Original sourceTech TimesAdditional: Cryptify Now
Summary
The EU is rewriting its less-than-two-year-old MiCA stablecoin rules, as the current design has made USDC the only compliant retail USD stablecoin in Europe. Significant issuers must hold 60% of reserves in EU banks and obtain an e-money or credit institution license, making compliance difficult fo…
Key points
- Demonstrates how regulatory frameworks can inadvertently cause market concentration, with direct implications for compliance and issuer strategies.
- The MiCA rewrite will directly impact the structure of Europe's stablecoin market and market access for non-EU issuers.
- It could open a compliance path for other stablecoins like USDT, or further entrench USDC's dominance in the EU.
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