The warning follows authorities in several countries issuing statements warning investors to exercise caution in regards to Binance, or claiming the exchange was operating illegally.
Netherlands News
A country that forms part of the European Union, the Netherlands boasts a market economy — a type of economy in which supply and demand spur activity. The Netherlands is home to approximately 17 million people, with Dutch as its main language and Amsterdam as its capital. Holland refers to a pair of specific provinces within the Netherlands.
Due to its affiliation with the EU, crypto regulations have tightened in the Netherlands, requiring crypto companies to comply with the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, or 5AMLD. The regulations require entities to provide a specific amount of information on themselves in addition to their customers. These regulations have impacted businesses in the cryptocurrency space.
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Anycoin Direct will now be an official partner of PSV for the next two seasons, helping grow crypto awareness across Europe.
3340Binance moves to suspend derivatives trading in Europe, starting with Germany, Italy and Netherlands.
26866CEO Hong Fang said Okcoin was focused on Europe as part of the firm's global growth plans.
2988AZ Alkmaar announced crypto broker Bitcoin Meester as its exclusive and official cryptocurrency partner.
6563Dutch finance minister Wopke Hoekstra is confident that supervision is more effective than banning crypto outright.
9091The Netherlands must ban the mining, trading and holding of Bitcoin because it doesn’t meet any of the three functions of money and is handy for criminals, one Dutch official argued.
36205Any employee who earns more than minimum wage will have the option for the excess salary to be paid in crypto.
33177Stringent KYC requirements notwithstanding, the Dutch central bank still does not know how many crypto investors are in the Netherlands.
7118"I wanted to have something that stood out and showed people that we embraced Bitcoin as a solution for a revolution," said the party chairman.
20732In a week that saw meme-driven investors rail against Robinhood in what coverage painted as a David and Goliath story, considerations of who exactly policy should defend flared up.
57466One Dutch Bitcoin exchange has taken legal action against the central bank over its controversial crypto wallet verification law.
10263Bitstamp traders based in the Netherlands now have even more regulatory hoops to scale before being able to withdraw their funds.
5786To comply with Dutch regulations, Netherlands-based Bitstamp users can no longer make withdrawals without first providing photographic proof they own the recipient wallet.
6573Unique in Europe, the Dutch central bank now requires Bitcoin exchanges to prove that their users actually control their withdrawal addresses.
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