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Standard Chartered Wins MiCA Passport as EU Approves 57 Firms

MiCA transition ends: 300 firms now authorized for EU-wide crypto services 🛂⛓️

📰 The Update
▶️ ESMA Register 300 authorized crypto firms, up from 243 on June 26 📈
▶️ New Wave 57 providers approved around July 1 MiCA deadline 🎯
▶️ Rule Change Transition ended July 1, 2026. Only licensed firms can onboard new EU customers ❌➡️✅

🏦 Big Names Join
▶️ Standard Chartered Authorized by Luxembourg CSSF on June 25. Also got Electronic Money Institution license 🏦
▶️ Passport MiCA passport = offer crypto services across all 27 EU states with 1 license 🗺️
▶️ FalconX Malta MFSA authorization. Institutional trading firm now EU-wide 🤝
▶️ Others Sygnum Europe, Ronin EM, CACEIS added. CACEIS in talks to buy French platform Meria ∼150K users, €350M AUM 🧩
▶️ Stripe Bridge Also secured MiCA CASP + EMI license in Luxembourg 🔗

⚖️ What MiCA Changes
▶️ Single Framework Covers exchanges, custody, portfolio managers, asset issuers across EU 🧾
▶️ Passporting One national regulator approval = access to whole bloc. No 27 separate licenses needed ✈️
▶️ Enforcement Non-licensed firms must stop onboarding + wind down EU ops 🔒

💥 Market Impact
▶️ USDT Tether’s $186B USDT lost MiCA-compliant route on regulated EU exchanges post-July 1 📉
▶️ Delistings Coinbase, Kraken, Crypto.com removed USDT for EU users despite it being #1 stablecoin globally 🌍
▶️ For Institutions ESMA register = verified list of regulated EU counterparties under unified rules

✅ Bottom Line
MiCA is live. Standard Chartered + FalconX + others now have EU-wide access via one passport. The deadline is already reshaping the market: USDT off regulated books, and only 300 firms cleared to serve new customers. Compliance just became the moat.

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