Regulations
By Julie Binoche
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MiCA's July Deadline Is Forcing Everyone's Hand. There's a transitional window under MiCA that closes July 1.
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Rail Acquisition and the $100 Billion Volume Claim. Ripple spent $200 million last year to buy Rail, a stablecoin payments firm.
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Ripple got a nod from Luxembourg. Not a full license — not yet. The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier handed the company what Ripple calls a "green light letter,"…
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The CSSF's preliminary approval matters because of what it could unlock: regulated access across all 30 countries of the European Economic Area.
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The green light letter doesn't expand what Ripple can actually do right now.
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There's a transitional window under MiCA that closes July 1. After that date, crypto firms operating in the EU without full authorization risk enforcement actions.
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The company does try to draw a distinction here. Rather than competing head-on with retail exchanges, Ripple is pitching itself as the infrastructure layer for stablecoin…
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It's worth noting that Ripple ran a similar playbook in the UK. The company got an EMI registration and a crypto-asset listing from the Financial Conduct Authority, though with…
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More context: Paymium Invests €1 Million to Secure MiCA Approval, Targets 230,000 Clients
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Ripple spent $200 million last year to buy Rail, a stablecoin payments firm. The deal added virtual accounts and banking connections to Ripple's stack, which the company says now…
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The infrastructure Ripple is building on runs through two main assets: RLUSD, its dollar-pegged stablecoin, and XRP.
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Ripple says it holds over 75 regulatory licenses worldwide. That's a big number. It's also the kind of number that sounds impressive in a press release but means very different…
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And there's real demand on that side of the table. Banks across Europe have been accelerating their blockchain experiments — settlement infrastructure, collateral management,…
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Related: Trumps 2031 Quantum Encryption Mandate Puts Federal Agencies on the Clock
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But Kraken is already in. Coinbase is already in. Bitstamp is already in. Ripple's window to establish itself before competitors entrench their positions is narrowing fast.
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