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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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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Lithuania's tax inspectorate spells out the crypto user data platforms owe under DAC8
Lithuania's tax inspectorate issued Order VA-63, defining which crypto users platforms must report under DAC8 rules in force since Jan. 1, 2026. The 2027 exchanges between EU tax offices draw on records being generated now, so a platform still building its due-diligence systems is already behind.
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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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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so the three months are an exit window in which platforms find out whether client balances get converted in-house or withdrawn.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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BaFin refused futurum bank a MiCA licence 466 days after it applied, prolonging a bitcoin.de trading halt that began on June 12. Owner Bitcoin Group SE now plans to restart through regulated German partners, handing trading and custody to outside firms.
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Partners Banka takes 1.5 points of a 2% markup on each bitcoin trade in its app while Anycoin, a MiCA-licensed exchange, executes and holds the coins. Customers skip wallet keys and exchange logins, but the coins cannot leave the app.
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Circle asks Brussels to admit foreign-regulated stablecoins through an equivalence test
Circle says only 3 of the 25 largest stablecoins are regulated under MiCA and wants foreign issuers recognised through an equivalence test. Its case against the bank-deposit reserve rule matches Tether's, while the EBA wants tighter rules on foreign structures.
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SwissBorg joins Eurøpe Consortium, offers BORG rewards on deposits of 102%-backed euro stablecoin EURØP
SwissBorg joined Schuman Financial, eToro and LCX as a founding member behind EURØP, a MiCA euro token holding 102 euros of reserves per 100 issued. The only incentives on record are retail ones that end in August 2026, so real demand gets tested once they lapse.
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- Evidence40
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ESMA and regulators in France, Germany and Greece are examining how Binance still serves EU users without the MiCA license it needed by July 1. The inquiry tests whether a narrow exemption can hold an exchange's European business while it waits for authorization.
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ESMA wants EU custodians barred from holding non-compliant stablecoins
ESMA asked the European Commission on September 30 to extend MiCA's ban on non-compliant stablecoins to custody and transfers. Holders who kept such tokens with EU custodians after the 2025 delistings would lose that last licensed option.
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European regulators question Binance's reliance on MiCA's reverse-solicitation exemption
ESMA and French, German and Greek regulators are examining Binance's use of MiCA's reverse-solicitation exemption after it missed the July 1 licence deadline. Whether that deadline binds now depends on proving who initiated each customer relationship.
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ESMA would license the exchanges and wallets that route EU users into DeFi
ESMA proposed a new regulated MiCA service for firms that give users access to DeFi, a sector the EBA and ESMA put at about 4% of global crypto value. Exchanges and wallet apps serving EU users would carry the compliance cost, while the protocol code itself stays outside the regime.
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- Evidence45
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ESMA seeks power to freeze crypto assets on 'reasonable grounds' in its MiCA review
ESMA asked the European Commission's MiCA review on September 30 for power to freeze crypto assets on 'reasonable grounds' and block scam websites. Unlicensed offshore firms courting EU customers face the most risk, and licensed providers would carry new marketing curbs.
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- Evidence40
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Germany's crypto tax draft would take about 13% of the sale price from holders without receipts
Germany's draft crypto rules would tax half the sale value when a holder can't prove the purchase price, a bill near 13% of gross proceeds. The default assumes every coin doubled, so sellers at a loss or a thin gain pay more than their records would cost.
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The ECB's September 22 submission to the Commission's MiCA consultation asks for the deposit percentages to go, with reserve assets instead having to mature within one to five working days. Significant token issuers currently park 60% in banks.
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Ethereum took 80% of last month's euro stablecoin growth against a 69.5% standing share
The whole euro stablecoin market runs to about $835m, and more than 80% of it is two coins issued by Circle and SG-Forge. That makes Ethereum's chain share largely a deployment decision taken by two companies.
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Binance withdrew its EU license bid before the Greek regulator ever ruled
The Wall Street Journal reports that ECB President Christine Lagarde urged Greece's prime minister to reject the application. Binance pulled out before any decision issued, so there is no refusal it can contest.
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