Circle EU strategic policy director: The EU has not banned self-hosted cryptocurrency exchanges or wallets

03/25 14:49

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Patrick Hansen, Circle's EU Strategic Policy Director, confirmed that the EU has not banned self-custody cryptocurrency trading or wallets, nor does such a ban exist. However, using non-KYC self-custody wallets for encrypted payments (such as to merchants) will be more difficult and will depend on the merchant's settings.

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