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Crypto, Policy & Europe | Senior Director, EU Strategy & Policy @circle | All views are my own

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Patrick Hansen
2 months
1/ Yesterday was a prime example of why crypto Twitter (and often crypto media) should not be trusted when it comes to crypto policy. Let's debunk claims that the EU is banning anonymous crypto transactions or self-custodial wallets. Here is what’s actually in the EU Anti Money…
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BREAKING: The ECON committee of the EU Parliament just voted against the de-facto POW-ban: 32 against, 24 in favor. Big relief & political success for the bitcoin & crypto community in the EU💪💪 Will share a breakdown of the vote and what’s next here in this thread. #Bitcoin
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1/ I hate to ring the alarm bell again, but the EU Parliament leaves us no choice 🚨🚨 This time it concerns a crackdown on unhosted wallets in the upcoming crypto AML regulation (TFR). The ECON committee vote is on Thursday and the draft includes some absolute red flags 👇
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1/ The two most important EU crypto regulations to date, MiCA ("PoW-ban") & TFR ("unhosted wallets"), are about to be finalized by the end of June. They have huge implications for the crypto market in the EU and beyond. Here is a quick update thread on both regulations 👇
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1/8 Bad news for #bitcoin & #cryptocurrency in the EU 🚨 The POW-ban has basically made its way back into the draft of the European Parliament that will be voted on in the committee on Monday. I just read the latest draft. A quick update 👇 @balajis @_pgauthier @BrianBrooksUS
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BREAKING: The ECON & LIBE committees of the EU Parliament voted in favor of the FTR compromises D & E that crack down on “unhosted” wallets. Entire regulation draft to be voted on later today, but will certainly go through. Breakdown of the vote & more updates in this thread.
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Germany is paving the way for "crypto shares" 🇩🇪🚀 The German Ministry of Finance will soon introduce a "Future Financing Act" that will create the regulatory basis for the issuance of "crypto shares". Stock corporations will then have the choice of issuing their shares as…
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The MiCA effect 🇪🇺🚀 The share of VC investment into European crypto projects is up almost 10x in one year - from a share of 5.9% in Q1 2022 to 47.6% in Q2 2023. Regulatory clarity attracts capital & entrepreneurs from around the world. Great development for crypto in Europe!
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I will have more to say on this the next few days and I am not a fan of the AMLR, but don’t believe the FUD that is being shared. Self custody wallets are not banned. Payments to/from self custody wallets are not banned. P2P transfers are explicitly excluded from AMLR, as are…
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Joe Nakamoto ⚡️
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Payments to “unhosted” / self-custody #bitcoin and crypto wallets are now illegal How on earth are they going to police that?
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Why would you call me "crypto bro"? That's not how an elected Member of Parliament should react to economic & privacy concerns of its constituents. Happy to engage in a professional discussion on the topic if you are too.
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Paul Tang
2 years
Another week, another social media storm by #crypto bro's. Now about the "transfer of funds regulation". Just like bank transfers, transferring crypto like #Bitcoin should be accompanied with information about the person sending and receiving the funds. 1/
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1/ Europe🤝Web3 The EU economy is struggling in the web era. Our share in global equity markets has halved over the past 20 years. Web3 is THE opportunity we have long been waiting for. I wrote an article on why the EU should embrace crypto 👇🧵
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With Brexit, the EU lost its biggest financial hub, the city of London. Seems like the UK wants to outplay the EU with regards to crypto too. The timing of this, just a few days after heavy public backlash against an EU vote on crypto, is certainly not a coincidence..
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UK'S FINANCE MINISTER SUNAK: IT IS MY AMBITION TO MAKE THE UK A GLOBAL HUB FOR CRYPTOASSET TECHNOLOGY.
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The European Parliament wants to ban proof-of-work based #cryptocurrency like #Bitcoin from the EU🚨 This is no longer a hollow threat, but could happen if the Commission and the Council of the EU don't kill this amendment. @balajis @naval @APompliano
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8/ Second 🚩 For every crypto-transfer from an unhosted wallet over 1k EUR, companies are obliged to inform the “competent AML authorities”. For ALL these transactions, even if there is no sign/suspicion of money laundering. This is an absolute violation of privacy rights.
