration aims to develop proofs of concept for a variety of digital identity use cases, including age verification, digital national identity, electronic signature solutions, and content...