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Today in crypto, Bybit has received regulatory approval under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) and has opened its European headquarters in Vienna, former US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Rostin Behnam said the agency should be given new authority to police crypto, and BlackRock is reportedly seeking to acquire a 10% stake in Circle ahead of its initial public offering (IPO).
Bybit has obtained a MiCA license from Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA), allowing the exchange to expand into the European market.
The approval allows Bybit EU, registered under commercial number 636180i, to operate as a regulated crypto asset service provider (CASP) and extend its services across all 29 European Economic Area member states.
