Spain

Spain has become the first European country to act against Sam Altman’s Worldcoin (WLD), the controversial eyeball-scanning blockchain crypto project that scans users’ irises in exchange for free WLD tokens and digital ID. On March 6, Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD), Spain’s data protection body, ordered Worldcoin to halt personal data collection and […]

Spain is gearing up to become a pioneer in the European Union by implementing the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Act at a national level, with the new regulations set to take effect in December 2025. The Spanish Ministry of Economy and Digital Transformation made this announcement, signaling a significant move towards regulating the rapidly growing […]

Coinbase has secured Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance registration from the Bank of Spain as an official crypto exchange and custodian wallet provider. The registration enables Spanish users to confidently store their digital assets on Coinbase, as well as engage in selling and buying crypto assets using the euro. Vice President of International and Business Development […]