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Crypto adoption in Denmark remains among the lowest in Europe, with only 4% of citizens holding digital assets—far behind regional peers that often have an adoption rate of over 10%.

Hungary’s political reset following the victory of Péter Magyar and his Tisza Party may open the door to a more crypto-friendly regulatory environment—but for now, any shift remains purely speculative.

EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera is meeting major tech CEOs to examine how Big Tech controls AI tools and infrastructure. EU lawmakers are also rejecting US pressure to weaken their digital rules.

Circle has asked the European Commission to lower barriers for crypto firms and make euro stablecoins like EURC easier to use in financial markets. The company wants rules on e-money tokens and blockchain settlement updated so more institutions can participate and liquidity can grow.

The European Union is preparing to wage war against Russia by implementing a complete ban on all cryptocurrency transactions between EU residents and Russian entities

The EU plans to sanction two Kyrgyz banks and several other foreign lenders for helping Russia move money through crypto and bypass existing sanctions. It also wants to block all crypto transactions linked to Russia, including stablecoins and the digital rouble, to close this route for payments and trade.

The European Union has launched one of its strongest regulatory assaults yet on TikTok, accusing the social media giant of deliberately engineering addictive user behavior and seeking legal actions against the company under the EU's Digital Services Act.

Spain is preparing to draw one of its toughest red lines on social media, with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announcing that children under the age of 16 will be banned from social media next week, as part of the country's efforts to shield its youth from the "Digital Wild West."

French police raided X’s Paris office and summoned owner Elon Musk for questioning over a criminal investigation into the platform and its AI chatbot Grok. Prosecutors are examining claims that X and Grok helped spread illegal content, including child abuse images and sexual deepfakes, and may have unlawfully handled data.

AI-powered crypto projects are set to get a major adoption tailwind after the European Union forced Google to open its Android ecosystem to competing AI tools, with many AI-linked crypto projects like Fetch.ai, SingularityNET, and Ocean Protocol looking to get explosive integration opportunities as developers gain direct access to billions of devices.