Crypto’s reputation is undergoing a makeover as the sector matures. Driven by regulatory clarity, technological innovation, and a shift toward solving real-world problems — particularly in payments and financial services — the industry’s evolution is coming to reflect a growing synergy between traditional finance and...
Cryptocurrencies, and more specifically their underlying blockchain technologies, have gone from a solution in search of a problem to a solution in hopes of some regulatory clarity. Along the way, the sector’s market capitalization has surged north of $3 trillion. As the global economy warms...
Coinbase is preparing to delist stablecoins that don’t adhere to European regulations by year’s end. The move, as reported Friday (Oct. 4) by Bloomberg News, comes as the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) is introducing tougher oversight of cryptocurrency companies. “Given our commitment...
Crypto is as crypto does. And crypto is, by all appearances, trying to do better. The European Union’s (EU) landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets Act (MiCA) framework is now live, and Web3 companies are already complying, a fact which industry observers believe could represent the start...
July 04, 2024
Halfway through 2024, and the cryptocurrency and blockchain space finds itself at a critical juncture. It is the same critical juncture, or at least one strikingly similar, that the crypto and digital asset sector has always found itself at — a juncture where regulatory developments, interoperability and scalability, and institutional acceptance are at the forefront. […]
July 04, 2023
There will be no fireworks for the digital asset sector this July Fourth. It’s looking like the course du jour being cooked on the grill this Independence Day could be...
May 19, 2023
To access central bank accounts in the European Union (EU) today, electronic money token (EMT) issuers, and by extension all electronic money institutions (EMIs), have no choice but to rely...
January 23, 2023
The EURM token is the latest euro-denominated stablecoin endorsed by Spain’s central bank. The new digital euro will be issued by Spanish FinTech Monei, which has been authorized by the...
October 06, 2024
Coinbase is preparing to delist stablecoins that don’t adhere to European regulations by year’s end. The move, as reported Friday (Oct. 4) by Bloomberg News, comes as the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) is introducing tougher oversight of cryptocurrency companies. “Given our commitment to compliance, we intend to restrict the provision of services […]
July 01, 2024
Circle has attained an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from the French banking authority, thereby achieving compliance with the European Union’s (EU) Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulatory framework. With this license from...
April 10, 2024
Ten cryptocurrency exchanges account for 90% of the market’s trading. And that concentration could be a problem, according to a report issued Wednesday (April 10) by the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA)....
January 29, 2024
A European regulator has proposed new rules for cryptocurrency companies headquartered outside of the bloc. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) introduced regulations Monday (Jan. 29) that would place limits on those...
