ESMA Requires EU crypto-asset service providers to stop providing services for non-MiCA compliant stablecoins and wind them down by January 8, 2027.
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ESMA Requires EU crypto-asset service providers to stop providing relevant services for non-MiCA compliant stablecoins and wind down existing exposures by January 8, 2027.
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ESMA Requires crypto-asset service providers to stop providing services for non-MiCA compliant stablecoins and wind them down within 3 months.
PANews October 8 reported, citing Cointelegraph, that the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued an opinion requiring crypto-asset service providers (CASP) in the European Union to stop providing services involving non-MiCA compliant stablecoins to EU clients, including trading, exchange, custody, transfers, and investment advice, and to prevent clients from buying or increasing their holdings. Existing exposures must be fully cleared within 3 months and no later than January 8, 2027, during which time only limited exit services such as selling, exchanging, and withdrawing may be provided.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued an opinion.
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EU crypto-asset service providers must stop providing EU clients with trading, exchange, custody, transfer, investment advice, and other services involving non-MiCA compliant stablecoins.
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Relevant service providers must prevent clients from buying or increasing their holdings of these stablecoins.
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Existing exposures must be cleared within 3 months and no later than January 8, 2027.
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During the transition period, only limited exit services such as selling, exchanging, and withdrawing may be provided.
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This means that, according to the report, EU clients will no longer be able to receive multiple types of services related to non-MiCA compliant stablecoins; existing holdings may only be exited through limited means.
Why it matters to readers
EU crypto-asset service providers may need to restrict relevant stablecoin services, prevent purchases or increases in holdings, and address existing exposures.
If you hold or use relevant stablecoins through a crypto-asset service provider in the EU, you may need to monitor changes to trading, custody, transfer, and exit arrangements.
Risks and unknowns
The evidence consists of PANews' account of Cointelegraph's report and does not provide the ESMA original opinion document.
ESMA The legal effect, scope of application, and detailed implementation rules of the opinion have not been clarified in the evidence.
The evidence does not list the specific stablecoins affected.
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