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MISP Moves Into Political Negotiation: What More Than 1,900 Amendments Mean For The EU’s Future Market Architecture
The European Parliament has tabled over 1,900 amendments to the Market Integration and Supervision Package, transforming it from a straightforward proposal into a complex negotiation between competing models for European market supervision and infrastructure. As the Commission's original December 2025 proposal becomes obsolete and multiple parliamentary drafts emerge with conflicting visions, financial firms face critical questions about which supervisory architecture will ultimately govern their licenses
Germany Finance
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Bridging The Atlantic On Stablecoins: The EBA-NYDFS Supervisory Cooperation MoU And Its Implications For Regulated Firms
The European Banking Authority and New York State Department of Financial Services have signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding establishing a formal framework for transatlantic supervisory cooperation on stablecoin regulation. This agreement enables structured information exchange, cross-border inspections, and emergency coordination between EU and US regulators overseeing entities engaged in stablecoin activities under MiCAR and New York's regulatory framework.
Worldwide Finance
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Scope, Stablecoins, CASPs And More – MiCAR’s Dual Consultations Chart The Course For EU Crypto Regulation’s Next Chapter
The European Commission has launched dual consultations on the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR), seeking feedback from both retail users and industry stakeholders on whether the regulation remains fit for purpose. Key areas under review include the treatment of decentralized finance, stablecoins, crypto-asset service providers, NFTs, tokenised deposits, and the private-law treatment of tokens, with responses due by 31 August 2026.
Germany Finance
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