Coinbase has received an official Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license from Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). This pivotal move allows the cryptocurrency exchange to extend its services across all 27 member states of the European Union, potentially reaching a market of 450 million people. This license puts...
Coinbase waving its newly minted MiCA license like a victory flag, in the manner depicted below, across the EU – awesome, right? Standardized regulations, unified market access. But hold on. Before we pop the champagne, let's ask ourselves: is this a genuine step forward, or just a cleverly disguised race...
Coinbase has received final approval for a Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license from Luxembourg. This success will now enable the digital currency exchange to offer its services throughout all 27 member states of the European Union. This move, granted by Luxembourg's financial authorities, consolidates Coinbase's position in the European market...
Coinbase’s shiny new MiCA license, a passport to the whole of the European Union, is certainly a historic moment. It shouts legitimacy, standardization, and further integration of crypto into the global financial system. Awe, right? A nagging question lingers: What about the rest of us? Specifically, what about Southeast Asia?Europe's...
CoinDesk's Proof of Talk Top 50 Women in Web3 & AI list, launched in June 2025, is more than just a list. It's a spotlight illuminating the vibrant, often-overlooked innovation happening in Southeast Asia. We’re not just lifting women up as individuals in a vacuum. We’re celebrating the collective power...
Cox recently befriended a young artist from Myanmar, to whom we’ll refer as Ei. She is creating beautiful, culturally rich digital art that explores her heritage. Art that the world needs to see and buy. Ei struggles. In-person banking with international remittance is a terrible experience, and with dollar for...
In May 2025, a big data breach rocked Coinbase, one of the biggest exchanges in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. This major breach exposed the personally identifiable information of nearly 70,000 customers. The breach revealed sensitive information that had been collected during the company’s Know Your Customer (KYC) process. This event raised...
As we reported, the European crypto landscape is getting hot. Key industry players including Gemini and now Coinbase are directly working out the operational challenges imposed by the EU’s complicated regulatory regime. It is full steam ahead for the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, which just recently came into...
Coinbase is in the process of cementing its European strongholds as we speak, with France looking like its beachhead. They imagine a future brimming with crypto innovation, economic freedom, and a flourishing web3 community. Is this really a dawn for all artists, or just a strategic land grab for big...
Coinbase is placing mammoth-sized bets on Europe, and France is ground zero for their strategy. They sing the praises of France’s “forward-looking regulatory environment” and how MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation) will bring clear regulations to the world of crypto. Is it really that simple? Are we peering into a...
