EU Commission: We Plan to Boost Support for Blockchain Projects
The executive arm of the European Union government is planning to expand its work on blockchain, an official said last week. According to newly published statements from 7th February by European Commission VP Andrus Ansip, the Commission is planning to grow its “support” for blockchain projects – something that Ansip characterized as an expansion of existing efforts. It was last spring that the European Parliament approved a task force, led by the Commission, to study blockchain. At the time, MEP Jakob von Weizsäcker framed the measure as a way to monitor the nascent blockchain space while....
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