CoinShares Makes History: First Crypto Asset Manager to Secure Full EU MiCA License

Europe's crypto regulation just got real—and CoinShares just won the golden ticket.

The $4.1B asset manager blazed past competitors to become the first fully MiCA-licensed crypto firm across all 27 EU states. No more regulatory limbo—just unfettered access to Europe's trillion-dollar capital markets.

Behind the scenes: 18 months of brutal compliance work, 200+ pages of documentation, and probably enough coffee to power a small Bitcoin mine. The payoff? A regulatory moat that leaves rivals scrambling.

MiCA's fine print gives CoinShares passporting rights to operate EU-wide without local approvals—a privilege traditional finance firms would kill for (and probably will, through lobbying).

One cynical take: Watch legacy banks suddenly 'discover' their passion for blockchain innovation now that someone's proven compliance won't actually kill the business model.