Netherlands News

Regulatory enforcement, AML standards, and innovation across the Dutch crypto market.

Updated February 16, 2026 · 3:15 PM UTC

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Exchanges

Binance withdraws from Netherlands following VASP license snub

Binance will end its Dutch operations from July 17.

Samuel Wan 2 min read 3 years ago

Legal

Dutch court to release Tornado Cash dev Alexey Pertsev under surveillance

Alexey Pertsev will be released on April 26 with an ankle monitor and will be able to attend his hearings from home.

Assad Jafri 2 min read 3 years ago

Adoption

Netherlands ranked as most crypto-curious European country

Slovenia and Switzerland follow as second and third, while DOGE becomes the second most preferred crypto in the region, pushing ETH to fourth.

Zeynep Geylan 2 min read 3 years ago

More Netherlands Crypto News & Analysis

Regulation

Coinbase fined $3.6M for operating without registration in the Netherlands

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) said Coinbase's operation in the Netherlands was illegal until September 2022.

Christian Nwobodo 1 min read 3 years ago

Investments

HRF Bitcoin Development Fund grants $325K to Bitcoin developers

The fund spared $325,000 to support 12 developers in total — Gleb Naumenko and Furzy earned highest amount at $50,000 each.

Zeynep Geylan 2 min read 4 years ago

Privacy

3 months later and Tornado Founder doesn’t understand his accusation

The Tornado Cash developer still does not fully comprehend the reason behind his arrest, in what he believes is a great abuse of process.

News Desk 2 min read 4 years ago

Crime

Dutch police arrest suspected Bitcoin thief by tracing transactions on blockchain

Dutch authorities' investigations revealed that the alleged thief laundered Bitcoin with the use of malicious software from the open-source Electrum wallet.

Cynthia Chung 2 min read 4 years ago

Crime

Developers could be punished for code created to commit crime, says Dutch regulator

The comments of FIOD, which arrested a Tornado Cash developer last week, could have far-reaching impacts on all blockchain developers.

Monika Ghosh 2 min read 4 years ago

Crime

Dutch Authority says arrested Tornado Cash developer suspected of involvement in financial crimes

The FIOD confirmed that the arrested Tornado Cash developer was suspected of being involved in the hiding of criminal financial transactions and facilitating money laundering.

Christian Nwobodo 2 min read 4 years ago