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The MiCA transition period ended on July 1, 2026, and the damage is now measurable. This wasn’t a soft compliance nudge — it was a mass extinction event that redrew the entire European crypto map in a single day. While the market obsessed over price charts, the more consequential story is who’s still legally allowed to operate on the continent, and who just quietly disappeared. Advertisement How many crypto firms actually survived MiCA? The numbers are brutal. Public mirrors of the bloc’s register counted 244 licensed CASPs across 25 jurisdictions once the deadline passed. Before MiCA, roughly 3,167 firms held national crypto registrations across Europe. Measured against that base, close to 92% of the market did not make the cut. Framed against the pre-MiCA legacy pool, only 210 of 1,200+ EU crypto firms converted to MiCA authorization. The other 83% are n
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TLDR: Temasek holds zero direct crypto investments, citing unresolved regulatory uncertainty worldwide today. The fund absorbed a $275 million FTX writedown in 2022, damaging Singapore’s financial reputation. Temasek plans to raise AI exposure from six percent to fifteen percent of assets by 2031. Europe drew 12 billion euros in Temasek capital over two years, trailing only the United States. Temasek crypto investments remain absent from the Singapore sovereign wealth fund’s portfolio, four years after a costly FTX exposure. Chief Investment Officer Nagi Hamiyeh confirmed the firm holds no direct digital asset positions, citing ongoing regulatory uncertainty across global markets. The statement follows a $275 million writedown Temasek recorded in 2022 after the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Despite avoiding direct crypto exposure, Temasek continues tracking
The post Hyundai Card Turns $20,000 Stablecoin Test Into Real-World Remittance as Europe Trial Draws Closer appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Key Takeaways Hyundai Card slashed cross-border payment times to 7 minutes in a $20,000 corporate stablecoin test. Tether, Avalanche, and Axiym backed the pilot, marking a historic first for the South Korean card industry. A second pilot launches later this month with Circle and Visa to test local currencies across European units. Shaving Hours off Transaction Times Hyundai Card successfully tested stablecoin-based cross-border payments between Hyundai Motor Group subsidiaries in North America, slashing transaction times from hours to minutes, the card issuer recently disclosed. The proof-of-concept (PoC) test involved transferring funds between California-based Hyundai Motor America and Hyundai Motor Mexico. During the pilot, the U.S. unit converted $20,000 into dollar-based stablecoins and transmitted them to the Mexican affiliate, where the
The ECB's rate hike and digital euro progress could reshape Europe's financial landscape, impacting stablecoin demand and regulatory dynamics.
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Hyundai Motor America converted $20,000 into stablecoins and transferred them to Hyundai Motor Mexico, where they were exchanged back into U.S. dollars. Shaving Hours off Transaction Times Hyundai Card successfully tested stablecoin-based cross-border payments between Hyundai Motor Group subsidiaries in North America, slashing transaction times from hours to minutes, the card issuer recently disclosed. The […]
In Q2, Europe posted its strongest quarter in four years for venture funding, Crunchbase data shows. All told, Europe-based startups raised $24 billion in the just-ended quarter, up around a third quarter over quarter and two-thirds higher than the $14.4 billion raised in Q2 2025.
UK's persistent inflation challenges could drive investors towards traditional assets, impacting crypto's appeal amid high opportunity costs.
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OSL's MiCA authorization highlights the increasing regulatory hurdles in the EU, potentially limiting market competition and impacting service costs.
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