Dutch regulators imposed a €825 million penalty on Uber for automatically suspending driver accounts in breach of GDPR, marking the second‑largest fine ever issued under the EU privacy law.
Chinese e‑commerce giant JD.com faces an EU competition investigation over its bid to buy German consumer‑electronics retailer Ceconomy, prompting the Chinese justice ministry to warn of possible retaliation.
The Frankfurt public prosecutor’s office has brought a unique tax evasion case to court, accusing five bankers of colluding with an art company and a Munich bank to cheat the German state out of taxes.
Austria’s Financial Market Authority imposed the country’s first published penalty under the EU’s MiCA framework on crypto platform Bitpanda for violations related to its white papers and marketing communications.
Following Nigel Farage’s victory in a recent by-election, UK authorities, specifically the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, have reopened the probe into his cryptocurrency donations, examining compliance with political donation rules.
The Italian government, led by Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, announced a plan to introduce a windfall tax on the earnings of domestic banks for a period of three years, aiming to raise revenue amid strained public finances.
The German tax authority announced that from 2026 crypto exchanges will have to follow stricter transparency rules, including reporting the tax identification numbers of their users. Investors who do not provide their tax number risk a penalty of up to €50,000.
Russia’s central bank has moved to legalise the trading of major cryptocurrencies on regulated exchanges after a new law was signed by President Putin, signalling a shift toward formal crypto market oversight.
A UK‑linked businessman, identified as the owner of the Aqua 1 entity, bought $100 million of World Liberty Financial tokens in 2025, prompting allegations of money‑laundering.
The court decided that the cum‑ex initiator Hanno Berger loses all his pension claims, rejecting his argument of special need. The decision underscores the legal consequences of the massive tax fraud scheme that shook Germany’s financial system.