Bybit, a major crypto exchange, has been removed from France’s AMF blacklist after addressing regulatory concerns. The platform is now pursuing MiCA compliance for broader European operations.
AMF Chair Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani noted that the financial sector is highly regulated, and investment communications must be law-compliant, clear, and balanced.
The “enhanced” registration requirements will be effective from January 1, 2024.
CACEIS Bank is one of the first European banks to obtain the DASP license.
OKX’s DASP registration comes after the 27 EU member countries unanimously agreed on the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation.
Binance is also seeking to be registered by the Swedish finance watchdog.
Financial authorities in France published new rules to guide the licensing of digital asset service providers. The publication also includes specific guidelines to be followed by firms interesting in applying for the license.
French-ICO is the first blockchain related fundraising project that gained approval from the French financial watchdog AMF.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is reportedly probing crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX to determine whether it broke rules by allowing U.S. traders on its platform.
ARK Con is set to take place on March 22nd in Archamps, France, near Geneva, making it the first gathering for the ARK project. ARK are currently undergoing large-scale development, taking them forward into 2018.
ARK Ecosystem is now incorporated in France as a cooperative society (SCIC), registered under n° 833 439 300, with a structure matching our open source blockchain organization. It is the first of its kind in the crypto world, and one of the first blockchain projects to incorporate in the European Union.