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As MiCA enters its implementation phase, uneven enforcement across the EU is reigniting debate over whether crypto supervision should move from national regulators to ESMA. Europe’s crypto regulatory framework is entering a new phase of scrutiny as policymakers weigh whether enforcement of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation should remain with national authorities or be centralized under the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). MiCA, which came largely into force at the beginning of 2025, was designed to create a unified rulebook for crypto-asset service providers across the European Union. But as implementation progresses, disparities between member states are becoming harder to ignore. Some regulators have approved dozens of licenses, while others have issued only a handful, prompting concerns about inconsistent supervision and regulatory arbitrage. Read more

The Trump administration may send a representative to a meeting in Europe this week only if there is a "real chance" of signing a peace agreement.

Ukraine's ambassador to the Netherlands, Andriy Kostin, said that Russia had carried out the largest-scale abduction of children in Europe since World War II.

The Bonk price prediction has turned very positive after the launch of a Bonk ETP in Switzerland, with strong rallies now imminent. The post Bonk Price Prediction: BONK ETP Launches in Europe – Could This Spark the First Institutional Meme Coin Run? appeared first on Cryptonews.

President Volodymyr Zelensky, during talks in London with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, stated that unity among all of Ukraine's allies, Europe and the United States, is crucial today.

Taken together, Trump’s policies towards Europe have an isolationist flavor with lack of clarity about U.S. commitments

Perhaps the more accurate reflection of Israel's relations with Europe is captured not by the Eurovision boycott, but by the billions in defense contracts for Israel's arms industry

The U.S. suggests that Europe is being enfeebled by its immigration policies, declining birthrates, 'censorship of free speech and suppression of political opposition' and a 'loss of national identities and self-confidence,' saying it 'will be unrecognizable in 20 years or less'

US stablecoin rules under the GENIUS Act are splitting global liquidity with Europe, creating regional markets and potentially leading to cross-border friction, a report says. The United States’ new approach to stablecoin regulation is reshaping global liquidity flows and driving a sharp structural split with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regime, effectively creating separate US and EU stablecoin liquidity pools, according to a new report from blockchain security auditor CertiK. The report finds that the US digital asset market entered a new phase of regulatory clarity in 2025, with federal legislation and administrative reforms now broadly aligned around how digital assets are issued, traded and custodied. At the center of that shift is the GENIUS Act, signed into law by US President Donald Trump in July, which establishes the first federal framework for payment stablecoins. The law imposes strict reserve requirements, bans yield-bearing stablecoins, and formally integrates stablecoin ...

BEIRUT: Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday criticised anti-migrant activists who stoke “fears” of Islam and said co-operation between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon should be an example for Europe and the United States. The 70-year-old pope spoke to reporters on the plane at the end of his visit to Turkey and Lebanon — his first trip outside of Italy since becoming head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics in May. Leo said anti-Muslim sentiment was “oftentimes generated by people who are against immigration and trying to keep out people who may be from another country, another religion, another race.” He said his visit to Lebanon was intended to show “that dialogue and friendship between Muslims and Christians is possible”. Leo said stories he heard during the trip of Christians and Muslims helping each other were “lessons … that we should perhaps be a little less fearful”. The pontiff urges halt to attacks in Lebanon as first trip abroad ends The US-born pope spent two decades in Peru as a missionary within the Augu...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia was “ready” for war if Europe seeks one, accusing the continent’s leaders of trying to sabotage a deal on the Ukraine conflict before he met with US envoys. The comments came as United States envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were in Moscow for high-stakes talks on ending the nearly four-year war, which were preceded by days of intense diplomacy. “We are not planning to go to war with Europe, but if Europe wants to and starts, we are ready right now,” Putin told reporters in Moscow. “They have no peaceful agenda, they are on the side of war,” he added, repeating his claim that European leaders were hindering US attempts to broker peace in Ukraine. He added that European changes to Trump’s latest plan to end the war “aimed solely at one thing — to completely block the entire peace process and put forward demands that are absolutely unacceptable for Russia”. Washington has presented a 28-point draft to end the c...

KuCoin has secured an Austrian MiCAR license, allowing KuCoin EU to provide regulated, audited digital asset services across most of the EEA, as part of its Trust and Compliance strategy and broader shift toward licensed exchanges, with peers such as Bybit also receiving MiCAR approval. The post KuCoin EU Gains MiCAR Approval to Roll Out Digital Asset Services in Europe appeared first on Cryptonews.

Europe’s leading asset manager Amundi is launching the first tokenized money market fund, and it has chosen the Ethereum blockchain.

Lithuania has officially informed the Council of Europe of its intention to join the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.

In Geneva, a new round of talks started between Ukraine, the United States, and Europe regarding a peace plan to end Russia's war against Ukraine.

Moscow cannot dictate its terms to Kyiv or Europe, and anything concerning Poland must be decided within the country.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky informed Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk about the details of diplomatic work with the United States and Europe during their conversation.

Ukraine, the US, and Europe will work at the advisor level to make the path to peace truly viable.

21Shares, one of the largest crypto ETF issuers with $8 billion in assets, continues to introduce more investment products in Europe as an influx of new crypto ETFs hits the US. 21Shares, a major crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) provider, is expanding its offerings in Europe with the launch of six more funds on Sweden’s stock exchange, Nasdaq Stockholm. 21Shares on Thursday announced the cross-listing of six additional products on Nasdaq Stockholm, including ETPs for Aave (AAVE), Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK), Polkadot (DOT) and two crypto basket products. With the expansion, 21shares now offers a total of 16 ETPs on Nasdaq Stockholm, which is just a fraction of multiple offerings available on other European exchanges like SIX Swiss Exchange, Deutsche Börse Xetra, Euronext Amsterdam and more. Read more

The burden of guaranteeing the future reparations loan for Ukraine should be shared not only by European countries but also by G7 partners, while the funds raised should be directed first and foremost toward strengthening Europe’s defense industry in cooperation with Ukraine.