As Europe advances its mission to safeguard personal data, it walks a fine line between protection and prohibition. The European Data Protection Board’s latest blockchain guidelines seek to align decentralized technologies with GDPR — but risk crippling public blockchain innovation in the process.

Binance has announced the delisting of nine non-MiCA compliant stablecoins, including USDT and DAI. The exchange has advised users to convert holdings before the changes come into effect on March 31

January set the tone for crypto regulation in 2025: as the U.S. loosens up, other regions take their own path—Africa pushes anti-fraud measures, Asia balances its approach, and Europe starts to follow the MiCA playbook.

While private firms push their human and identity verification projects forward, governments are taking advantage of their positions to control and get ahead of the trend.

The exchange is once again under fire for compliance failures, a charge the company strenuously denies.

The pro-crypto governor of the Czech National Bank, Aleš Michl, is considering incorporating Bitcoin into the nation's foreign exchange reserves as part of a diversification strategy. In an interview on CNN, Michl suggested the move would be modest, introducing Bitcoin alongside traditional assets like gold. While the bank&

Tether should be on the verge of delisting due to new regulations, but major exchanges are still not communicating clearly with users.

Quantoz is launching EURQ and USDQ, with Tether set to be delisted in Europe by the end of the year because it lacks an e-money license in a member state.