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Ireland's Central Bank fines Coinbase Ireland €3.25 million

  • —Coinbase Ireland fined €3.2526 million on October 22
  • —Breaches involved client-money protection and outsourcing requirements
  • —Violations spanned November 1, 2020 to August 19, 2025
  • —Regulator said the case is not a MiCA custody enforcement action
Why it matters: The penalty sets a precedent for EU regulators policing how exchanges handle client fiat outside the MiCA framework.
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