The license positions Zerohash as one of the first MiCA-approved stablecoin infrastructure companies, strengthening its appeal to institutions.
Trump again denied ties to Binance co-founder CZ amid reports that the exchange helped facilitate a $2 billion stablecoin deal linked to his World Liberty Financial platform.
The EU is reportedly drafting a proposal to transfer crypto and financial sector oversight to the ESMA, as part of a wider push to improve capital markets for startups.
Iran’s energy chief says 95% of the country’s 427,000 crypto mining rigs operate illegally, consuming massive power and destabilizing the national grid.
Polymarket’s ban in Romania follows similar crackdowns in the US, France, Belgium, Poland, Singapore and Thailand, where regulators cited unlicensed gambling activity.
Lawmakers in France’s National Assembly have passed an amendment that would consider larger crypto holdings “unproductive wealth” and subject them to taxation.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has outlined its real-world asset tokenization plans, including tokenized bonds and stablecoin integration for blockchain settlements.
Privacy-concerned citizens are celebrating as Denmark withdraws its proposal for the mandatory scanning of messages on platforms like Telegram, Signal and WhatsApp.
Changpeng Zhao’s lawyer, Teresa Goody Guillén, reportedly threatened to sue Warren for “defamatory statements” on X after CZ secured a pardon from Trump.
BNM’s tokenization roadmap aims to focus on real-world use cases such as SME supply chain financing, Shariah-compliant Islamic products, green finance and 24/7 cross-border payments.