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To attract more crypto companies to France, the government made two moves to open borders and take advantage of the clarity in industry regulations. What Happened: Circle received conditional registration as a digital asset service provider from the Financial Markets Authority (AMF) of France....

U.S.-regulated cryptocurrency custody firm, BitGo received a crypto custody license from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). The firm already stored crypto assets under the regulator's supervision since 2019 as part of a transitional regime. BitGo’s step, as...

Web3 wallet company Backpack received a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) for Backpack Exchange, which will provide crypto exchange services in Dubai. What Happened? Backpack is also behind Mad Lads, a...

Dutch payment technology giant Adyen (OTCMKTS: ADYEY) nabbed a banking license in the U.K., enabling its merchants to offer cash advances to small and medium-sized enterprises there.   Adyen is used by several high-profile companies including Microsoft, Instacart and Subway as an all...

Hempsana Holdings Ltd. has received its medical sales license from Health Canada which provides the company the ability to sell cannabis products directly to medical patients across Canada. On February 4, 2022, the company received the amendment to their sales license marking another important...

Green Scientific Labs Holdings Inc. (CSE:GSL), a hemp and cannabis testing laboratory has obtained a complete Medical Marijuana Laboratory Registration Certification from the Arizona Department of Health Services for Medical Marijuana testing. Located in Phoenix, GSL’s 11,000 square foot,...

Medical cannabis company Allied Corp. (OTCQB: ALID) is purchasing a registered cultivation license in Nevada. The deal includes a GMP-complaint facility worth $3.5 million and a land lease for the installment of Allied 9000 square foot building. On the sell side is Fiore...

This article was originally published on WeedWeek, and appears here with permission. Some of the successful finalists in the Illinois lottery for coveted REC retail licenses are suing the governor and other state regulators who paused the process last month after complaints that it was flawed and...

This article was originally published on WeedWeek, and appears here with permission. After a year of delays, the city of Los Angeles is set to begin accepting applications for multiple types of cannabis licenses. Some see the development as a promising sign for a process that has been marred by...

Florida hemp company Green Point Research has been granted a Colombian license for seed import, export, and commercialization supporting its international expansion. The company applied for this license in early 2019, it allows GPR to commercialize hemp seed in Colombia benefiting U.S. farmers by...