🌐 Top #Blockchain & #Crypto stories this week:
📍🇬🇧 UK MPs call for better Retail Investment education, and Action on #Crypto scams:
https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-04-22/debates/68391DBA-14D3-4DC8-BD0C-46CA0C2558B9/RetailInvestment
📍 🇬🇧 UK Gambling Commission Warns of #AI Deepfakes and #Crypto Risks in Money Laundering Schemes:
https://365retail.co.uk/uk-gambling-commission-warns-of-ai-deepfakes-and-crypto-risks-in-money-laundering-schemes/
📍 🇪🇺 European Union Watchdog Proposes #Blockchain Privacy Rules Under #GDPR:
https://decrypt.co/315856/europe-blockchain-data-access-new-privacy-guidelines
(Note: BBA published one of the world's first GDPR privacy protection and Blockchain Delphi study in 2018:
https://jbba.scholasticahq.com/article/3554-blockchain-and-privacy-protection-in-the-case-of-the-european-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr-a-delphi-study
📍🇺🇳 United Nations Warns Crime Syndicates Are Building Crypto Empires:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-syndicates-launch-coins-launder-billions-un-warning
📍🇪🇺 The European Central Bank calls for changes to MiCA, only months after the regulatory framework was implemented:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ecb-warns-us-crypto-push-stablecoin-risk-europe
📍🇺🇸 Tesla holds nearly $1 Billion in #Bitcoins:
https://zycrypto.com/tesla-still-holds-almost-1-billion-in-bitcoin-as-elon-musk-promises-to-step-back-from-doge/
📍🇺🇸 New U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Vows Firm Regulatory Foundation for Digital Assets:
https://www.reuters.com/business/sec-chair-atkins-top-priority-is-have-firm-foundation-digital-assets-2025-04-23/
📍🇰🇪 Kenya launches New #blockchain-powered platform to bring regulation to digital assets:
https://www.cointrust.com/market-news/nairobi-stock-exchange-to-tokenize-assets-with-kdx-launch
📍🇬🇧 UK Gambling Commission Flags #Crypto as High-Risk Payment Method:
https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/licensees-and-businesses/guide/page/emerging-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing-risks-from-april-2025
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