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Bitpay Wins MiCA Approval as Europe Builds a Unified Crypto Payment Market

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…

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Gibraltar Launches the World’s First Dedicated Prediction-Market Regulatory Regime

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…

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ESMA Says EU Retail Ban Covers Many Prediction Markets, With MiCA Awaiting the Tokenized Ones

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…

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ESMA Warns Prediction Market Platforms Could Face Strict EU Financial Regulations

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…

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ESMA Tells Unauthorized Crypto Firms to Wind Down as MiCA Deadline Hits in 3 Days

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has directed unauthorized crypto asset service providers to stop accepting new EU clients and begin exiting the market before MiCA’s transitional framework expires.…

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EU Hands Out 230 MiCA Licenses as Germany Leads and Spain Rules Out a July 1 Reprieve

The European Union has issued around 230 licenses under its Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation as a hard July 1 deadline approaches, with Germany leading the bloc on 56 authorizations.…

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Binance Suspending Crypto Services in EU Markets After Failing to Secure MiCA Approval

Binance will halt crypto asset services in European Union markets from July 1 after notifying customers that it could not meet the bloc’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) licensing requirements before…

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