Roughly 80% of the more than 1,200 firms previously registered under national crypto rules failed to secure a Crypto-Asset Service Provider licence before the MiCA transitional window closed on July 1, 2026. Two weeks later, the first post-MiCA data is beginning to emerge. It offers an early picture of where users may be moving, and how little many of them know about the regulatory changes. OKX reported a 158% increase in EU app downloads in the 12 days following June 24, when Binance withdrew its MiCA licence application in Greece and confirmed it would stop serving EU clients without authorisation from July 1. The ... (full story)