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Hyperliquid’s HYPE traded near $88.45 on Oct. 1, down 2.74% on the daily chart, as Hyperliquid Policy Center pressed European regulators to classify perpetual futures under existing derivatives rules. The token remained below its recent $97.88 peak, with the 4-hour…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority has set operational resilience, outsourcing and sufficient EU based operations among its main crypto supervisory priorities for 2027 as the bloc moves further into enforcement of the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation. ESMA said…
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The European Union has moved closer to tighter oversight of DeFi lending access after the European Banking Authority called for crypto borrowing and lending services to be brought within the scope of the bloc’s Markets in Crypto Assets framework. According…
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EU financial watchdogs warn quantum computing could weaken blockchain cryptography as Bitcoin developers debate protecting exposed keys.
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Banks have doubled their presence on the European Union’s MiCA register to about 80 institutions in less than three months, raising their share of listed crypto providers to nearly 23%. According to an analysis of European Securities and Markets Authority…
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Banca d’Italia tells crypto providers to screen every transfer for sanctions exposure and verify their systems apply no minimum threshold.
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Binance has continued serving and onboarding some European Union customers more than two months after missing the bloc’s MiCA licensing deadline, using regulatory provisions and offshore routing while it seeks authorization elsewhere. According to a Bloomberg report, the world’s largest…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a rule amendment that would exempt European Union debt from futures trading and open a 60-day public comment period. SEC proposal would cover EU debt futures The SEC, in an Aug. 28…
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Hungary has repealed its mandatory crypto conversion validation system and removed two related criminal offenses that exposed users and service providers to prison terms of up to eight years. The Hungarian Parliament passed Act XXXVIII of 2026 on the Repeal…
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The European Union has expanded its Russia crypto sanctions to 14 foreign service platforms while creating a country-level transaction ban that could cut EU operators off from crypto providers in jurisdictions accused of repeatedly enabling sanctions evasion. According to the…
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EU regulators warn scammers are exploiting MiCA account migrations by impersonating authorities and licensed exchanges to steal crypto.
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Only 281 of 1,343 crypto service providers operating across the European Economic Area have secured MiCA authorization after the EU’s final transition period expired on July 1, leaving more than 1,000 firms without approval under the bloc’s licensing regime. According…
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Payments platform Decta has integrated USDC into its internal treasury operations to settle company funds internationally through OpenPayd, without adding stablecoins to its customer-facing payment services. Decta said Tuesday that company funds will be transferred into OpenPayd’s regulated infrastructure, where…
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Revolut has secured a full banking licence in France, creating its second banking entity in the European Union as the fintech prepares to move more than 30 million Western European customers onto a Paris-based operation. The European Central Bank’s Governing…
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European Union officials are preparing to revise the bloc’s MiCA crypto framework in 2027 as foreign stablecoin restrictions and faster U.S. rulemaking expose gaps in the existing regime. EU officials reportedly see MiCA revision as unavoidable European diplomats said policymakers…
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Fraudsters have begun impersonating European financial regulators and licensed crypto businesses to exploit customers moving funds after the European Union’s MiCA licensing deadline reshaped the regional crypto market. The Financial Times, citing European regulators, reported that several watchdogs have identified…