EU commissioner reiterates need for 'regulating all crypto-assets'

EU commissioner reiterates need for 'regulating all crypto-assets'

Mairead McGuinness said that she planned to discuss a compromise through the MiCA proposal currently under review in the EU. Mairead McGuinness, the Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union at the European Commission, is moving forward with a discussion on regulating cryptocurrencies amid three major events in the space.In written remarks for a speech in Brussels on Tuesday, McGuinness said the Celsius Network's recent suspension of withdrawals, as well as the crash of Terra (originally LUNA, now LUNA Classic, or LUNC), show the need for....


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