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The EU's framework of laws and supervisors—covering banks, funds, derivatives and crypto-assets under rules like MiCA—overseen by bodies such as ESMA and EBA.
EBA asks the European Commission to weigh bringing crypto lending, found in at least 16 member states, under MiCA's regulated services. Its formal request is a cost-benefit study first, so suitability tests and leverage caps remain options.
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The Joint Committee of the EBA, EIOPA and ESMA handed EU governments an autumn risk update that puts reliance on non-EU ICT, clearing, ratings and foreign-currency funding at the top, with AI-enabled attacks and quantum next.
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Polymarket wants ESMA and the FCA to supervise its event contracts as financial instruments instead of gambling products. The MiFID label it is asking for comes with the EU's retail binary-options restrictions attached.
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A speech the BIS published on September 15 puts the Pontes settlement link live this month, Appia's market integration in 2028 and a possible first digital euro issuance in 2029, with the legislation that date depends on due by late this year.
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In a Thursday risk report the EU securities regulator said event contracts generally need an authorisation neither platform holds, then split those contracts across binary-options rules, MiCA and national gambling law.
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The Commission's MiCA review consultation closes Sept. 30, and nobody has a working test for which of a lending vault's role holders is the regulated provider.
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