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Crypto influencers beware: Commenting on crypto assets in (social) media without disclosure and profiting from the effects of that will be considered market manipulation in the EU once MiCA is in force. @zachxbt
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1/16 Stablecoins are undeniably crypto's killer use case atm and going to mainstream faster than any other application. Don't take my word for it, look at the data 🧵
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Unlike US banks, European banks never recovered from the financial crisis in 2008. Europe is in need of financial innovation and should embrace crypto with open arms.
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The worst aspect of some EU policies is that optics seem to matter most. No one who understands #Bitcoin thinks that the EU POW-ban would have had a positive impact on sustainability. No one who understand crypto thinks that the new TFR rules will have a positive impact on AML.
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Europe is home to the ✅highest number of #Bitcoin & #Ethereum nodes ✅largest absolute number & relative share of on-chain activity ✅the most comprehensive crypto-regulation globally (MiCA) ✅two thirds of global industry jobs ✅50% of venture funded crypto projects globally…
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The vote on POW-ban amendment in the ECON committee of the EU Parliament has now been opened and is ongoing. The results will probably be announced around 5-6pm CET. Will keep you posted. #BTC #Bitcoin
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Patrick Hansen
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1/5 The EU Parliament vote on the de facto POW-ban will take place tomorrow at 1:45-2pm CET. You can follow it via live stream. I will also share a quick summary here on twitter. Reminder: This is not the final vote on the regulation. #Bitcoin #BTC
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2 years
1/ Personal update: I am thrilled to share that I joined @circlepay as Director, EU Strategy & Policy.
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1/6 Good news wrt the TFR (AML rule) in the EU 👏 In a letter from State Secretary @florian_toncar to MP @f_schaeffler the German Ministry of Finance opposes • the comprehensive verification of "unhosted" wallets • suspicion-independent transaction reports to AML authorities
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MP @f_schaeffler organized a crypto tax roundtable yesterday in the German Parliament. Good news: Staking/lending of crypto-assets will no longer extend the (usually 1 year) holding period for tax free selling to 10 years in 🇩🇪. Thanks @f_schaeffler for your work & the invite!
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1. @coinbase integrates Dapps like @Uniswap , @compoundfinance or @CurveFinance into its app 2. @RobinhoodApp launches a DeFi wallet covering network fees. 3. @stripe launches USDC payments on @Twitter The @BanklessHQ mullet thesis (fintech 🤝 DeFi) is accelerating.
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In El Salvador, after hundreds of millions of top down public investments, only 1.6% of remittances are sent via #Bitcoin . Meanwhile, driven by natural bottom-up demand, 1/3 of Latin American consumers have used stablecoins for everyday purchases. The market, loud & clear.
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US crypto: Innovate, but doesn't manage to regulate. EU crypto: Regulate, but doesn't manage to innovate.
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1/ The vote on crypto AML rules in the EU Parliament didn't turn out as we would have wished, BUT 1. We can still achieve changes in the trilogue - start ~ April 20/21 2. We have witnessed an unseen level of political mobilization for crypto in the EU Quick shout-out thread👇
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1/ The EU AML rules voted on Thursday originate from the so-called FATF travel rule first "recommended" in 2019. Every country on earth has to (and will) implement measures to comply with it & as usual, the EU has gone further than everyone else. A thread on the travel rule 👇
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MiCA, the landmark EU crypto regulation, officially passed the plenary of the EU Parliament 🇪🇺 -517 MEPs voted in favor -38 against -18 abstentions Next steps -final formal vote in the Council of the EU (EU member states) on May 16 -MiCA publication in the Official journal of…
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Why is the ECB engaging in more and more political matters (bitcoin, environment, economic cycles etc.) instead of focusing on its mandate to maintain price stability? #askecb
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European Central Bank
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🇪🇺 @FrankElderson : Crypto-assets such as #bitcoin have an enormous ecological footprint. Their estimated energy consumption is comparable to that of some countries. Authorities across the world need to see how this affects their sustainable finance roadmaps and take action #AskECB
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It won't be long before regulatory requirements for centralized crypto companies to keep customer funds in segregated accounts in a bankruptcy-proof manner prohibiting their use for the company's own accounts are the global standard. Coming to the EU with MiCA soon.
