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Licensing developments across the industry: MiCA and CASP authorisations, VASP regimes, EMI and e-money licensing, the UK regime, US market-structure legislation, stablecoin rules and regulator actions. For founders and compliance leads.

MiCA's great filter: thousands of VASPs, a few hundred CASPs

The MiCA transition window closed on 1 July 2026. Europe went in with roughly 2,700 registered VASPs and has come out with only a few hundred authorised CASPs. Here is where things actually stand.

2026-07-02 MiCA, EU, CASP, VASP By LicenceMap

The CLARITY Act inches toward the Senate floor

The US market structure bill cleared committee in a historic bipartisan vote and now sits on the Senate calendar. No floor vote is scheduled, and the August recess is the real deadline.

2026-07-02 US, CLARITY Act, market structure, CFTC, SEC By LicenceMap

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