When the world’s largest crypto exchange says “nothing to see here,” markets tend to listen. But when investigative journalists allege that over $1 billion tied to Iranian entities moved through the system, regulators lean forward.
This week,...
While U.S. crypto heavyweights report massive Q4 losses amid collapsing token prices, Europe faces a more structural crisis. The MiCA transition is turning Lithuania into a regulatory stress laboratory — and early signals suggest a wave of “quiet” and “regulatory” bankruptcies may reshape the EU crypto landscape by 2026.
RatEx42, the leading compliance intelligence platform, today announced the formal listing and immediate Red (High Risk) rating for the ARI10 Group, including its primary...
Lithuania has ceased to be the "Wild West" of European crypto. As the Bank of Lithuania drops the MiCA guillotine, once-dominant iGaming rails like utPay and CoinsPaid have vanished into a regulatory blackout. With only a 3% survival rate for registered VASPs, the industry is witnessing a desperate migration to the "Polish Shelter." Is this a cleanup, or merely a relocation of the shadow economy?
Let’s stop sugarcoating it.
The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) is not a love letter to decentralization. It is not designed to preserve “crypto culture”....
The transition to MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) has not eliminated risk; it has merely driven it underground. While Tier-1 institutions adopt "clean" rails, a...
Published: February 2026
The European crypto market has entered a new phase — not regulation, but enforcement.
With the full application of the Markets in Crypto-Assets...
RatEx42, the leading compliance intelligence platform for the financial industry, today announced the formal listing and Black (Critical Risk) rating of Dream Finance, the...
Published: February 2026Reading time: 5 min.
For years, Europe’s crypto economy ran on an uncomfortable truth: a large part of its payment infrastructure existed in...
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released a consultation paper exploring how traditional finance (TradFi) rules could be adapted for crypto companies. The aim is to strike a...
The curtain is closing on a defining chapter of Europe’s most famous neobank.Valentin Stalf, the visionary co-founder and Co-CEO of N26, has announced he will step...
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Swapped is an international crypto payment processor positioning itself as a regulatory-compliant bridge between FIAT and cryptocurrencies. The platform enables users and...
Binance recently saw a massive inflow of ~$1.65 billion in stablecoins—commonly referred to as "dry powder"—suggesting potential buying power lining up behind the scenes. This occurred...