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Shopify accounts for 10% of total U.S. e-commerce and $444 billion worth of global economic activity. The average cost per transaction using @solanapay & #USDC is $0.00025 (vs. 1.5-2.5% credit card fees). These are the types of 0-1 improvements powered by crypto that can lead…
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EXCLUSIVE: @Solana Pay integrates its plug-in with @Shopify for USDC payments
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9/ So there is loads of work left in the months and years ahead. But today is a big political success for crypto in the EU. Congrats to @DrStefanBerger for this political success and for his support for the crypto community.
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Great news for #BTC adoption and access in 🇩🇪 Through its new wpNex platform, the dwpbank will allow up to 1200 German banks to offer #Bitcoin trading - and soon more crypto-assets. The crypto holdings will be integrated into the customers's online banking securities account.
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The EU could well be the global crypto center ✅highest number of #Bitcoin & #Ethereum nodes ✅largest share in crypto transaction volume After 20 years of economic decline, harming the most promising industry for economic/financial/tech revival is the last thing we should do.
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1/ The EU has reached a deal on the TFR (AML rules). Yesterday evening, policymakers agreed on the first of the two key EU crypto regulations being currently finalized. It's not looking great, but could have ended up even worse. A quick overview👇
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US vs. EU in a nutshell: US treasury secretary Janet Yellen - “New technology has raised the possibility of reduced reliance on centralized intermediaries” ECB president Christine Lagarde - "Cryptocurrencies are highly speculative and suspicious"
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Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡
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1/ Secretary Yellen’s latest public remarks are nothing short of remarkable. Here, the top US govt official in charge of the financial system talks about Satoshi Nakamoto's innovation: “New technology has raised the possibility of reduced reliance on centralized intermediaries”
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Thank you for all the support btw - just crossed the 40k followers 😅🥳 It motivates me to continue working for a crypto-friendly Europe!
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Yes, you heard that right. @SAP , the largest enterprise software provider in the world that literally every single business is a customer of, is testing cross-border payments settled in USDC for their customers.
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Peter Schroeder
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The team at @SAP is now testing cross-border payments for their customers with $USDC.
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7/ But it doesn’t say how exactly a crypto service provider should be able to verify the unhosted counterpart🤨 The consequence of this, imo, is that most crypto companies won’t be able or willing to transact with unhosted wallets anymore in order to stay compliant.
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1/ End of June, the EU reached political agreements on MiCA & TFR, the most comprehensive crypto regulations to date in a major jurisdiction. Since then many are wondering where they can find the final texts & when they will come into force. An update thread on MiCA & TFR 👇
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With ongoing adoption & inflation, critics will soon shift from saying #Bitcoin is useless, stupid, a ponzi scheme etc. to saying it is undermining financial stability. Warren Buffett is the best example of that. This is the stage when things will get truly political.
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1/ Yesterday, after 2-3 years of consultation, discussion, amendments & negotiation, EU institutions reached an agreement on MiCA. MiCA is probably the most important piece of crypto regulation to date. Here is a brief overview of some key decisions 👇
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13/ This is a totally unjustifiable double standard. If anything, the AML requirements for #cryptocurrency should be lower, since blockchain-based transfers offer new and additional ways to track and monitor. Warned about this a few weeks ago:
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1/ The EU Parliament published its report on the AML rules for #crypto wrt the FATF travel rule. It suggests one key amendment compared to the proposal from the EU Commission. No exemptions for transfers under 1k EUR 🚩🚩🚩
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5/ As mentioned before, I totally agree with @Pierr_Person & @PowerHasheur that the implementation of this article would kill the competitiveness of EU crypto businesses and drive plenty of capital, talent, and companies out of the EU.
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Pierre PERSON
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(1/9) MiCa regulation will be voted on next Monday. As it stands, it definitively condemns the future of crypto-assets in Europe. By banning Bitcoin and Ether, by complicating the use of NFT and DeFi, the European Parliament is mortgaging our monetary and financial sovereignty.
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2/ Background: The EU Commission’s AML package includes a revision of the Transfer of Funds Regulation (TFR) that will extend the obligation of financial institutions to accompany transfers of funds with information on the payer and payee to crypto assets.
