ESMA says unauthorised crypto-asset service providers must stop serving EU clients after 1 July. Kraken is framing the deadline as a counterparty and audit risk issue for institutions.
ESMA
The EU markets regulator published its 2025 Annual Report on Wednesday, highlighting implementation milestones on crypto licensing, settlement reform and market data infrastructure.
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) said ESMA has granted recognition to ICE Data Indices’ under the EU benchmarks, making them available for supervised entities.
EU supervisors published their first annual overview of major ICT-related incidents under DORA; system failures and external events were the dominant drivers.
ESMA published its sixth annual data quality report, showing improvements across EMIR, SFTR, MiFIR, AIFMD, and MMFR, broadening coverage to ICT under DORA.
ESMA published a refreshed roster of data contributors to the equity consolidated tape, tracking which firms and venues must contribute, or can opt in.
ESMA, the EU markets regulator, added four questions on ESG rating provider obligations and one on MiCA white paper exemptions ahead of 2 July 2026.
ESMA, the EU markets regulator, today launched consultations on proposed mandatory trade allocations and confirmations. The aim is to eliminate oral allocations.
EU regulator formally surfaces guidance on when technology platforms, RFQ systems, and pre-arrangement workflows cross the line into requiring trading venue authorisation under MiFID II.
The Commission is building a five-year reserve list to fill future vacancies on the joint appeals body of EBA, EIOPA and ESMA. Applications close 8 June 2026.
The EU regulator’s latest exercise covers 16 central counterparties and, for the first time, tests how CCP crisis tools would spread losses across the wider clearing system.
The European regulator has released standardized templates and instructions for EMIR 3’s Active Account Requirement, giving in-scope firms a fixed reporting timetable and a first filing window that spans more than a year of clearing activity.
The EU’s financial markets regulator says its risk assessment, completed before the late-February Middle East conflict, has already been validated by early market reactions to the war.
ESMA could make the CFD industry work better by stopping passporting, meaning states capture more tax revenue and can hold companies in the sector accountable.
And IG Group buys the Small Exchange
It’s going to be delightful
And is probably going to ban payment for order flow
There seems to be no point if you can go offshore
