Netherlands

Europe

Dutch Financial Authorities Plan Licensing Scheme for Crypto Exchanges

Financial authorities in the Netherlands plan a licensing scheme for crypto exchanges and wallet providers to lower the risk of financial crimes.

Policy & regulation  ·  22 January 2019
Bitcoin

The EU’s Biggest ETF Firm Expands Into Crypto Products

Europe's largest trader of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is entering the crypto world.

Business  ·  5 July 2018
Canada

WEF Trials Blockchain in Bid to Boost Air Travel Security

The World Economic Forum is working with the Canadian and Dutch governments to pilot a digital identity project that focuses in part on blockchain.

Policy & regulation  ·  29 January 2018
Investments

Dutch Regulator: ICO Environment Is a ‘Dangerous Cocktail’

Regulators have issued a new warning to investors in the Netherlands about putting money into initial coin offerings (ICOs).

Markets  ·  13 November 2017
Research

Europe’s Largest Port Launches Blockchain Research Lab

The Dutch port of Rotterdam, the biggest shipping hub in Europe, is opening a research lab devoted to blockchain technology.

Business  ·  25 September 2017
Europe

Coalition Launches to Promote Blockchain in the Netherlands

A consortium in the Netherlands has published a roadmap that outlines how domestic companies are aiming to get up to speed on blockchain.

Markets  ·  12 April 2017
Europe

No, ABN Amro Isn’t Releasing its Own Bitcoin Wallet

Dutch banking giant ABN Amro has denied it is seeking to release a consumer bitcoin wallet.

Business  ·  9 September 2016
Europe

Dutch Central Bank to Open Blockchain Campus

Holland’s central bank is preparing to open a campus dedicated to teaching others about blockchain. In early September of this year, De Nederlandsche Bank is expected to open a campus where banks and financial institutions can work together “under one roof” to learn more about the distributed ledger technology that underlies bitcoin, according to a […]

Markets  ·  5 July 2016
Europe

Dutch Central Bank to Create Prototype Blockchain-Based Currency

The Dutch central bank has committed to developing an internal blockchain prototype dubbed “DNBCoin”.

Tech  ·  24 March 2016
Europe

Dutch Central Bank Research Head ‘Not Opposed’ to Bitcoin

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) head of research Jakob de Haan has issued new responses to pointed questions about the role of bitcoin in global finance.

Policy & regulation  ·  2 October 2015
Crime

Six Arrested in Money-Laundering Probe Involving Bitcoin

Police have arrested six people in connection with an ongoing international money laundering investigation involving bitcoin. The authorities, which became suspicious following a series of large bitcoin trades, carried out various raids in and near Rotterdam – a city in the south of the Netherlands – leading to the arrests of four people in the […]

Policy & regulation  ·  1 October 2015
Crime

Dutch Supermarket Bomber Demands Bitcoin Ransoms

Police in the Netherlands are appealing for witnesses to find a person who is planting explosives and requesting a bitcoin ransom. According to the police, the first attacks took place in May, when the perpetrator placed explosive devices in three different Jumbo supermarkets – a chain of stores belonging to the Van Eerd Group – […]

Markets  ·  13 August 2015
Europe

Bitcoin Broker Anycoin Direct Raises €500k in Seed Funding

Anycoin Direct has raised €500,000 as part of its seed funding round to expand its bitcoin brokerage service.

Business  ·  27 January 2015
Europe

Dutch Supermarket Joins Arnhem’s Growing Bitcoin Economy

The Arnhem Bitcoincity project in the Netherlands now includes a local Spar supermarket.

Business  ·  28 November 2014
Regulation

Dutch Official: Bitcoin Transactions Probably Not Liable for VAT

While not yet official, there are hints that bitcoin transactions might not be liable for VAT in the Netherlands.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 November 2014