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1 year
@WhaleChart Not true. Time to leave these „breaking news“ accounts behind us.
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Bitcoin ETFs in 🇺🇸 vs. Bitcoin ETPs/ETCs in 🇪🇺 While several #BitcoinETFs are about to be approved in the US, EU investors won't be able to invest in these. In general, in contrast with the US, EU ETFs (UCITS) cannot be used for single assets like bitcoin or gold. Instead,…
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15/ This proposal cracks down on unhosted wallets & creates huge data honeypots for hackers. It will lead to a system that is very close to SWIFT today, where every crypto transfer (except real P2P) is accompanied by a transfer of personal information.
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1/ It is not unlikely that TRUST will become the new SWIFT. Non-Custodial wallets are the only way we don't end up in the same politicized & weaponized financial system. This is why our right to use them is so key. @punk6529 @twobitidiot @Breedlove22
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17/ What is concerning is that this time, different from the POW-ban in the MiCA regulation, the Council (member states) seems to be on the same page with the EU Parliament on these issues (no threshold for crypto transfers, crackdown on unhosted wallets etc.).
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Germans are not as rich as people think. Contrary to common belief, average median wealth in Germany is half that of France, Italy or the United Kingdom. Overall, it is by far the lowest among these industrialized countries. h/t @LynAldenContact
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. @cz_binance : „The EU MiCA regulation will become a global regulatory standard copied around the world.“
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Interestingly enough, the new EU regulation would not have prevented the biggest catalysts of the recent crypto crash • UST collapse (USD stablecoin) • Anchor collapse (DeFi) • Celsius collapse (Lending) • 3AC collapse (institutional hedge fund)
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10/ And thanks and congrats to everyone who contributed to making our concerns and voices heard. The crypto community in the EU has clearly become a political force!! Looking forward to keep pushing Europe to embrace crypto
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Patrick Hansen
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1/ Europe🤝Web3 The EU economy is struggling in the web era. Our share in global equity markets has halved over the past 20 years. Web3 is THE opportunity we have long been waiting for. I wrote an article on why the EU should embrace crypto 👇🧵
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The ECB has published 3 new research articles on • Climate risk of crypto • DeFi • Stablecoins They give a good overview of how the ECB thinks about these issues and contain some remarkable quotes and graphs. A few examples 👇
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Habemus MiCA! 🇪🇺🚀 After more than 2.5 years of consultation, heated debates, last-minute amendments, and very close votes in the committee, the EU Parliament's plenary today passed the new EU crypto framework with an impressive majority of 517 MEPs for and 38 votes against.…
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9/ Third 🚩 One year after entry into application, the EU commission will assess the need of “additional specific measures to mitigate the risks posed by transfers from or to unhosted wallets, including the introduction of possible restrictions”
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6/ Different from the initial proposal that only required to collect (not verify) personal data from transfers made from/to an unhosted wallet, the draft now requires to “verify the accuracy of information with respect to the originator or beneficiary behind the unhosted wallet”
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4/ It is the EU implementation of the so-called FATF travel rule that basically says that crypto service providers (exchanges, custodians etc) have to share personal information (name, address etc.) of their clients for transactions between one another.
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Good news for fintechs and non-bank payment firms from Brussels🇪🇺 The EU institutions have reached a provisional deal on instant payments during yesterday's trilogue negotiation. As part of this deal, non-bank payment institutions (e.g. e-money institutions, including future…
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Patrick Hansen
2 years
1/ In light of the recent Tornado Cash situation, I feel like regulatory risk (esp. AML) for the #Bitcoin lightning network is generally under-discussed. I will have a closer look in the next weeks, but here are a few initial thoughts 👇
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10/ This means that the EU Commission might be prohibiting transfers from/to unhosted wallets entirely, as was already suggested by some members of the Parliament in an earlier draft - see Art 18 b on page 45 here:
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12/ That means that soon every single satoshi transaction that is not purely P2P will have to be accompanied by the sharing of personal information.
