
ECB and EU Central Banks Push to Rewrite MiCA Stablecoin Reserve Rules
The European System of Central Banks proposes liquidity buckets instead of MiCA's deposit floor for stablecoin reserves and a wider ban on stablecoin rewards.
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The European System of Central Banks proposes liquidity buckets instead of MiCA's deposit floor for stablecoin reserves and a wider ban on stablecoin rewards.

SEC issued a conditional five-year exemption letting blockchain venues trade tokenized U.S. stocks without exchange registration.

The OCC granted conditional approvals to Bastion, Catena and Agora on Sept. 18, widening the national trust bank charter to stablecoins and AI-agent payments.

Zcash traded near 1,483.88 dollars on September 20, up 33.8 percent in a week, after Paradigm disclosed a ZEC stake and coinholders backed 25-second blocks.

The Wall Street Journal reports the ECB president pushed Greece to delay Binance's MiCA approval, citing dollar stablecoins and the digital euro.

OFAC designated BitBank, developer Pishtaz Simorgh and three Zanjani associates under Operation Economic Outcast on September 17.

ARMA clears the House Financial Services Committee 28-21, sending the first federal Bitcoin reserve bill to the full chamber with a 20-year lockup.

World rolls out World Money, a self-custodial financial super app offering stablecoin accounts, cross-border payments and Stripe funding across 150 countries.

Iran's central bank dropped the repatriation rule for exporters. Cross-border trade now settles in Tether and Bitcoin through domestic crypto exchanges.

U.S. Bank executed a live cross-border payment using USBDC on Stellar between its North American and European entities.

SEC and CFTC will write crypto rules using existing authority after Senate blocked CLARITY Act 49-50. Agency rules lack the durability of legislation.

Senate Republicans published the final CLARITY Act text with 126 Democratic changes and a Trump-backed ethics deal, ahead of Tuesday's 60-vote cloture hurdle.

ESMA says top prediction-market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi lack EU authorisation, with event contracts potentially subject to MiFID II, MiCA or gambling rules.

Coinbase and Moov bring stablecoin payments to over 1,000 US community banks, five days before the Senate votes on the CLARITY Act.

White hats returned 3,400 BTC to Liquid's federation. 598.5 BTC remain in their custody with no approved bounty disclosed.

Poland's parliament fell 25 votes short of overriding President Nawrocki's third crypto veto, leaving it the only EU state without MiCA rules.

The SEC approved a Nasdaq Texas rule change defining digital commodities and allowing crypto ETPs to hold up to 15% of NAV in non-qualifying digital assets.

Sberbank plans to accept Ethereum and USDT as loan collateral alongside Bitcoin as Russia's new digital currency law takes effect September 1.

Michael Saylor's company buys 4,603 BTC for $369.7 million at an average of $80,318, lifting total holdings to 845,050 bitcoin.

For 24 straight months US real spending has outpaced real disposable income: savings at 2.7%, cards at $1.26T. What it means for the Fed, Bitcoin, risk-on.
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