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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
On July 3, ESMA issued a statement warning that some event contracts resembling binary options could fall under current derivatives regulation. The regulator stressed that firms offering these instruments should…