MiCA

Illustration representing the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and EU regulation of event contracts and binary options

ESMA Reminds Firms That Certain Event Contracts Are Subject to EU Binary Options Rules

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PARIS, July 3, 2026 — The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has reminded firms offering prediction markets, also known as event contracts, to assess whether their products fall within existing national product intervention measures on binary options where they qualify as financial instruments, as the growing popularity of such products and increasing retail participation draw greater regulatory attention.

Minimalist illustration of an open padlock representing MiCA authorization and access to the European Union crypto market.

ESMA Calls on Unauthorised CASPs to Wind Down as MiCA Transition Ends

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PARIS, June 23, 2026 — The European Securities and Markets Authority has called on unauthorised crypto-asset service providers to immediately begin winding down their European Union activities in an orderly manner ahead of the end of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) transitional period on July 1, while taking steps to safeguard clients’ interests and mitigate risks to market integrity.

ESMA document on MiCA compliance table and suitability rules

ESMA Publishes MiCA Compliance Table for Suitability and Portfolio Management Rules

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PARIS, April 15, 2026 — The European Securities and Markets Authority published a compliance table showing which national competent authorities comply, or intend to comply, with its MiCA guidelines on suitability requirements and periodic statements for crypto-asset portfolio management activities.

EBA Supervisory Opinion Document

EBA Issues Opinion on End of No-Action Letter Transition Period Under MiCA–PSD2 Framework

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PARIS, February 12, 2026 — The European Banking Authority (EBA) published an Opinion on the end of the No-Action Letter transition period, advising national competent authorities on supervisory actions as the transition period under its No-Action Letter concerning the interaction between the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) and the Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) concludes.

ESMA MiCA compliance table on crypto-asset transfer guidelines under EU Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation.

ESMA Publishes Compliance Table on MiCA Crypto-Asset Transfer Guidelines

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On 9 February 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a Guidelines Compliance Table covering its guidelines on “the procedures and policies, including the rights of clients,” in the context of transfer services for crypto-assets under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), focused on investor protection.