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50,000 Europeans Reportedly Collide With EU Central Banks Over Stablecoins
2.10.2026
European crypto asset advocacy group Stand With Crypto EU claims more than 50,000 people emailed the European Commission asking it to allow various stablecoin perks that European central banks asked last week to remain banned. Stand With Crypto EU (SWC) said the emails were sent to the European...
ESMA Prioritizes MiCA and Crypto Oversight in 2027 Work Program
29.9.2026
The institution has placed crypto-assets and distributed ledger technology as a pillar of its 2027 work program, focusing on achieving supervisory convergence for crypto-asset service providers under MiCA and deepening its understanding of the impact of digital assets on financial markets. ESMA...
AI Threat: Web3 Told to Add Spending Caps and Circuit Breakers Onchain
24.9.2026
European Union regulators warned that quantum computing threats could emerge earlier than commercial applications, urging financial entities to move away from legacy cryptography. An expert says protocols must replace vulnerable elliptic-curve proofs with hash-based STARKs and upgrade key wrapping...
$228B Raiffeisen Bank Opens Crypto Door to 18 Million Customers
23.9.2026
According to the European digital investment platform Bitpanda, the 99-year-old financial institution, Raiffeisen Bank International, is preparing the plumbing that could put crypto trading inside banking apps used by as many as 18 million customers across 11 Central and Eastern European markets....
WSJ: Lagarde Blocked Binance’s EU License and Left It Locked Out
18.9.2026
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde personally intervened to keep Binance out of the European Union. Three months after the bid collapsed, the world’s largest exchange is still locked out of the bloc. The Announcement That Never...
Bulgaria Passes Law Granting Tax Officials Full Crypto Data Access
15.9.2026
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted to amend the Tax and Social Security Procedure Code, adopting European Union directives to curb tax evasion and enhance cross-border tax transparency. Lawmakers Approve EU-Aligned Legislation Bulgaria’s National Assembly on Sept. 9 approved the final reading...
EU Targets ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox With Tougher DSA Scrutiny
1.9.2026
The European Commission has placed ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox under direct supervision, requiring each to assess and mitigate the risks its systems create within four months of notification of their designations. Breaches can cost 6% of global annual turnover. Why the Commission Classified ChatGPT...
ECB’s Schnabel Says Central Bank Money ‘Must Go Onchain’
30.8.2026
“Central bank reserves remain superior to stablecoins as the ultimate settlement asset,” European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel told attendees at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium. Schnabel’s Pitch Isabel Schnabel didn’t mince her words...
EU Carbon Taxes Push Bitcoin Mining to Russia, Study Claims
23.8.2026
The study, published by three Vietnamese investigators, found a positive relation between the EU’s carbon emissions pricing and a so-called “leakage” to cheaper jurisdictions, such as Russia. This means that as carbon allowance pricing grows, some of this mining activity shifts...
EU Empowers Regulators to Block Third-Country Crypto Platforms
18.8.2026
The 21st package of European Union sanctions against Russia, passed on July 23, apart from tightening the screws on the Russian ruble stablecoin network and the institutions enabling it, also introduces the possibility of banning crypto transactions with countries aiding Russia in evading imposed...
Monaco Submits Draft Bill to Align Crypto Rules With MiCA
13.8.2026
Monaco has submitted a draft bill to replace its 2022 crypto rules, aligning its regulatory environment with the MiCA framework and Financial Action Task Force standards. Evolving Beyond the 2022 Framework Monaco’s government has submitted a bill to its legislature to overhaul the Principality’s...
Cyprus Targets On-Site Audits for Crypto Custodians
9.8.2026
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission will launch on-site inspections and desk-based reviews of authorized crypto asset service providers starting in the second half of 2026 through mid-2027. Targeting Custody and Infrastructure Risks The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC)...
EU to Advance MiCA Review, Targeting Non-EU Stablecoin Rules
8.8.2026
While the EU’s Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union opened a consultation to decide whether to review MiCA’s provisions on stablecoins, several EU diplomats have declared that the decision has been taken and will also encompass other...
Malta Would Pay More Than Italy Under EU’s $2.19B Gambling Levy
7.8.2026
Malta has joined Italy, Portugal, and Spain to block a possible EU-wide online gambling levy, four diplomats told Politico, in a budget fight any one of the 27 governments can veto. Commission modeling would bill Malta about $190 million (€165 million) a year, more than Italy’s share, despite...
EU MiCA Shake-up Lets Crypto Scammers Target Users
7.8.2026
European financial watchdogs warn that criminals are exploiting this market transition to steal funds. Fraudsters are impersonating official regulators or licensed exchanges to trick users into sending assets to fraudulent websites. Hundreds of Firms Forced to Close European regulators...
Circle Warns MiCA Rules Cut off EU Users From Top Stablecoins
6.8.2026
The final implementation of all MiCA provisions has created a regulatory sandbox that leaves Europe disconnected from major stablecoin providers. Circle’s Senior Director, EU Strategy & Policy, Patrick Hansen, stressed that a review is necessary to make the framework more competitive...
‘The Next Crisis Has Already Begun’: Europe’s Top Official Urges FIFA to Act
21.7.2026
Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset has urged FIFA to begin work on a new integrity framework for the 2030 World Cup, directly linking player-action betting and FIFA’s own prediction-market sponsorship with an increased risk of match manipulation.   FIFA’s Promised Safeguards...
Bitpay Wins MiCA Approval as Europe Builds a Unified Crypto Payment Market
17.7.2026
Bitpay has secured authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, giving its Dutch subsidiary a regulatory base to expand cryptocurrency and stablecoin payment services across the bloc. The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets authorized Bitpay B.V. as...
Gibraltar Launches the World’s First Dedicated Prediction-Market Regulatory Regime
14.7.2026
Gibraltar has become the first jurisdiction anywhere to enact a purpose-built regulatory framework for prediction markets, carving the fast-growing sector out of its general gambling law. The move sets the British Overseas Territory sharply apart from mainland Europe, where regulators are moving...
ESMA Says EU Retail Ban Covers Many Prediction Markets, With MiCA Awaiting the Tokenized Ones
8.7.2026
Europe’s top securities regulator has clarified that many prediction-market event contracts already fall under the EU’s existing retail ban on binary options – meaning the restriction is live law, not a proposed rule – while contracts issued as blockchain tokens may instead be caught by the bloc’s...