https://micahub.net/blog/ 2026-05-28T12:00:00Z Micahub https://micahub.net/blog/esma-mica-register-may-2026/ 2026-05-28T12:00:00Z

Weekly register data: 203 authorized CASP rows, peak authorization month December 2025, Germany leads home-state counts, and 75% of file-like white paper URLs still point to PDF — six weeks before the July 2026 grandfathering cliff.

https://micahub.net/blog/wrapper-war-mica-yield/ 2026-05-14T12:00:00Z

Years of legislative work. Articles 40 and 50 of MiCA. The GENIUS Act. Categorical yield prohibitions on both sides of the Atlantic. On May 8, 2026, BlackRock changed the wrapper. A tokenized US Treasury money market fund — same underlying assets as USDC, same blockchain rails, same wallet — distributes four percent yield legally under MiFID II. MiCA\

https://micahub.net/blog/emt-identity-crisis/ 2026-05-12T12:00:00Z

France\

https://micahub.net/blog/crypto-gift-cards-mica/ 2026-05-08T12:00:00Z

Fintegence and Cryptonow both got licensed. Both had access to every legal argument examined here. The five exemption pathways — bearer instrument, non-fungibility, limited network, existing utility, and offer-to-the-public timing — each have coherent legal foundations and specific, identifiable failure conditions. For standard open-crypto gift cards redeemable for Bitcoin or USDC, most fail before they start.

https://micahub.net/blog/mica-web3-gaming/ 2026-05-07T12:00:00Z

ESMA\

https://micahub.net/blog/mica-transition-deadline/ 2026-04-29T12:00:00Z

184 authorized CASPs. 1,000+ pre-MiCA VASPs still needing transition. €540M in fines. Nine weeks to the July 2026 deadline. The hidden companies caught in MiCA\

https://micahub.net/blog/mica-nft-exemption/ 2026-04-22T12:00:00Z

ESMA\

https://micahub.net/blog/mica-psd2-overlap/ 2026-04-15T12:00:00Z

Many CASPs are discovering, often too late, that their services qualify as payment services under PSD2. The EBA\

https://micahub.net/blog/mica-esg-asset-level-disclosures/ 2026-04-14T12:00:00Z

MiCA sustainability metrics relate to the consensus mechanism, but CDR 2025/422 expects disclosures per crypto-asset — not identical Layer-1 network copy-paste for every token on Ethereum.

https://micahub.net/blog/mica-carf-dac8-casp-operations/ 2026-02-10T12:00:00Z

MiCA authorization does not satisfy CARF/DAC8 tax reporting. CASPs need separate data pipelines for TIN collection, transaction aggregation, and 2027 information exchanges — distinct from AML Travel Rule.

https://micahub.net/blog/copy-trading-paradox/ 2025-11-21T12:00:00Z

Per-trade confirmation does not exempt copy trading platforms from MiCA — it moves them from portfolio management into advisory services. Both require CASP authorisation. Updated with ESMA\