Neither ESMA nor Sweden's Finansinspektionen will say whether crypto distribution under your own brand requires a MiCA licence.

Kvarn Capital says the partner model with Sweden's Goobit falls outside both the agency ban and the outsourcing rules in MiCA.

27 firms, among them Nasdaq, want the EU to scrap the DLT Pilot Regime volume cap and say the Commission's €100 billion ceiling is too low.

Swedish parties back blockchain broadly but are warier of Swedish stablecoins, Blockchain Sweden's election survey shows.

Valuno group company QB Europe lost its appeal over the MiCA refusal in Sweden. Operations continue through licensed partners.

The IMF and El Salvador agree on a US$140 million loan after purchases of bitcoin with public funds stopped.

Sweden's tax agency demands SEK 48.1m from Valuno Group, arguing Gibraltar profit is taxable in Sweden. The company is appealing.

Central banks must go onchain themselves, and stablecoins cannot replace central bank money in settlement, says the ECB's Isabel Schnabel.

A liquidity move in the US, fresh hope for crypto legislation and a technical breakout coincided and lifted bitcoin out of its summer trading range.

Sweden's Goobit, which operates the crypto exchange BTCX, receives another rejection of its MiCA application and takes the case to court.

Goobit AB is appealing Finansinspektionen's MiCA rejection. The company says FI didn't assess them closely enough as an individual business.

Goobit says in a statement it is strengthening compliance with three new hires, after Finansinspektionen rejected its MiCA licence application.

The ECB's digital euro pilot brings together supporters and skeptics among European banks as the EU inches closer to CBDC.

The US and the UK are aligning rules for stablecoins and tokenization. This new roadmap will reduce barriers to cross-border use of the technology.

Crypto exchange BTCX continues operating despite MiCA rejection. The Swedish FSA confirms to Kaupr that BTCX can remain open until July 23.

The majority of crypto users choose self-custody over MiCA platforms when major exchanges pull out – potentially making the path back much shorter.

The Swedish FSA rejected Goobit Group's (BTCX) MiCA

Germany's Lissi has raised €3.5 million to help banks prepare for the EU's new AMLR anti-money laundering rules, which take effect in 2027.

Gataca has raised fresh capital for digital identity verification, prioritising finance, iGaming and media as key growth markets.

MiCA is fully operational in the EU/EEA, but the EU is already weighing whether to extend it to stablecoins, tokenization, and decentralized finance.