ECB President Christine Lagarde intervened to block Binance’s EU MiCA license: WSJ
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ECB President Christine Lagarde steps in to block Binance’s EU MiCA licence, prompting Greece to pause an application that regulators had already deemed complete, according to the Wall Street Journal. Although the ECB lacks formal MiCA licensing power, her high‑level intervention stalls Binance’s market entry, signalling tighter supervisory scrutiny and potentially delaying broader crypto adoption across Europe.
Although the ECB holds no formal licensing authority under MiCA, high-level intervention led Greece to stall an application that regulators had previously deemed complete, the Journal said.