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MiCA’s Significance Criteria: A Tool for Stability or Overreach in Stablecoin Regulation?

A new paper by Patrick Hansen (Circle Internet Financial) and Helmut Bauer (Flawless Money) was recently published via SSRN to explore the intricacies of the European Union’s (EU) regulatory approach to fiat-backed stablecoins within the framework of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The study compares MiCA’s significance regime to established frameworks in banking and […]

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