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- 2, 2026 at 11:34 am UTC Share Cover art/illustration via CryptoSlate.
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- Guest Contributor Shane Neagle Editor In Chief • The Tokenist Between the end of 2025 and up to July 2026, the European Union’s MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) regulation will go into full effect.
- Specifically, crypto exchanges, self-custody wallet providers, custodians, asset transfer providers, stablecoin issuers and portfolio managers will have to obtain formal authorization to continue operating. Notably, out of the 27 EU member states, only Poland is delaying the national implementation of this strict crypto framework.
- Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoed the MiCA-compliant bill this month because it would “threaten the freedoms of Poles, their property and the stability of the state.”Moving forward, the Polish parliament would have to overturn the veto with a three-fifths majority vote. One then has to wonder if the entire world would suffer such consequences when it comes to the promise of Decentralized Finance (DeFi).
