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Circle has urged the European Commission to remove fixed bank deposit requirements for stablecoin reserves as the EU reviews its Markets in Crypto Assets regulation. Circle said in its response to the Commission’s MiCA consultation that forcing e money token…
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Circle has urged EU policymakers to revise MiCA’s stablecoin issuance and reserve rules after its EU policy director said only three of the world’s 30 largest stablecoins comply with the framework. Circle, in its Oct. 1 policy submission, called for…
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Binance is facing scrutiny from European regulators over its use of a MiCA exemption to continue serving some EU customers after entering July without authorization to operate across the bloc. According to a Financial Times report on Oct. 1, the…
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AllUnity has launched its US dollar backed USDAU stablecoin across six blockchain networks as the regulated European issuer expands its business payment infrastructure into dollar settlement and stablecoin based foreign exchange. AllUnity said on Sept. 30 that USDAU is fully…
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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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The European Central Bank and the EU’s 27 national central banks have asked regulators to replace MiCA’s 30% and 60% bank-deposit floors for stablecoin reserves with maturity-based liquidity requirements. The European System of Central Banks said in its response to…
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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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A BaFin official has warned that centralized EU crypto supervision could place extra burdens on firms while reducing flexibility in applying MiCA rules. Centralized MiCA supervision could reduce flexibility The European Blockchain Convention’s Day 2 briefing attributed the warning to…
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WSJ reports Christine Lagarde opposed Binance’s Greek MiCA license bid as the exchange remains without EU-wide authorization after withdrawing.
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The European Central Bank has invited e-commerce and mobile-commerce merchants across the euro area to join a 12-month digital euro pilot starting in the second half of 2027 as it works toward possible issuance of the currency in 2029. According…
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The Sejm fell 25 votes short of overriding President Nawrocki’s veto, leaving Poland as the only EU member state without a domestic crypto licensing framework and forcing roughly 2,000 firms into regulatory exile. Every member state in the European Union…
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XRP rebounds strongly after holding key support level On Sep. 4, 2026, XRP was trading at $1.46, up 9.4% over the past 24 hours. After breaking through the downtrend line that had been capping XRP for several days, the price…
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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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Revolut has begun rolling out its first stablecoin, euro-pegged EURR, to selected customers in Denmark, Poland and Portugal, with expansion across other EEA markets planned later in 2026. Revolut said Wednesday that the phased launch gives eligible customers access to…
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Germany has extended its lead in European Union MiCA authorizations after six cooperative banks joined the latest register, taking the country’s total number of licensed crypto asset service providers to 79. The European Securities and Markets Authority updated its interim…