In recent days, there has been a lot of news circulating about an alleged EU ban on crypto wallets.
The key point of that news was the ban on anonymous transactions among citizens residing in the European Union, but the issue actually turned out to be more complex.
The news of the ban on crypto wallets in the EU
It all started with a tweet from Patrick Breyer.
EU Committee approves:Prohibition of cash payments over €10,000Prohibition of anonymous cash payments over €3,000₿ Prohibition of anonymous crypto payments to hosted wallets without any threshold
This means war on cash and gradual erosion of our financial freedom!… pic.twitter.com/gwznD4QZop
— Patrick Breyer #JoinMastodon (@echo_pbreyer) March 21, 2024
Breyer stated that a committee of the EU had approved a ban on anonymous crypto payments on hosted wallets.
In a post on his personal blog, he then explained that the relevant committees of the European Parliament had approved new anti-money laundering
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