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5/ The EU Parliament is currently discussing and amending that proposal. And the latest draft compromise before the vote on Thursday introduced/aggravated some absolute red flags. First red flag 🚩
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2/ A majority of MEPs from the EPP, ECR, Renew & ID voted against it, while a minority of MEPs from Greens, S&D, and GUE mainly voted in favor. Instead, this alternative amendment from Stefan Berger was supported. What does that mean for POW?
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16/ The regulation is led by @ernesturtasun from the Greens in the ECON & @Assita_Kanko (Conservatives) in the LIBE committee. Reminder: These are not the final rules. After the vote on Thursday, final negotiations with the EU Commission & Council (trilogues) will start.
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1/5 The EU Parliament vote on the de facto POW-ban will take place tomorrow at 1:45-2pm CET. You can follow it via live stream. I will also share a quick summary here on twitter. Reminder: This is not the final vote on the regulation. #Bitcoin #BTC
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Patrick Hansen
2 years
Not many have noticed, but in the final version of the TFR (the EU travel rule implementation, finalized alongside MICA) the EU has replaced the terrible term "unhosted wallet" with "self-hosted wallet". A purely symbolic yet very important change!
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The EU MiCA regulation is without any doubt the most comprehensive, already adopted crypto framework in the world. Nonetheless, there are assets & activities that aren't covered by its broad scope. A thread about who/what will not need regulatory approval under MiCA 🧵 1/12
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3/ Initial proposal from the EU commission Initial draft report from the EU Parliament
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1/8 The UN published policy recommendations for developing countries on how to curb the "spread of the risks of cryptocurrencies & stablecoins". The list includes taxes on trading, banning institutions from holding, prohibiting social media ads & more.
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Even though the last two votes on crypto topics (POW-ban, "unhosted" wallets) in the EU Parliament were pretty much split along the left-right divide, it is important that we push back against the politicization of crypto as a partisan issue. We need broad, bi-partisan support!
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Patrick Hansen
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Crypto is neither left nor right and it should better stay that way if we want it to gmi 🧵 👇
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After getting regulatory approval in Italy & France, @binance has officially applied for the German crypto custody license. This will arguably be the biggest reg challenge to date in Europe, as only 4 companies (out of 30+ applicants) have received approval so far. @cz_binance
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Patrick Hansen
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1/ Important addition 📢 There are 2 alternatives to the Article 2a (POW) that will both be voted on. The 2nd one doesn't plan a ban. Only 1 of the 2 will make it through. There seems to be a very thin majority against the ban right now, but tbd. Here is who supports what 👇
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Patrick Hansen
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1/8 Bad news for #bitcoin & #cryptocurrency in the EU 🚨 The POW-ban has basically made its way back into the draft of the European Parliament that will be voted on in the committee on Monday. I just read the latest draft. A quick update 👇 @balajis @_pgauthier @BrianBrooksUS
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19/ Hopefully this will help debunk most of yesterday’s headlines & FUD. I’d appreciate if you could help me correct the false rumors & bad takes by sharing the first tweet below. I’ll continue to do my best to share updates on all things Crypto & EU.
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Patrick Hansen
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1/ Yesterday was a prime example of why crypto Twitter (and often crypto media) should not be trusted when it comes to crypto policy. Let's debunk claims that the EU is banning anonymous crypto transactions or self-custodial wallets. Here is what’s actually in the EU Anti Money…
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#bitcoin all-time high in euro is officially cracked ✅
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Those who believe that crypto is only a speculative investment hobby of rich people in Western, industrialized countries are either not paying attention or not interested in data. (even if these numbers seem to significantly overestimate usage imo) @balajis
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German banks passed on negative interest rates when the ecb deposit rate was at -0.5%. Now that it is at +2.5% and growing, German banks on average pay only 0.07% in interest to retail depositors. This is not how a fully functioning, competitive market should work.
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11/ My sources come directly from the ECON committee in the European Parliament. Will add official link to website asap.
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3/ The wording of the POW ban has changed, but the effect is essentially the same. Crypto-assets that are deemed unsustainable will be prohibited from being issued, offered or admitted to trading.
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11/ Forth 🚩 While the FATF travel rule only requires these measures for transactions over a certain amount (1k$) and the TFR for fiat (wire transfers etc) only requires the information sharing for transfers over 1kEUR, the draft sets no minimum threshold for crypto transfers.
