Cryptocurrencies

In 2023, income declared from the purchase and sale of cryptoassets by residents in Portugal stood at around €57 million according to newspaper Expresso today. The figures reflect the first year [...]

The MiCA crypto assets regulation, which came into force at the end of 2024, does bring more security for investors but could limit innovation in the financial system and push small Portuguese [...]

A lack of a homegrown legal regulatory framework in Portugal governing cryptoassets in line with European Regulations on the Crypto Assets Market (MiCA) is not only deterring new companies in [...]

The Bank of Portugal has announced today (Friday, January 3) that it does not have the required national legal regulations to receive and analyse applications from companies wanting to provide [...]

Shift4 (NYSE:FOUR), a global leader in payment processing technology, just announced “Pay with Crypto,” a pioneering solution that allows businesses worldwide to accept cryptocurrencies in one [...]

There is at least €100 million in crypto fortunes in Portugal according to a back-of-the-envelope calculation made by business daily Negócios based on several sources. The crypto fortunes are [...]

The first alternative investment fund in Portugal to trade in crypto assets has been given the green light by the Portuguese securities commission CMVM. The 3 Comma Capital (3CC) Global Crypto [...]

Over 100 companies and small investors in Portugal are thought to have lost around €6.5 million as a consequence of the collapse of the crypto platform FTX. Says Negócios, the amounts were [...]

The Bank of Portugal has issued a warning about entities that do not have authorisation to operate in the virtual assets market in Portugal. It specifically refers to BTC Evex 360, BTC ifex 360, [...]

Around 268,000 people in Portugal have now invested in crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum according to estimates from Triple A. However Portuguese investment in crypto assets represents [...]