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Europe went from thousands of registered crypto firms to a licensed few. We track every authorisation, country by country, as the registers move.

333 CASPs26 jurisdictions23 EMT issuers21 trading platforms

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Germany79 France35 Netherlands28 Cyprus25 Every licence, every register

[ This week’s story ]August 28, 2026 · 3 min read

Bitcoin ETF streak hides fading demand

Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $2.8B over eight days, but daily inflows fell from $606M to $232M as BTC tested $80K.

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