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1/6 Why is there no major regulated EUR-stablecoin out there? The main reason: the -0.5% negative interest rate for bank deposits at the ECB. Imagine a Circle EURC with a ~ USDC market cap of 50b EUR. Circle would have to pay 250m EUR interest every year on the EUR reserves.
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Europe already has the most crypto-friendly banks in the world, by far. With the MiCA regulation coming into force, this global lead could increase even further. Facilitating access to banking services for crypto-asset service providers is explicitly stated as one of its goals.
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14/ There are more problematic passages in the text (e.g. blacklist for entities without legal entity), but these are the main ones to focus on imo.
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1/ This afternoon, the so-called political trilogue negotiations on the TFR (new AML rules for crypto that impact self-custody wallets) start. A thread on the TFR trilogues, the most contentious issues, realistic small changes and next steps 👇
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1/5 The official letter & interpretation of crypto taxation in 🇩🇪 by the German Ministry of Finance has just been published. The sale of acquired crypto-assets will remain tax-free after one year, even if used for staking/lending 👏👏
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MP @f_schaeffler organized a crypto tax roundtable yesterday in the German Parliament. Good news: Staking/lending of crypto-assets will no longer extend the (usually 1 year) holding period for tax free selling to 10 years in 🇩🇪. Thanks @f_schaeffler for your work & the invite!
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The EU is years ahead of the US when it comes to crypto regulation and that is becoming a growing concern in the US. CFTC Commissioner @CarolineDPham : "It’s so important that we are rule makers, not rule takers."
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1/ Less than 48h before the vote on unhosted wallets in the EU (FTR regulation). Here is a quick thread on the current state of affairs & an update on the next steps (short & long-term), incl. details on the vote, trilogues, entry into force, rollout phase for companies etc. 👇
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1/ I hate to ring the alarm bell again, but the EU Parliament leaves us no choice 🚨🚨 This time it concerns a crackdown on unhosted wallets in the upcoming crypto AML regulation (TFR). The ECON committee vote is on Thursday and the draft includes some absolute red flags 👇
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Growing inflation around the world is driving more & more people into crypto. The correlation is striking. The more a currency is being devalued, the more likely people are to purchase crypto. This will soon lead to way higher adoption in emerging vs. industrialized countries.
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Part of the verified folks now 🤪🥳😬 LFG!
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4/ Existing cryptocurrencies "shall set up and maintain a phased rollout plan to ensure compliance with such requirements". Since there is no way #bitcoin can & will implement a rollout plan out of POW, it would affect #BTC as well.
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On the other hand, these kinds of rules inflict huge costs on both businesses and private individuals. But what seems to matter most is what you can write on the flag. It is about optics.
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Not a single one of the top 25 crypto VCs is based in the EU 🇪🇺 The lack of venture capital has been one of the many reasons why the EU has fallen behind in Web2/tech. Unfortunately, this picture has hardly changed for web3/crypto.
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I'll share a longer thread later today laying out what is actually in the forthcoming EU Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) and debunking yesterday's headlines. So far, I've almost exclusively seen wrong/bad takes.
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I will have more to say on this the next few days and I am not a fan of the AMLR, but don’t believe the FUD that is being shared. Self custody wallets are not banned. Payments to/from self custody wallets are not banned. P2P transfers are explicitly excluded from AMLR, as are…
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Another fantastic @coinbase ad 🔥
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What if pizza worked like money? You’d probably lose your appetite. Crypto moves money (and pizza) forward.
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A new report on DeFi regulation commissioned by the EU Commission was published. This report will contribute to the EU policy debate on the topic that is expected to lead to a DeFi report (or even legislation) in 2023. The report makes 4 policy proposals:
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Flashbots & everyone else involved in MEV should pay close attention to MiCA Art. 92 that could deem MEV to be illegal market abuse (transaction ordering). ESMA will publish technical standards on the topic in Q1 24. I highly encourage people involved to engage early-on.
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1/3 What many bears out there are currently missing: The crypto mullet thesis (fintech/big tech in the front, crypto in the back) is accelerating in spite of the downturn. Crypto is (finally!) fading into the background. A few examples of recent launches (most live today)👇
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