19+ hour, 33+ min ago  (727+ words) France’s National Gambling Authority has ordered internet service providers to block Polymarket, escalating a regulatory dispute that began in 2024. The Autorité nationale des jeux, known as the ANJ, said the prediction market platform promotes gambling services that are not authorized…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (695+ words) Polymarket has been blocked in the Czech Republic after authorities classified the prediction market platform as an unlicensed gambling service, adding another European jurisdiction to the list of countries restricting its operations. The Czech Ministry of Finance has ordered internet…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (565+ words) Europe’s securities regulator has warned that prediction market contracts offered in the European Union could already fall under existing financial rules, potentially triggering a long-standing retail ban on binary options. According to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), firms…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (935+ words) For the first time in the tournament’s near-century of history, a crypto exchange sits inside FIFA’s official partner ecosystem. Six billion viewers, sixteen host cities, one industry trying to prove it has outgrown the arena-naming era. Here is what the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (555+ words) Spain has blocked both prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi for operating without gambling licences. Spain’s gambling regulator, the Directorate General for Gambling Regulation, ordered internet service providers to block access to Polymarket and Kalshi after the Ministry of Consumer Affairs…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (445+ words) Trescon marks 10 years, delivering 500+ government-backed events and scaling from Bengaluru to Dubai-led MEASA expansion. Trescon, a business events company, has marked its 10-year anniversary as a provider of government-backed business platforms in the Middle East and North Africa region, the…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (393+ words) French authorities have arrested multiple suspects in connection with the kidnapping of a magistrate and her mother in a case prosecutors say involved a cryptocurrency ransom plot. The Lyon public prosecutor’s office said on Sunday that six people, including a…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago  (476+ words) DZ Bank, Germany’s second-largest financial institution, has received approval from the country’s financial regulator BaFin to launch its cryptocurrency trading platform after a year of trials. Dubbed “meinKrypto,” the self-directed crypto investment platform was given the green light to operate…...

7+ mon, 4+ day ago  (542+ words) Spanish and Danish police dismantle a cross-border gang that kidnapped and killed a crypto holder, underscoring the rise of violent ‘wrench attacks.’ Spanish authorities have arrested five individuals and coordinated with Danish police to charge four others in connection with…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (263+ words) Spanish banking group BBVA has teamed up with Ripple to provide institutional-grade custody for Bitcoin and Ethereum to its retail customers in Spain. Spanish banking group BBVA has partnered with Ripple (XRP) to provide digital asset custody services for its…...