The end of this month marks the first major deadline for compliance under the EU’s new playbook for the cryptocurrency industry. The Markets in Crypto Assets regulation, or MiCA, was signed off last year by EU institutions and will impose a raft of new rules on crypto exchanges and other operators in the sector to ensure protections for investors and consumers, alongside tighter controls on anti-money laundering. On June 30, the matter of stablecoins will come under the remit of MiCA. Stablecoins refer to cryptocurrencies whose value is pegged to a traditional fiat currency like the dollar or the euro.…

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