Deutsche Bank says its first crypto custody service is weeks from launch in Germany, starting with Bitcoin and Ether. The bank's product page lists five tokens, so the gap between a supported asset and a usable service is what clients will meet first.
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EBA has classified Circle's USDC as a significant e-money token under MiCA, with joint EBA and ACPR supervision from November 12. The EBA takes direct responsibility for Circle's own funds, reserves, liquidity and redemption plans.
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Austria's FMA has authorized BingX EU under MiCA for 29 EEA countries, 105 days after the July 1 end of the transition period. With no launch date set, European customers cannot yet act on it, Cryptobriefing reported.
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Mastercard and BVNK launched a platform on Oct. 15 that lets stablecoin balances be spent through cards issued in more than 130 countries. The reach figures are large, and only transaction volume will show whether the BVNK price made sense.
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Sweden's Riksbank told parliament in an Oct. 7 letter that a digital krona would take at least five years to build, before counting legislative time. It has taken no position on issuing one but recommends starting legal preparation anyway.
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Noah says it won a MiCA crypto-asset licence in about two months and a PSD2 payment licence in about one, covering all 27 EU states. The timings are the company's own and come from one licensee, so they describe Noah's experience and leave the sector's pace untested.
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Qivalis, a consortium backed by 37 European banks, received a Dutch e-money institution licence and plans to issue a euro stablecoin in the coming months. It must still publish a MiCA white paper before it can issue.
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German regulators handed banks about 41 of Europe's 72 MiCA approvals in the third quarter
German regulators issued 42 of the 72 MiCA authorizations granted across Europe in the third quarter, according to FinPlanet. All but one went to banks, yet the 65 banks in FinPlanet's count are under a fifth of the 363 licensed entities.
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France's National Assembly Finance Committee adopted amendment I-CF1826 on Oct. 7, making Bitcoin or Ether swaps into USDC taxable from Jan. 1, 2027. Gains would be taxed with no cash-out, CryptoSlate reported, and the basis route moves one example's Bitcoin gain from €40,000 to €24,000.
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Wells Fargo CEO calls US stablecoin use cases unclear but says bank is building to be ready, while tokenized deposits are already live
Wells Fargo and 20 other financial institutions are forming a stablecoin company that targets a US dollar token in the first half of 2027. The bank launched tokenized deposits for corporate and commercial clients in September, crypto.news reported.
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TD Cowen sees a realistic risk that the CFTC's leveraged crypto rules unravel before the 2028 election
TD Cowen's Jaret Seiberg says the CFTC's leveraged retail crypto rules may not be final until early 2028, colliding with the election cycle. A new administration could revise or drop them, and a rushed schedule invites a procedural court challenge.
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EU finance ministers agreed on Oct. 9 to put the largest crypto providers under direct ESMA supervision, an estimated 10 to 15 of roughly 360. The Council's text is far narrower than the Commission's plan to move every provider under ESMA.
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ESMA tells MiCA-authorised crypto firms to drop non-compliant stablecoins by 8 January 2027
ESMA told national regulators to have MiCA-authorised crypto firms stop servicing non-compliant stablecoins by 8 January 2027. The notice is supervisory guidance, so the date binds only as far as each national authority enforces it.
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Standard Chartered sets a year-end target for Singapore crypto custody that still needs regulatory approval
Standard Chartered Singapore targets end-2026 for institutional crypto, stablecoin and tokenized-asset custody, pending regulatory approval. Until the bank lists supported assets, the claim that it will hold Ripple's RLUSD rests on an X post.
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France's parliamentary Finance Committee approved a tax on crypto-to-stablecoin conversions for the 2027 budget, though the measure is not yet law. A companion 10-year loss carry-forward, reported by crypto.news, makes the cost-basis choice on pre-2027 coins the decision to get right.
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OKX's 2% USDC loans in Europe leave pledged crypto outside MiCA's client-asset safeguards
OKX has launched open-ended USDC loans in Europe at about 2% a year, lending up to 80% of the value of the crypto customers pledge. That interest is small beside the risk to the collateral, which OKX's own terms place outside MiCA's client-asset safeguards.
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European Parliament adopted a nonbinding call for the Commission's end-2026 anti-corruption strategy to cover crypto assets and hidden ownership. It imposes no new duties on crypto firms, crypto.news reported, so what they spend depends on the Commission's text.
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Eleven firms line up behind EURØP, a euro token with EUR 15.5 million in circulation
Schuman Financial, eToro and nine other firms formed a consortium to push EURØP, a euro e-money token with about EUR 15.5 million in supply. Each member decides what to contribute and when. The group has given no listing dates or volume commitments for its challenge to dollar stablecoins.
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ESMA told national regulators to make MiCA-authorized crypto firms clear their remaining exposure to non-compliant stablecoins by Jan. 8, 2027. New buying stops first, so the three months are an exit window in which platforms find out whether client balances get converted in-house or withdrawn.
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ESMA gives EU crypto platforms three months to remediate noncompliant stablecoin positions
ESMA's October 8 opinion tells EU supervisors to make licensed crypto firms stop custody and transfers of unauthorised stablecoins within three months. MiCA enforcement now reaches the balances platforms still hold, though each national supervisor decides how leftovers are unwound.
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Invest · September 30, 2026 · Confirmed4 publishers
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Invest · October 1, 2026 · Confirmed3 publishers
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Invest · September 30, 2026 · Confirmed2 publishers
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Invest · September 2, 2026 · Confirmed5 publishers
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Invest · September 22, 2026 · Confirmed3 publishers
- Bitcoin Suisse sends up to 60 of its 120 Swiss roles to Bratislava and Vietnam
Invest · September 13, 2026 · Confirmed4 publishers
- Britain hands the Bank of England an innovation duty that stability still outranks
Invest · August 28, 2026 · Confirmed4 publishers