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EU seeks stakeholder opinion on adding crypto to 12T euro investment market

9.5.2024
If approved, the EU’s UCITS funds would make way for crypto assets to gain exposure to a 12 trillion euro investment product market

EU Watchdog Warns 90% of Crypto Trading Funneled Through Few Exchanges

11.4.2024
The European Union's (EU) securities regulator warned about the high concentration of trading activity on a limited number of crypto exchanges. Notably, Binance, a single platform, controls roughly half of the entire market. The post EU Watchdog Warns 90% of Crypto Trading Funneled Through...

EU's MiCA Rules Have Had Little Influence on the European Crypto Market, Regulator Says

10.4.2024
The rules, which take effect at the end of the year, have yet to spur increased euro-based transactions in crypto markets

EU Watchdog Says Reordering Blockchain Transactions Might Be Market Abuse. Industry Says It's Not

5.4.2024
Maximum Extractable Value (MEV), in which crypto miners reorder transactions they validate for profit, is not inherently bad, some policy experts point out

EU Markets Watchdog Steps Closer to Finalizing Rules Under MiCA

25.3.2024
The European Securities and Markets Authority on Monday published a final report on measures along with its third consultation package for further rules and guidance

EU Regulator Proposes Stricter Rules for Foreign Crypto Firms

3.2.2024
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator, has proposed stricter rules for crypto firms based outside the EU, limiting their ability to directly serve customers within the bloc to ensure fair competition. ESMA Proposes Stricter Rules for Non-EU...

EU Moves to Ban Bitcoin to Meet Energy Goals – Report

31.1.2024
Source: Pixabay A recent report has indicated that Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus networks, like Bitcoin, may be banned in the European Union (EU). Daniel Batten, a managing partner at CH4 Capital, shared on his X (formerly Twitter) handle that the European Central Bank (ECB) and European Securities...

ESMA Seeks Feedback on Reverse Solicitation and Crypto Classification Under MiCA

30.1.2024
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the top regulator of the European Union’s financial markets, has opened a feedback window, on guideline under MiCA regulation. The Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA), which is due to take effect this year, is EU’s comprehensive...

Over 73% of Europeans Are “Positive” About Crypto’s Future: Report

29.1.2024
A recent survey conducted by Binance found that a majority of Europeans were confident about the future prospects of the cryptocurrency industry. The survey, published by Binance Square on January 29, polled 10,498 users in France, Italy, Spain, and Sweden between October 14 and November 8, 2023....

ESMA Unveils Plan to Address Crypto Risks Ahead of MiCA Regulation Implementation

16.1.2024
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is actively preparing for the implementation of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, marking a significant milestone in bringing comprehensive oversight to the digital asset space. As the ESMA prepares for the enforcement of the MiCA...

Spain Moves to Adopt MiCA Six Months Before Deadline, Cites Investor Protection: Here’s More

31.10.2023
Spain has unveiled plans to reduce the transition period before the application of the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation. A recent publication from the government shows a meeting with the first vice president Nadia Calvino and Verena Ross, the President of the European Securities...

Regulators around the globe assert more control over crypto: Law Decoded

23.10.2023
From Hong Kong to Europe and the United States, regulators are pushing for more oversight and control over digital assets

EBA and ESMA Release Consultation Paper on Assessing Suitability for Crypto-Asset Service Providers

20.10.2023
The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a joint consultation paper on two draft guidelines. On October 19, the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published joint guidelines that...

European Banking Authority, ESMA issue crypto entity suitability guidelines

20.10.2023
The joint guidelines include granting authorization for ART and CASP issuance and conducting prudential assessments for potential acquisitions

European Regulator Clarifies MiCA Timeline — Warns No Such Thing as Safe Crypto Asset

19.10.2023
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is preparing to implement the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The regulator has issued several crypto warnings that investors and users of crypto services providers should be aware of, particularly before MiCA is fully implemented....

EU Crypto Investor Protections Won’t Kick In Until Dec. 2024: ESMA

17.10.2023
European crypto investors will have to wait a little longer for the full provisions of Markets-in Crypto Assets (MiCA) to kick in, according to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). In an October 17 official release, ESMA stated that crypto investor protections would take longer...