https://cryptobanking.news/jurisdictions/eu/Verified crypto-banking items for European Union / EEAhttps://cryptobanking.news/item/riksbank-digital-krona-letter-finance-committee/https://cryptobanking.news/item/riksbank-digital-krona-letter-finance-committee/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTIn a letter to the Riksdag's Committee on Finance dated 7 October 2026 and published on 15 October, Sweden's Riksbank said developments since the Payments Inquiry's report may require a new assessment of a digital krona (e-krona), citing the deteriorating geopolitical situation, the digital euro (ECB pilot planned for the second half of 2027, public launch in 2029) and the growth of stablecoins. The Riksbank has not taken a position on issuance, estimates implementation would take at least five years plus the time needed for legislative amendments, and says it is justified to begin preparing the legal framework now via a public inquiry; it adds that it would be advantageous to use the ECB's digital euro infrastructure. Source: https://www.riksbank.se/globalassets/media/nyheter--pressmeddelanden/nyheter/2026/261015-skrivelse-till-fiu/letter-to-the-committee-on-finance--information-on-developments-that-bring-the-issue-of-a-digital-krona-to-the-fore.pdfcbdcstablecoinshttps://cryptobanking.news/item/eba-usdc-significant-emt/https://cryptobanking.news/item/eba-usdc-significant-emt/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe EBA classified USDC, issued in the EU by Circle Internet Financial Europe SAS, as the first significant e-money token under MiCA. From 12 November 2026 supervision of its own funds, reserve of assets, liquidity and recovery and redemption plans moves from France’s ACPR to the EBA, while the ACPR keeps governance and other areas. The EBA also signed an MoU with the New York State Department of Financial Services. Source: https://www.eba.europa.eu/publications-and-media/press-releases/eba-classifies-usdc-first-significant-e-money-token-european-unionstablecoinsregulationhttps://cryptobanking.news/item/ecb-cipollone-money-digital-age/https://cryptobanking.news/item/ecb-cipollone-money-digital-age/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTECB Executive Board member Cipollone set out the digital euro for retail and central-bank-money settlement of tokenised transactions via Pontes and Appia. (Also republished by the BIS as a central bankers’ speech.) Source: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2026/html/ecb.sp261006~0da978f159.en.htmlcbdctokenized-depositshttps://cryptobanking.news/item/eba-mica-review-priorities/https://cryptobanking.news/item/eba-mica-review-priorities/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTResponding to the Commission’s targeted consultation, the EBA called for scope clarifications in MiCA and regulation of crypto-asset lending including DeFi. Source: https://www.eba.europa.eu/publications-and-media/press-releases/eba-identifies-priorities-review-micaregulationhttps://cryptobanking.news/item/ecb-pontes-central-bank-money-tokenised-finance/https://cryptobanking.news/item/ecb-pontes-central-bank-money-tokenised-finance/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Eurosystem launched Pontes, which enables wholesale transactions in tokenised assets to be settled in central bank money. It is the first initiative under the Eurosystem's programme to make central bank money fit for a tokenised future. Source: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.pr260921~e754847a7b.en.htmltokenized-depositscbdchttps://cryptobanking.news/item/cnb-mica-casp-licences-11-entities/https://cryptobanking.news/item/cnb-mica-casp-licences-11-entities/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Czech National Bank said it had granted MiCA crypto-asset service licences to 11 entities as the MiCA transitional period ended on 1 July 2026. After that date, only entities authorised by an EU Member State's competent authority may provide crypto-asset services in the EU. Source: https://www.cnb.cz/en/cnb-news/press-releases/MiCA-CNB-grants-crypto-licences-to-11-entities/regulationhttps://cryptobanking.news/item/swissquote-bank-europe-casp-licence/https://cryptobanking.news/item/swissquote-bank-europe-casp-licence/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTSwissquote Bank Europe SA is authorised by Luxembourg’s CSSF as a crypto-asset service provider under MiCA, according to ESMA’s interim MiCA register. Luxembourg for Finance reported the news ahead of the MiCA transitional-period deadline and says the bank offers trading in more than forty crypto-assets. Source: https://www.luxembourgforfinance.com/en/news/swissquote-bank-europe-obtains-luxembourg-casp-license-ahead-of-mica-cutoff/regulationcustody