MiCA News

Europe plans to regulate decentralized finance in 2026, as lawmakers still struggle to define decentralization under MiCA, an EU crypto policy expert said.

Zebec’s move reflects a shift toward embedding compliance at the protocol level, with firms facing more stringent regulatory requirements.

The SEC’s 2025 guidance aims to bring clarity and a more structured regulatory framework to the digital asset space.

Stripe’s president confirms growing interest in stablecoins from banks, but adoption would still require more green lights from regulators.

MiCA has had a limited impact on the adoption of compliant stablecoins in Europe, strengthening the need for the digital euro, Bank of Italy Governor Fabio Panetta said.

Bybit has received regulatory approval under the EU's MiCA framework and has opened its European headquarters in Vienna.

The United Kingdom has seen the sharpest growth in new crypto users despite the country’s not adopting crypto regulation or its own “MiCA equivalent.”

Tether rejects the EU’s MiCA rules, arguing that they threaten financial stability and privacy and detract from serving users in high-need regions like Turkey and Nigeria.

Crypto.com has secured a MiFID license to offer regulated crypto derivatives in the European Economic Area, expanding its presence in Europe following earlier MiCA approval.

UK crypto firms will need to report customer transactions on their platforms from 2026 onward as part of an initiative to strengthen crypto tax reporting practices.

With Tether stepping back and BitGo stepping up, MiCA’s rollout is already redrawing crypto’s playing field in Europe. Here’s what’s happening, and what comes next.

BitGo’s MiCA license allows it to offer services to crypto-native firms and traditional finance institutions, including banks and asset managers within the EU.

Gemini’s new derivatives offering in Europe will include perpetual futures and other derivatives, which will be available to advanced exchange users.

Europe will ban anonymous crypto accounts and privacy coins starting in 2027 under sweeping new AML regulations targeting service providers and token anonymity.

Paolo Ardoino said that the recently implemented European framework on digital assets was "very dangerous when it comes to stablecoins."