ECB Chief Christine Lagarde Steps In to Halt Binance’s EU MiCA Licensing Process, WSJ Reports
In a development that has sent ripples through the European cryptocurrency community, the president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, is reported to have intervened directly in the licensing procedure for Binance, the world’s largest crypto‑exchange, under the European Union’s new Markets in Crypto‑Assets (MiCA) regulatory regime. The intervention, which was highlighted in a recent…
Sept. 18, 2026, 12:57 p.m.