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- CONSOB Accounted for 179 of 188 Entries in Oct. 29 Snapshot
The entries represented 95.2% of the file, but the non-exhaustive register does not show the full distribution of unauthorized activity across countries.
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- ESMA Completes EU T+1 Framework Ahead of October 2027 Shift
Allocation and confirmation rules for investment firms and their clients start Dec. 7, 2026, before the EU moves in-scope securities trades to T+1.
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- ESMA Proposes Narrower Metrics for EU Taxonomy Disclosure Rules
The proposal would limit the required operating expenditure measure to noncapitalized research and development costs and remove a weighted-average group indicator.
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- ESMA Releases Q&As on MiCA, EMIR, Crowdfunding and Market Structure
The update addresses EU crypto rules and broader financial market topics.
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- France Seeks Crypto Platform Liability for Some DeFi Incidents
The proposal would require platforms to check DeFi protocols before offering access and monitor them afterward for vulnerabilities and suspicious activity.
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- ESMA Sets Conditions for Derivatives Clearing Exemption Under EMIR 3
Draft standards cover provider controls, recordkeeping and monitoring of the exemption.
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- ESMA Proposes Regulated Service for Firms Offering DeFi Access
The agency separately recommended requirements, including disclosures, for staking, lending and borrowing as part of the EU’s MiCA review.
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- ESMA Adds Five Examples for Delaying Inside-Information Disclosure
The non-exhaustive list covers confidential requests, commercial risks and other situations. The revision also removes examples tied to protracted processes.
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- ESMA Clarifies OTC Derivative Transparency and EU Tick-Size Rules
Tick-size recommendations cover when trading venues or national competent authorities may intervene in specific circumstances; OTC reference-data guidance remains draft pending related technical standards.
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- ESMA Seeks More Consistent Enforcement After Over 950 EEA Actions
Germany, France and Spain accounted for about two-thirds of the region’s total fine value. Enforcement activity focused mainly on market abuse and investment services rules.
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- Cross-Border Investment Firms Served 15.5 Million EU and EEA Retail Clients
The 2025 total was nearly double the number in 2023. Retail clients rose 47% from 2024, while complaints edged down 0.2%.
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- EU Supervisory Authorities Set 2027 Priorities for Cyber Resilience and AI
The Joint Committee will coordinate work on digital resilience, technological innovation, consumer protection and sustainable finance across the bloc’s financial sector.
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- ESMA Examines Tokenized Collateral as MAS Advances Digital Settlement
The European and Singaporean initiatives focus on settlement finality, liquidity access and tokenized deposits, stablecoins and central bank digital currency.
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- EU Council Targets Most Significant Crypto Providers for ESMA Oversight
The negotiating position would leave most providers under national regulators and would not immediately change MiCA requirements.
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- ESMA Tells EU Crypto Firms to Stop Serving Noncompliant Stablecoins
The measure applies to MiCA-authorized crypto-asset service providers operating in the EU.
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- EU Regulators Tighten Stablecoin Rules and Advance Digital Euro
European authorities are pairing stricter MiCA compliance expectations with digital-euro planning and early warnings about quantum threats to crypto wallets.
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- ESMA Sets Jan. 8 Deadline for Non-MiCA Stablecoin Services
National regulators must require MiCA-authorized crypto-asset service providers to remediate existing client exposure by Jan. 8, 2027.
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- EU Council Backs ESMA Negotiating Position on Crypto Oversight
The position would give the EU securities regulator direct oversight of the bloc’s most significant cross-border crypto-asset service providers, but final rules still require talks with Parliament.
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- ESMA Names Carlos San Basilio to Join Its Management Board
San Basilio will replace Carlo Comporti, who is scheduled to become chair of the European Union securities regulator on Nov. 1.
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- ESMA Seeks Input on Tokenized Collateral for EU Clearing
The regulator is examining how tokenized assets could be transferred, protected and converted into liquidity, including after a clearing-member default.
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- ESMA Gives EU Supervisors Three Months to Enforce Non-MiCA Stablecoin Exit
EU-authorized crypto firms must stop supporting stablecoins that fail MiCA, including through custody and transfers. Limited wind-down services may continue for existing holdings.
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- EU Crypto Firms Face Jan. 8 Deadline to End Services for Non-MiCA Stablecoins
The guidance covers trading, custody, transfers, advice and portfolio management, with limited services allowed to help customers exit affected tokens.
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- EU Regulator Sets Jan. 8 Deadline for Noncompliant Stablecoins
ESMA told national regulators to require crypto service providers to remediate legacy client exposures by Jan. 8, 2027. The guidance does not name Tether or USDT.
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- ESMA Gives EU Crypto Firms Three Months to Halt Noncompliant Stablecoin Services
The deadline for handling existing exposure is Jan. 8, 2027. The measures cover trading, custody, transfers, investment advice and other services.
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- ESMA Urges EU Crypto Firms to Address Noncompliant Stablecoin Exposure by Jan. 8, 2027
EU regulators are expected to require firms to address existing exposures while allowing limited services to help clients exit positions.
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- EU Regulators Probe Binance’s MiCA Exemption for EU Services
Authorities are reviewing whether Binance improperly served some European customers after failing to secure a MiCA license, potentially exposing the exchange to fines or enforcement.
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- ESMA Seeks MiCA Changes for DeFi, Staking and Online Fraud
The European Union securities regulator proposed stricter marketing rules, broader disclosures and stronger supervisory tools as the bloc reviews its crypto framework.
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- ESMA Sets 2027 MiCA Supervision Priorities for Crypto Firms
The EU regulator will target operational resilience, outsourcing, liquidity and reverse solicitation while standardizing reporting among national supervisors.
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- ESMA Reviews Crypto Custody Resilience Through First Half of 2027
The EU securities regulator launched a review of authorized crypto-asset service providers offering custody, with a final report planned for the second half of 2027.
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- ESMA Names AI, Tokenization a Supervisory Priority for 2027
National regulators will map client-facing uses, conduct early reviews and expand cyber-resilience checks to crypto-asset service providers.
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- ESMA to Make Digital Innovation a Supervisory Priority From 2027
The EU securities regulator will initially focus on artificial intelligence and tokenization while continuing work on cyber and operational resilience.
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