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Today in crypto, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has confirmed to Cointelegraph that the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) does not explicitly ban non-compliant stablecoin custody and transfers, the US Senate voted to kill the IRS’ DeFi broker rule, and more than $1 billion worth of derivatives were liquidated on March 4 due to fears of a trade war.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has added new comments on the status of stablecoins that do not comply with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), adding to the ongoing uncertainty around their classification and use.
On March 3, Binance announced plans to delist nine non-MiCA-compliant stablecoins, including Tether’s UDSt (USDT), for users in the European Economic Area (EEA).
