European Union News
Latest European Union News
News
Standard Chartered has secured a MiCA passport as the European Securities and Markets Authority has added 57 newly authorized crypto firms to its register following the end of the EU’s transition period. According to the European Securities and Markets Authority…
News
Europe’s securities regulator has warned that prediction market contracts offered in the European Union could already fall under existing financial rules, potentially triggering a long-standing retail ban on binary options. According to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), firms…
News
Bridge has secured both a Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) crypto-asset service provider authorization and an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license in Luxembourg, giving it a regulated framework to offer services across all 27 European Union member states. According to Bridge,…
News
Russia says the digital ruble is ready for Sept. 1 rollout, even as EU sanctions and U.S. CBDC limits reshape the policy debate globally.
News
Binance says affected EU users can still access withdrawals as MiCA rules take effect, while the exchange works with regulators.
News
EU MiCA licenses reach 244 as Germany and France lead rollout, while unlicensed crypto firms face July 1 service deadline.
News
Anthropic has received a proposal from Austria urging the European Union to explore establishing the AI company within the bloc after U.S. restrictions limited foreign access to its most advanced models. According to a letter released by the Austrian government,…
News
The European Banking Authority has proposed a standardized penalty framework that would allow the European Union to impose multimillion euro fines on issuers of significant crypto tokens that breach the bloc’s digital asset rules. The consultation paper, published on June…
Feature
The world’s largest crypto exchange will suspend services for European Union users from July 1 after failing to secure a license under Europe’s new crypto rules. The headlines say Binance is leaving Europe. The reality is more precise, and more…
Learn
MiCA is the European Union’s first comprehensive rulebook for crypto, and on July 1, 2026, its transition period ends for good. This guide explains what MiCA does, why USDT got delisted while USDC did not, and what the hard deadline…
News
Binance has said it will pursue authorization in another European Union jurisdiction if its licensing application in Greece does not advance before the bloc’s MiCA compliance deadline. Reuters reported that Gillian Lynch, Binance’s head of Europe and the United Kingdom,…
News
The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has approved its position on the digital euro package, advancing legislative work on a proposed central bank digital currency that the European Central Bank wants ready for potential issuance by 2029. The…
News
The European Union has approved anti-money laundering rules that will ban regulated crypto firms from supporting privacy coins while leaving direct Bitcoin transfers between private wallets outside the scope of mandatory identification requirements. According to Regulation (EU) 2024/1624, which will…
News
AllUnity launched SEKAU, a fully reserved Swedish krona stablecoin issued under MiCA, with support across Ethereum, Solana and Base.
News
Italy-based fintech Conio has received authorization to operate as a crypto-asset service provider under the European Union’s MiCAR framework, becoming one of the firms to secure approval before stricter licensing requirements take full effect across the bloc. Conio said the…
News
More than 3,000 crypto firms were registered across Europe before MiCA, yet only 194 had secured authorization by May 2026, and BitGo has now introduced a compliance service designed to help firms continue operating as the EU’s licensing deadline takes…