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Updates on Bitcoin, crypto networks and regulation, with sources and explanations of what actually changed.

News Regulation and tax

ESMA calls for an end to non-MiCA stablecoin services, with a January 2027 transition limit

The European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA, published an opinion on 8 October 2026 stating that crypto service providers authorised under MiCA should end services involving non-compliant stablecoins for EU clients. It set a deadline to remedy gaps as soon as possible and within three months at most, meaning by 8 January 2027. This is not permission to continue ordinary trading until that date.

News Markets and data

Report: wallet attributed to the US government transfers 12,267 Bitfinex bitcoin, with no confirmed sale

On 8 October 2026, reports said a wallet Arkham linked to bitcoin seized in the Bitfinex hack case transferred about 12,267 coins to a new, unnamed address. Decrypt and CoinDesk reported the movement using the company’s data. The described record indicates a transfer, but does not prove that the government sold the coins, who now owns them or why they moved.