ESMA MiCA interim register expands to 309 CASPs after third post-deadline update
The latest additions include BNY Mellon’s Belgian unit and three German banks, while token-issuer registers were unchanged.
The latest additions include BNY Mellon’s Belgian unit and three German banks, while token-issuer registers were unchanged.
The agency also extended Kraken Derivatives Exchange’s dormant status after no trading since early 2025.
The designation is part of the EU’s 21st Russia sanctions package adopted on July 23.
The potential expansion lands as Bernstein ties HOOD upside to prediction markets amid a CFTC-state jurisdiction fight.
TokenizeThis 2026 speakers framed GENIUS as a stablecoin green light and CLARITY as the bigger market-structure unlock.
BMEX started selling off about an hour before the shutdown post and later bounced to around $0.0063, per CoinGecko.
The plan lifts the local team from 150 and focuses hiring on engineering, support, and institutional-facing roles.
The work targets payments, remittances, and merchant settlement as Korea’s issuer-eligibility rules remain unresolved.
Treasury signaled sanctions and Entity List designations could follow if distillation is deemed IP theft.
The agreement, filed Wednesday, ends a two-year dispute tied to missing Gensler-era text messages.
The 616-page text also blocks platforms from listing federally sponsored assets and assigns enforcement to the US Attorney General.
The complaint targets state enforcement and warns brokers face prison time and fines for noncompliance.
On-chain data shows about 438.7M HYPE staked and derivatives open interest above $11B over the last 24 hours.
The lawsuit argues the Digital Asset Tax Act violates state and federal constitutional limits and the Internet Tax Freedom Act.
Testimony flagged CFTC staffing limits as state court fights intensify around Kalshi and Polymarket.
The move formalizes a split between enforcement and regulation as PVARA continues licensing exchanges.
The orders credit payments against a partially suspended $4.72B judgment tied to Celsius’ 2022 collapse.
Japan and South Korea also tightened crypto’s legal footing, pairing new enforcement hooks with longer-dated framework shifts.
The proposed 5:00 pm–7:50 am session would start with ETPs tied to UK or US markets while daytime hours stay unchanged.
Blocksbridge flagged a $50B sector funding need and rising insider-sale scrutiny as the next overhangs.