Hellenic Capital Market Commission

Greece's financial regulator, overseeing securities markets and licensing crypto-asset service providers under the EU's MiCA framework.

Known aliases

HCMC

Current stories

invest11 publishersConfirmed

Four EU regulators question how Binance keeps European customers through a MiCA exemption

ESMA and regulators in France, Germany and Greece are examining how Binance still serves EU users without the MiCA license it needed by July 1. The inquiry tests whether a narrow exemption can hold an exchange's European business while it waits for authorization.

Publishers:bloomberg.comcointelegraph.comcrowdfundinsider.comcrypto.newscryptobriefing.comcryptopolitan.comdecrypt.coeuronews.comfinance.yahoo.compymnts.comstraitstimes.comunchainedcrypto.com

Perspective Coverage

12 publishers

Builder: Builder 12%
Operator: Operator 52%
Investor: Investor 36%

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+15
Incentives55
Confidence55

invest1 publisherOne report

WSJ puts Lagarde inside a Greek licensing call the ECB has no power to make

Binance spent about 18 months on its Greek MiCA file and withdrew it on June 24, a week before the deadline, after Greek officials had already told ESMA the regulator intended to approve.

Publishers:crypto.news

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption72
Hype gap+18
Incentives62
Confidence50

leadership1 publisherOne report

Binance withdrew its EU license bid before the Greek regulator ever ruled

The Wall Street Journal reports that ECB President Christine Lagarde urged Greece's prime minister to reject the application. Binance pulled out before any decision issued, so there is no refusal it can contest.

Publishers:news.bitcoin.com

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption62
Hype gap+22
Incentives68
Confidence55

invest1 publisherOne report

Binance keeps opening EU accounts on a reverse-solicitation reading of MiCA

Two months past the July 1 cutoff, the exchange with more than 45% of global spot volume still holds no MiCA licence. The visible regulatory step so far: ESMA asking for confirmation that the wind-down is real.

Publishers:crypto.news

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption75
Hype gap+15
Incentives65
Confidence55

invest1 publisherOne report

Binance is still verifying EU users 49 days after MiCA's deadline, tests indicate

Independent testing says new European accounts were opened, verified and funded in mid-August, seven weeks past the MiCA cutoff. The exchange appears on neither of ESMA's two lists.

Publishers:crowdfundinsider.com

Reality

Evidence54
Adoption58
Hype gap+18
Incentives60
Confidence46