EU regulators have given crypto companies a final deadline 💸 By January 8, any non-compliant stablecoins must be cleared out. Coinbase is even more urgent: European users must move their USDT by October 30.
ESMA has notified firms that have obtained MiCA licenses to stop offering non-compliant stablecoin services to EU clients. The transition period allows only temporary custody and transfers, so users can exit. In plain terms, this isn’t a slow swap—it’s a one-way evacuation route.
Coinbase specifically called out the impacted stablecoins: Tether’s USDT and PayPal’s PYUSD. The remaining balances will automatically be converted into USDC. For Tether and others, this EU “big channel” has effectively been cut off.
A blanket regulatory crackdown—stablecoin market share is getting reshuffled again. Do you still have USDT on you? #USDC
Currently, for OKX and Coinbase to comply, they will remove USDT and switch to USDC. And if Binance in the future needs to comply with the MiCA standards, it will also have to follow regulatory requirements and switch entirely to USDC as the main token. This is a massive pump for Circle.
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On October 8, 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued its latest regulatory guidance, explicitly requiring that all crypto-asset service providers holding MiCA licenses within the EU must completely stop, within 3 months (i.e., before January 8, 2027), providing services related to unauthorized stablecoins (e.g., USDT).
Core regulatory requirements and key timelines
• Final deadline: January 8, 2027. National competent authorities must order licensed platforms to, within three months, clear all client exposures to stablecoins that are not MiCA-compliant (with USDT as a typical example). • Prohibited conduct: Licensed platforms must, through technical, contractual, and organizational measures, comprehensively prohibit EU clients from buying, trading, exchanging, or increasing holdings of unapproved stablecoins such as USDT. • Transition/disengagement exceptions: Before January 8, 2027, the platform is only allowed to provide limited liquidation-type services (such as selling, converting, withdrawing, transferring, or holding in custody) to help users properly manage their existing positions, and must not continue to offer everyday trading. • Compliant alternatives: At present, compliant stablecoins authorized under the EU MiCA framework for electronic money tokens (EMT) mainly include USDC, EURC (Circle-backed), and others.
On October 8, 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued its latest regulatory guidance, explicitly requiring that all crypto-asset service providers holding MiCA licenses within the EU must completely stop, within 3 months (i.e., before January 8, 2027), providing services related to unauthorized stablecoins (e.g., USDT).
Core regulatory requirements and key timelines
• Final deadline: January 8, 2027. National competent authorities must order licensed platforms to, within three months, clear all client exposures to stablecoins that are not MiCA-compliant (with USDT as a typical example). • Prohibited conduct: Licensed platforms must, through technical, contractual, and organizational measures, comprehensively prohibit EU clients from buying, trading, exchanging, or increasing holdings of unapproved stablecoins such as USDT. • Transition/disengagement exceptions: Before January 8, 2027, the platform is only allowed to provide limited liquidation-type services (such as selling, converting, withdrawing, transferring, or holding in custody) to help users properly manage their existing positions, and must not continue to offer everyday trading. • Compliant alternatives: At present, compliant stablecoins authorized under the EU MiCA framework for electronic money tokens (EMT) mainly include USDC, EURC (Circle-backed), and others.
First, Samsung Pay only integrated USDC, and then the EU required crypto exchanges to remove non-compliant currencies like USDT. So, for OKX and Binance to meet compliance, they can only remove USDT completely and fully shift to USDC. That’s why $CRCLB invested in OKX and why Binance put $100 million into investing in Circle—because everyone is already binding themselves to compliant stablecoins in advance to ensure stability.
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The EU has ordered crypto companies to remove Tether’s USDT by January 8, 2027
USDT has not yet entered the EU compliance framework for EMTs (electronic money tokens) in accordance with MiCA.
Meanwhile, Circle’s USDC has already taken the MiCA compliance route.
In the compliance race, it’s always negative for USDT and positive for USDC. $CRCLB crcl Will it be on track to surge ahead?
Keep an eye on this news: USDT is non-compliant, and those operating in the gray area will be banned by the EU. Circle’s USDC has become the only official endorsement.
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The EU has ordered crypto companies to remove Tether’s USDT by January 8, 2027
USDT has not yet entered the EU compliance framework for EMTs (electronic money tokens) in accordance with MiCA.
Meanwhile, Circle’s USDC has already taken the MiCA compliance route.
In the compliance race, it’s always negative for USDT and positive for USDC. $CRCLB crcl Will it be on track to surge ahead?
ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority) official Opinion issued on 2026-10-08
Full title: ESMA opinion to national competent authorities on remaining exposures of MiCA-authorised CASPs to non-compliant ARTs / EMTs Key points: It requires EU national regulators to urge licensed CASPs (crypto asset service providers) to clean up any outstanding exposures to non-compliant ART/EMT stablecoins for EU users, with a latest deadline of 2027-01-08; ⚠️ ESMA’s original text does not name USDT; USDT was only cited as the most typical example in industry media interpretations.
Front-line crypto media reprints (reported in sync on October 8)
1. CoinDesk: ESMA gives crypto firms 3 months to exit non-compliant stablecoins (Oct 8, 10:32 UTC) 2. Crypto.news: ESMA gives crypto firms 3 months to drop some stablecoins (Oct 8, 10:28 UTC) 3. TokenPost: EU Regulator Sets Jan. 8 Deadline for Noncompliant Stablecoins 4. Cointelegraph and Crypto News Flash follow up in sync
$CRCL The next step is to develop the larger wave 3-3, with a target of 172. The wave pattern won’t lie.
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$CRCL Will it suddenly break out? TVL is back to $75 billion again. Next wave is a big surge. Surely CRCL has a place in it. Right now it has moved out of wave 3-1, and it’s still in a wave 3-2 correction. So we’ll see what policy can suddenly trigger CRCL to run a big wave 3-3
$CRCL Will it suddenly break out? TVL is back to $75 billion again. Next wave is a big surge. Surely CRCL has a place in it. Right now it has moved out of wave 3-1, and it’s still in a wave 3-2 correction. So we’ll see what policy can suddenly trigger CRCL to run a big wave 3-3
$UNI has returned to 10. Reaching a breakthrough means that this segment’s selling pressure becomes support. The big wave three is coming. Hoping we can all get to 100
If I can really get UNI to $100, will anyone make fun of me?
Others laugh at me for being too crazy, and I laugh at others for not seeing through it.
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Uniswap trading volume has already surpassed the total of the NYSE and Cboe BZX, and while the NYSE’s parent company currently has a market cap of $85 billion, UNI only has a market cap of $8 billion.