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Greece denies Lagarde blocked Binance's MiCA license application

  • —HCMC denies any government or ECB pressure on its review of Binance's MiCA application
  • —WSJ reported Lagarde intervened against Binance; CZ also alleged political interference
  • —Greece added BCash, Xenios Blockchain Group, Capital Wallet Greece and Piraeus Bank to the MiCA register
  • —The EU now has 359 licensed crypto service providers
Why it matters: The outcome determines whether Binance can operate across the EU, setting a precedent for how politics shapes MiCA licensing.
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Source: Cryptoast
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