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Patrick Hansen

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

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Join the BIS innovation summit and Danteโ€™s fireside chat via live stream on May 6-8. And reach out if you are around Iโ€™ll be in Basel for these days.

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The Circle Forum Paris 2024 recordings are now available online, including our panel titled 'Crossing the Finish Line: MiCA's Last Mile in Focus'.

Really enjoyed moderating this discussion with great insights from David Sabban from the French Ministry of Finance,

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6 years after Stripe stopped payments, it will integrate crypto payments again, starting with USDC.

Consumer payments is a tough nut to crack, but more and more pieces are falling into place - tech, UX, regulation, adoption etc.

The benefits for businesses are just

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A pilot regime without pilot projects? 1 year after its entry into application, it is clear that the much-anticipated EU DLT Pilot Regime is not working and needs to be upgraded ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‘‡

The aim of the regime was to allow on-chain trading and settlement of tokenized financial

A pilot regime without pilot projects? 1 year after its entry into application, it is clear that the much-anticipated EU DLT Pilot Regime is not working and needs to be upgraded ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‘‡ The aim of the regime was to allow on-chain trading and settlement of tokenized financial
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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Update: As expected (see tweet #18 of the thread below), the EU Parliament plenary passed the new AML package, including the AML Regulation with 479 votes in favour, 61 against, and 32 abstentions. The package will now be formally adopted by the Council of the EU as well and

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Update: As expected (see tweet #18 of the thread below), the EU Parliament plenary passed the new AML package, including the AML Regulation with 479 votes in favour, 61 against, and 32 abstentions. The package will now be formally adopted by the Council of the EU as well and

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: 'As expected, the governing council slashed daily issuance from 900 to 450 , cutting inflation rates in half! (0.9% yearly inflation rate vs. 1.8% before).' ๐Ÿ˜„

One clear downside (or rather upside?) of a programmatic monetary policy is that the tangible

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Looking forward to speaking at the crypto asset conference tomorrow, undoubtedly Germanyโ€™s most important industry event of the year.

Alongside Alexander Hoeptner, Dr. Jonas Gross, Prof. Dr. Joachim Wuermeling, Marc Henniges, and Johannes Wirtz, we will discuss all things

Looking forward to speaking at the crypto asset conference tomorrow, undoubtedly Germanyโ€™s most important industry event of the year. Alongside Alexander Hoeptner, Dr. Jonas Gross, Prof. Dr. Joachim Wuermeling, Marc Henniges, and Johannes Wirtz, we will discuss all things
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France has become the crypto powerhouse of the EU ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท

After a week in Paris for our Circle Forum and Paris Blockchain Week, this seems clearer to me than ever.

The developer community is thriving and creating lots of successful crypto entrepreneurs. The political administration

France has become the crypto powerhouse of the EU ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท After a week in Paris for our @circle Forum and Paris Blockchain Week, this seems clearer to me than ever. The developer community is thriving and creating lots of successful crypto entrepreneurs. The political administration
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Our response to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision proposed standards on crypto-assets incl stablecoins, highlighting the benefits of public blockchains.

The categorical penalization of stablecoins running on open internet infrastructure should be reevaluated ๐Ÿ‘‡

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