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ESMA Explores Tokenized Collateral for EU Clearinghouses

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) wants evidence that clearinghouses can access tokenized collateral and turn it into cash if markets come under...

ESMA Sets 3-Month Deadline for Unauthorized Stablecoins

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has urged EU crypto firms to stop providing services involving stablecoins that aren’t compliant with the Markets...

ESMA Sets 2027 MiCA Crypto Supervision Priorities

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will focus its coordination of national crypto supervision in 2027 on operational resilience, outsourcing and firms maintaining...

ESMA to prioritize EU-wide AI and tokenization supervision in 2027

National regulators will map client-facing uses of the technologies, check a subset of firms and develop common approaches to oversight.

MiCA Licensing Slows as ESMA Adds 14 New CASPs to Its Register

European authorities added 14 crypto companies to the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework register in the second post-deadline update, signaling a slower licensing pace...

ESMA Warns Prediction Market Event Contracts May Fall Under EU Binary Options Ban

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's securities regulator, said in a statement that many prediction market event contracts may already fall...

ESMA Says Many Prediction Market Contracts Fall Under Existing EU Rules

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has warned that many prediction market contracts may already fall under existing restrictions on binary options, saying companies...

ESMA Clarifies Reverse Solicitation Rules Under MiCA

European Union crypto clients should be served through a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA)-authorized legal entity after the bloc’s July 1 transitional deadline, the...

European Union’s ESMA Orders Unlicensed Crypto Firms To Exit EU Market As MiCA Deadline Arrives

Europe’s markets regulator has told unauthorized crypto-asset service providers to shut down EU operations without delay. The European Securities and Markets Authority...

ECB Backs Plan for ESMA to Take Over Crypto Supervision

The European Central Bank has supported the European Commission’s plan to bring the supervision of major crypto companies under the EU’s financial markets regulator. The...

Why Malta Says ESMA Goes Too Far

Europe’s next crypto battle is no longer about whether to regulate the industry, but who gets to hold the pen. European Union leaders are...

Entities Offering Crypto Derivatives Likely Fall under Specific Rules: ESMA

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the financial markets regulator and supervisor in the European Union, issued a notice to remind entities to...