
Ripple Wins a Full MiCA Licence in Luxembourg, Passportable EEA-Wide
Luxembourg's CSSF upgraded Ripple to a full MiCA authorisation, passportable across all 30 EEA countries, five days after the transitional regime expired.
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Luxembourg's CSSF upgraded Ripple to a full MiCA authorisation, passportable across all 30 EEA countries, five days after the transitional regime expired.

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Binance saw $1.23 billion in net outflows in the week from June 29, up 207%, as ETH withdrawal transactions hit their highest daily count since March 2023.

XRP rose 5.3% to $1.18 on July 4, lifting its market value to about $73 billion and past USDC into fifth place, with Santiment's MVRV gauges at historic lows.

Kraken opened 10 tokenized stocks and ETFs as collateral for margin and futures, with 10% to 30% haircuts and caps up to $1M. Not available in the United States.

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Binance withdrew its Greek MiCA application and stopped serving EU users as the bloc's transitional period for crypto firms expired on July 1.

Memecore's M gained 81% on July 2 and TAIKO roughly doubled to $0.38 as the layer-2 reopened the cross-chain bridge it froze after June's $1.7M exploit.

Securitize began trading on the NYSE as SECZ on July 2, a day after closing a roughly $400M SPAC merger with Cantor Equity Partners II.

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From July 1, any firm serving California residents needs a DFPI licence, with civil penalties running to $100,000 a day for operating without one.

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