Morning Edition · Monday, September 21, 2026Published at 1:47 AM EDT · New York

Brussels Opens the Question of Regulating Staking, With Responses Due 30 September

Item 66 on page 36 of the European Commission's MiCA review asks whether Europe's treatment of staking is adequate and what requirements should apply to firms offering it.

Consequential financial rules often begin with very little text. On page 36 of the European Commission's review of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), item 66 asks whether Europe's current treatment of staking is adequate and, i…