ESMA Market Capitalisation Data Unveils EU Financial Insights

Digital Services Act may force Meta to make big changes on its platforms.

The post MiCA Approval Is Not the Finish Line for Crypto Custodians appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Getting licensed under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework is only the beginning for crypto custodians, as regulators turn their attention from authorization to operational resilience. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on Wednesday launched a Common Supervisory Action (CSA) to examine the operational resilience of crypto asset service providers (CASPs), placing custody services at the center of the review. “The signal is quite clear: for custodians, a licence is the start line, not the finish,” Sebastien Dessimoz, co-founder and managing partner at digital asset infrastructure firm Taurus, told Cointelegraph. The review comes shortly after MiCA’s transitional period expired, marking one of the first major supervisory exercises under the EU’s new crypto framework. From claiming security to proving it The ESMA told Cointelegraph

The post Binance CEO: 70% Of EU User Withdrawals Moved To Self-Custodied Wallets After MiCA Exit appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. When a titan of centralized exchanges fully exits a major market, regulators expect an orderly flow into supervised platforms. The European Unionu2019s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework was designed precisely for this u2014 to channel crypto activity into licensed, compliant venues. The actual data from Binanceu2019s EU shutdown suggests reality runs hard in the opposite direction. According to a report citing Binance CEO Richard Teng, approximately 70% of the funds that EU users withdrew after the exchange suspended services moved into self-custodied wallets. Only 30% ended up on MiCA-compliant platforms. For a regulatory regime built on the premise that licensing leads to consumer protection, that number is a quiet indictment of how detached the official playbook is from user behavior. The 70% That Went Outside the Tent Teng did not mince words. He ar

A MiCA license allows crypto firms to operate in the EU, but the ESMA’s review will test whether custodians can meet the required security and resilience standards.

The EU's intensified scrutiny of Meta could reshape tech regulations, emphasizing accountability and potentially altering platform designs. The post EU escalates probe into Meta Platforms over user safety concerns appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The EU's actions could reshape industry standards, forcing social media giants to prioritize child safety over engagement-driven revenue models. The post EU accuses Meta of addictive design harming children, potential fine could hit 6% of global revenue appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Self-Custody Is the Trade Again appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. “Not your keys, not your coins” felt like a slogan for the paranoid. Exchanges were slick, convenient, and mostly worked. So why wrestle with a seed phrase when an app would hold everything for you? Then 2026 happened, and the question flipped. Now the interesting one is: do you actually know who’s holding your crypto, and if they’ll still be allowed to next month? The map just got redrawn On July 1, the EU’s crypto rulebook (MiCA) hit its hard deadline. Any exchange or custodian serving EU users now needs a license, and a lot of them don’t have one; only a handful of platforms hold a full trading license across the bloc. Binance, the biggest exchange on earth, confirmed it’s pulling back from EU users, unable to get authorized in time. Tether’s USDT got delisted from regulated venues, and dozens of smaller platforms are winding down or geo-blocking European customers entirely. MiCA is, on balance, good for u

The post EU revives chat scanning rules but exempts encrypted messages appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The European Parliament has backed temporary rules allowing technology companies to scan private communications voluntarily for child sexual abuse material until 2028. Summary Lawmakers revived voluntary chat scanning while protecting end-to-end encrypted communications through a new parliamentary amendment. The amended proposal now returns to EU ministers, who have three months to respond formally. Crypto groups warn device-level scanning could expose wallet credentials, security keys and open-source software developers. However, lawmakers also approved an amendment excluding messages protected by end-to-end encryption. The amended proposal will now return to the Council of the European Union for review. EU lawmakers fail to block chat scanning extension Parliament voted on July 9 to revive the temporary legal framework known as “Chat Control 1.0” by its critics. The previous ru