EU Set to Revise MiCA in 2027 to Cover Foreign Stablecoin Issuers

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The post AscendEX Exchange Shuts Down With No Guarantee Users Will Get Their Funds Back appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key highlights: The exchange stopped operations on July 1 as the new MiCA rules took effect Users were warned that their assets may not be recoverable Automated withdrawals have been suspended, with all now under manual review Thousands of AscendEX users could potentially lose the funds they have in the crypto exchange. The firm has officially shut down operations amid regulatory challenges and financial difficulties. Interestingly, the company also told its customers that it cannot guarantee that they will recover all of the assets held in their accounts. AscendEX closure raises questions for customers In a notice published on July 6, the firm officially confirmed that it ceased operations on July 1. The company then added that the European Union’s MiCA regulation was a major reason behind the closure. The new framework requires crypto firms operating in the EU

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Europe’s stablecoin rulebook is becoming much more real. ESMA’s finalized MiCA guidelines add another layer of detail to how stablecoin issuers and service providers are expected to operate inside the bloc, especially wh

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The post EU Set to Revise MiCA in 2027 to Cover Foreign Stablecoin Issuers appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In brief The EU is preparing to reopen its Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) rulebook, likely in 2027, to regulate non-EU stablecoin issuers and broaden its scope, EU diplomats told Euronews. The push follows the U.S. GENIUS Act and President Trump’s promotion of dollar-backed stablecoins, which make up 95% of the market. The European Commission is consulting stakeholders until September 30 before deciding whether to formally reopen the law. The European Union is preparing to reopen its flagship crypto rulebook to bring non-EU stablecoin issuers under its supervision, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s embrace of dollar-pegged tokens unsettles European regulators, Euronews reported, citing several EU diplomats. MiCA, the bloc’s landmark crypto framework, only fully came into force on July 1, but officials already see a rewrite as inevitable. “Reopening the file seems unavoidable

The post EU to Reopen MiCA in 2027 to Cover Foreign Crypto Issuers appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. MICA News The European Commission is preparing to reopen the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, the bloc’s landmark crypto framework known as MiCA, barely a week after the rules took full effect. The official consultation signals that the revision would extend supervision to non-EU crypto asset issuers and tokenized means of payment, with a formal proposal expected in 2027. The Commission is gathering stakeholder feedback through September 30 as it weighs whether to formally reopen the file, though lawmakers increasingly view a review as inevitable. The move indicates that Europe intends to close structural gaps before its rulebook hardens into the global compliance benchmark for digital assets circulating across member states. At the center of the review lies a supervisory blind spot: MiCA does not specifically govern non-EU companies that issue crypto assets while operating insid